An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Sported team as our Marketing Coordinator. Sported passionately believes in the role of sport to transform the lives of young people. Particularly, those living in deprived areas. We have been highly influential in building the credibility and effectiveness of sport for change and have the UK’s largest network of grass roots clubsWe are looking for a highly motivated and self-driven team player with excellent organisational and communications skills, ready to take on this new UK wide role at our London office.

You will be responsible for leading, shaping and delivering Sported’s external communications activities. In this varied role, you will work across the different functions of the organisation and with our UK field team. Your main responsibilities will focus on providing social media, marketing and brand support to promote the charity’s work and to support interactions with members and volunteers.

The ultimate measure of success in this role is supporting key stakeholders produce consistent, effective material which conveys our key messages, plus using social media to increase awareness of our activity and the impact we have.

The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) is a think-tank and an experimental laboratory set up to train a new generation of reporters in the tools of investigative, in-depth, and long-form journalism across all media. Registered as a charity, we robustly defend investigative journalists and those who work with them.

We’re now seeking a highly motivated project coordinator with a clear understanding of the debates and issues surrounding media and journalism. This is an entry-level position with potential for advancement. This would be ideal for a recent graduate interested in developing a career in charity sector project management.

Job title: Project Coordinator 

Contract type: Full-time permanent position

Starting salary: £28k-£30k depending on experience

Direct report: Deputy Director

Start date: As soon as possible

Purpose and description of the post: To support and further the aims of the Centre for Investigative Journalism as follows:

• Training Courses - support & coordination - under the supervision of our Deputy Director

  • Managing room hire and AV logistics

  • Managing preparation and correspondence with participants

  • Coordinating on-site logistics of the courses (this will require weekend work) and ensuring the smooth running of the course for both the participants and the trainers 

  • Post-training engagement: 

    • following up with course attendees to measure impact

    • managing and moderating our Slack channels

  • Assisting in:

    • managing current trainers & sourcing new trainers

    • arranging bespoke training

    • course scheduling

    • creating new training courses

    • customer outreach and sales of our training

• Projects - support & coordination - under the supervision of our Deputy Director

  • Liaising with funders and participants on project logistics

  • Delivery of project outcomes

  • Managing trainers, participants and courses in relation to the project

  • Administrative and budget-related tasks

  • Developing and writing project pitches and applications 

  • Assisting with project reporting 

• Events - support - under the supervision of our Events & Marketing Manager

  • Assisting with the on-site logistics of our events

  • Managing the teams of on-site volunteers 

  • Administration of the Lyra McKee Investigative Journalism Training Bursary Scheme 

• Additional tasks as assigned to support other team members
• Occasional travel in the UK and abroad may be required
• Occasional weekend work will be required (time off will be offered in lieu)

Essential Criteria

• Eagerness to learn new skills on the job

• Fast learning and adaptability

• Diligence and self-discipline, and the ability to work unsupervised

• Proven record of excellent organisational skills and a keen eye for detail

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to manage own workload efficiently with responsibility and flexibility

• Able and willing to work occasional evenings and weekends

• IT, social media and web savvy 

Desirable Criteria

• Previous experience in event management

• Assertive and comfortable with speaking in public

• Good copywriting skills

Please submit your CV with a cover letter/message.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

deafPLUS is a charity which supports integration and equality between D/deaf and hearing people in all areas of life. We provide services such as advocacy, employment, equipment, information and advice across 7 centres around the UK, as well as a national adviceline service.

We are now seeking to appoint to the exciting role of Independent Living Coordinator within our Personal Assistant service, which we call Youchoose.

This role focuses on the delivery of deafPLUS’ direct payments support service. This is a scheme which enables people to receive funds from the council to pay for their personal care and support, for which they would have been assessed and awarded funds to meet these needs. Youchoose providing support for individuals with personal direct payments and enable them to manage their choices and decisions for services they require and want.   

The independent living coordinator role will be responsible for the following tasks, line-managing Youchoose personal assistants, account management, delivering support, information, and advice This role is providing support to empower people with a sensory disability to access and manage their personal direct payments as independently as possible.

The post-holder will work as part of a team to promote, extend and develop the scheme to enable more people to have personal budgets and self-direct their support.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the health and social care sector, particularly in relation to individualised budgets. Essential skills required for this post are good communication, excellent literacy, numeracy, IT and presentation skills.

