Liberation Coordinator

Location: University of Leicester Students' Union

Contract type:  Fixed Term – until 31st July 2022

Salary: £19,456 per annum

Hours: 37 per week

We are an active and inclusive Union with a powerful student-led voice; delivering meaningful change for students across their Leicester experience.  We are looking for a Liberation Coordinator to coordinate our Liberation Activities including the delivery of campaigns, events, training and briefings; while supporting and empowering our Part Time/Liberation Officers.

The successful candidate will work with colleagues in the Students, Union, University and outside to  keep up to date on relevant research, policy, campaigning and funding opportunities both at a local and national level to provide effective support and guidance to our Part Time/Liberation Officers.

You will work towards increasing student engagement opportunities, particularly for students from liberation and other under-represented backgrounds. You will work with relevant colleagues to develop and deliver targeted training to our Part Time Officers, Student Council Members and other students to create an inclusive, diverse, positive and safe environment for all out students to effectively engage with the Students’ Union.

You will support the delivery of officer and council led events and campaigns with a wellbeing or inclusion focus and monitor and evaluate the impact of these campaigns and projects.

We are looking for a motivated, confident communicator and an adaptable team player with knowledge of liberation groups within the higher education sector and can demonstrate working within a student lead environment.  You will need to be experienced in managing projects/campaigns and delivering events.  Experience of working within a similar field is ideal but not essential.

You will be joining us at an exciting time as we are coming to the final stages of a new building redevelopment which will provide students and staff with a new spacious food court with high quality multi-use spaces.  You will join a team of individuals who feel valued, trusted, inspired and able to grow and have fun in a relaxed office environment.  In return for your passion and experience, we offer the flexibility for work-life balance, a competitive salary for the non-profit sector and excellent holiday allowance.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to establishing a positive working environment for all of its staff members that is fair, equitable and free of discriminatory practice. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability status.

To apply for this role please email a CV and a covering letter detailing how you meet the criteria with the Person Specification 

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, if you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

If you would like an informal discussion regarding this role please contact Ian Bruce, Student Voice Manager,  or Kumaran, Director of Membership Services 

Closing Date: 8th March 2021

Interview Date: 18th March 2021

We are seeking an innovative, creative Learning Development and Training professional to join our Global People and Culture/Learning & Development team. Can you inspire, motivate others, and push boundaries? Are you curious and adaptable, with high cultural intelligence, and have a commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?  Are you passionate about learning and capacity building, do you have a growth mindset? If so this role could be for you.

About the role

The Global Learning & Development team was created to understand the organizations strategy and its future capability needs in order to identify learning priorities across the organization, and to create learning environments where staff can develop to be their best. Our team puts in place learning initiatives that enable the organization to constantly evolve and develop and create flexible learning interventions through the use of blended learning approaches to meet the diverse needs of the workforce.

This role will review current learning content/programs and pathways and look for ways to improve or further develop these. You work closely with our Global Learning & Development Manager and our knowledge experts to identify capacity gaps and co-create and co- facilitate learning programs that fill that need.  You will use using blended learning solutions and  digital tools that create flexible and innovative learning programs.

You will apply adult learning theories to ensure employees get the best out of their development and be involved in co-designing a range of learning interventions. This might include technical, behavioral, leadership and management programs, working collaboratively with our internal communications and staff engagement lead in advertising and engaging our staff in learning activities.

You will be a champion of driving a culture of continuous professional development and put learning at the core of what we do and monitor effectively how learning has been transferred.

This role offers amazing opportunities for someone who is interested in developing their career as an L&D professional within the international development sector.

Why join us?

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

This is a global role, and therefore for this role has the possibility of being based in the UK, Nepal and Kenya. The potholder will be required to have the relevant Right to Work for the country which they are applying and the terms of conditions of employment will be in accordance with that country.

Remote working / home working is possible with this role

About us

We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Additional information

We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

 Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.

Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

How to Apply

If you want to work for a charity with significant people ambitions, then we would like to hear from you.  To apply go to Practic Action website and follow the links to submit a copy of your CV and a supporting statement that describes your suitability for the role. Please refer to the full recruitment pack.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 21st March

Tentative interview dates: week commencing 29th March

The interview will happen remotely in 3 stages:

• The development of a training session (submitted prior to interview and delivery day)

• The delivery of your live virtual training session (with 5 participants available to work with)

• A panel interview

This is a great opportunity to join our local delivery teams in our Central Region.  We are looking for an Operations Executives to manage a caseload of Young People into sustainable outcomes.  We are currently working from home which will feature for the foreseeable period.

Your responsibilities will include delivery of a range of sessions to local Young people helping them secure positive outcomes in Employment, Education or Enterprise. Working as part of a small team you will need to be flexible, adaptable and build great relationships with Young People, our delivery partners and volunteers. You will help to deliver our ambitious plans to provide the very best support to young people across the area whilst ensuring the Trust is known to local recruiters for referrals. Within your role you will have responsibility for a specific theme, either Enterprise, Education or employability.

We have the ambition to become the very best organisation within the sector. You will be required to continually innovate, review, and support our operations to ensure we deliver the very best for young people across the area. 

We want to hear from applicants that have high motivation to succeed, can work to local contract requirements and KPIs and are a great team member.

 You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders (internal and external) and ensure that our delivery plans are achieved, and the quality and impact is high.

The Trust has a behavioural framework which informs all our work with colleagues, young people and partners. Through the process, the successful candidate will demonstrate their ability to lead by example, communicate effectively, continually improve themselves and others and by working as one team deliver results for the benefit of young people.

Please note: We will begin reviewing applications prior to the closing date so we advise you to submit something sooner rather than later. If you have already applied, you do not need to reapply.