Knowledge of the direct payments scheme will be an advantage, although full training will be provided.

Employment benefits include 25 days (pro rata) annual leave, 8 Bank holidays (pro rata) and paid festive closures in December. Opportunities for training and professional development to become a registered manager will be provided. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We particularly welcome applications from Deaf people and those who have personal experience of disability issues, as well as all sections of the community.

Please note that the closing date for applications is Monday 2nd March 2020 at 12pm (noon) and interviews will be held on Thursday 12th March 2020.

Home-Start Lambeth supports families with pre-school children by recruiting and training volunteers to provide practical and emotional support for families in their homes. Our work prevents family crisis and breakdown, supports parents to develop their confidence and parenting skills, to access the services they need and to build better lives for their children. We achieve this by training local volunteers to work with local families and provide support tailored to individual family needs.

We are currently recruiting for a part-time Family Co-ordinator.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a committed, self-motivated, confident individual with strong family work credentials to lead on our Five to Thrive Support Plus project.

The post-holder will support families across the borough of Lambeth and work closely with the rest of the small team.

The key responsibilities of the role are

• to work with volunteers
• to work closely with supported families
• to liaise with partners and to attend multi-agency meetings

You will need experience of working with families and children under five, training and supervising volunteers, project management and reporting, and knowledge of children’s services and the voluntary sector.

You will have enthusiasm for supporting families in difficult circumstances, have a good understanding of supporting families with safeguarding issues and have a flexible and positive attitude to your work. You will be able to access safeguarding training through LB Lambeth. 

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

For a discussion about the post, please call Lizzie Poulton, Scheme Manager.

To apply, download an application pack from our website.

Please note, we do not accept CVs.
Home-Start Lambeth is committed to Equal Opportunities

Closing date: 9am, 19th February 2020

Please note we will be reviewing applications as we receive them and may close the vacancy early. Please submit your form as early as possible. 

Interviews will be on Wednesday 26th or Thursday 27th February 2020

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists ensures that the highest achievable standards of eye care are delivered for patients through excellence in the training, education and assessment of eye doctors and their continuing professional development. 

The College is currently seeking an Education and Training Co-ordinator to provide high level administrative support. The Education and Training Co-ordinator will be responsible for managing the Dual Sponsorship Scheme and CESR. 

The successful candidate will be an administrator who can work flexibly with a varied workload and is well organised. The post holder will work well as part of a team, have excellent, all round communication and interpersonal skills, and be able work on their own initiative.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter. 

For an informal discussion about the role, please call Alex Tytko, Head of Education and Training, on 0 2 0 7 9 3 5 0 7 0 2. 

Office hours are 09.00-17.00.

Closing date:  17.00, Tuesday 25 February 2020

Interviews:   Monday 9 March 2020

Applicants must already have the right to work within the UK without restriction.  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Job Summary

This is a key role in the effective running of the Professional and Practice Development (PPD) Team and its activities. It will involve taking the lead in project managing work undertaken by the team as a whole, in maintaining the expertise of Admiral Nurses.

The project coordinator will provide comprehensive and responsive administrative support to the PPD team. It will also involve working closely with supporters and other key stakeholders to support the development of Admiral Nurse practice.

Job Purpose:

· To be responsible for the Professional and Practice Development (PPD) team’s programmes of work.

· To support  the Admiral Nursing Professional and Practice Development Lead in coordinating key areas of activity and  in coordinating and monitoring project plans, budget management and outcomes.

· Working with key members and staff including Admiral Nurses to ensure specific projects and activities are delivered effectively completed on budget and on time by project managing effectively.

· To act as the first point of contact for those wishing to speak to the PPD team by prioritising, co-ordinating and responding to queries, drafting and sending out correspondence as appropriate and working with the team to ensure appropriate and timely responses.

Specific responsibilities

1. To support the evaluation of projects and activities delivered by the PPD team including Admiral Nurse Inductions, Practice Development days including Clinical Supervision, Masterclasses, Communities of Practice, Annual Forum, AN Competency Framework and Professional Development in line with delivery of Dementia UK’s Strategic Aims.

2. To work alongside the PPD team in supporting the development of specialist resources and information which help ensure that Admiral Nurses are supported in maintaining their expertise and knowledge.

3. To liaise with supporters and other key stakeholders as required in supporting the development of Admiral Nurse practice including HEI’s, host organisations, external providers and service users to ensure good communication between the PPD team and those we collaborate with.

4. To provide administrative support for the Higher Education for Dementia Network (HEDN), in coordinating meetings, liaising with members, minute taking and developing documentation. This is to support activities relating to academic developments in dementia care and be the first point of contact for this group.

5. To act as a resource, and lead on the use of Pebble Pad (or other equivalent electronic portfolio) to support the ongoing development of Admiral Nurses and monitor the platforms effectiveness to ensure that the organisation is making the best use of the system.

6. To support the PPD team in developing and supporting Communities of Practice for Admiral Nurses to ensure that good communication is maintained and that the events are well organised.

7. To book venues, travel, accommodation, and organise/support complex meetings, events and conferences in relation to all PPD team projects using agreed suppliers and systems, recording all expenditure accurately as required to ensure smooth and effective running of all events.

8. To attend PPD meetings as a member of the team, providing administrative support to ensure these meetings are properly arranged and serviced. This includes helping to draft agendas, progress, prepare and collate papers, and take the minutes of meetings as required to ensure effective administration of team planning.

9. Disseminate resources which support the professional and practice development of Admiral Nursing in relation to project work e.g. Competency Framework development, Communities of Practice, practice development projects etc. and liaise with Admiral Nurses to assess the usability of resources shared and feedback to the PPD team to ensure efficiency.

10. Work alongside the Admiral Nurse Administrator in managing and co-ordinating events such as the Admiral Nurse Induction providing new nurses with the resources required and supporting attendance, and in particular evaluating the effectiveness of the course in order to suggest any future

11. To provide cover for reception duties as and when required in order to support the Charity to ensure that visitors are greeted appropriately, together with providing cover for any other receptionist duties that may be required including dealing with and outgoing post as may be necessary.

Interview date: 27th of February

Please be aware that only applications including both a CV and covering letter will be considered.

MAN&BOY are looking for someone with passion and committment - This hugely rewarding role requires a self-motivated and dedicated individual who understands the challenges of working with men and boys and enjoys the outdoors. 

You will be at the front-line of contacting and meeting men and boys recommended to our programme. Your job will be to engage and support families through a series of outdoor events and activities, including a bespoke adventure camp, designed to develop a stronger attachment between the men and boys, leading to increased self-esteem.

The Targeted Project Coordinator will be responsible for the delivery and development of Oxygen’s work, targeted at young people at risk of exclusion and involvement in crime. They will implement key projects in response to the needs of young people which are designed help them overcome the challenges they face and support their development and progression.  

We are delighted to have secured three year funding for this role through the Young Londoners Fund from the Greater London Authority. 

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, passionate and committed Youth Worker to join our dedicated team.  You will be an innovative, creative thinker who is eager to learn and to apply your skills and abilities in a variety of ways.  You will see opportunities, where others see insurmountable a challenges and problems.  You will be able to release potential in young people when others cannot.  

You will have the confidence to challenge young people, raise their self-esteem and fuel their motivation to engage with Oxygens services. You’ll need to demonstrate an ability to build effective, meaningful and trusting relationships with young people, helping them discover their unique gifts and talents and enabling them to achieve their goals.  You must be able to spot opportunities to demonstrate that you believe in young people and be prepared to go the extra mile for them.

The Targeted Project Coordinator will be tasked with developing new and innovative projects, utilising the potential around Oxygen's charity shop for an upcycling/ salvage/ enterprise scheme and coordinating interventions across a range of projects.  You will respond to the needs of young people, referred to us by our partners in schools, youth justice, social services and the voluntary and faith sector.  The role will have a significant prominence and impact upon the lives of young people struggling with education and at risk of involvement in crime. 

The role will help us improve our practice, evidence young people’s progression and highlight their achievements. The Project Coordinator will have clear targets around achieving London Youth’s Quality Mark and working with Project Oracle, and have responsibility for recruiting and training mentors to support young people.

Oxygen was established over 20 years ago and was the vision of a group of young people, who wanted to demonstrate their faith by meeting the needs of marginalised and disadvantaged young people.  It is supported by many local churches in the Boroughs of Kingston and Richmond as well as local trusts, individual donors, local government and other faiths.

Oxygen has proven highly successful in empowering young people through our innovative programmes and interventions, such as youth clubs, afterschool clubs, mentoring programme, Developing Leaders Programme and it’s ‘What’s the Point?’ programme, tackling knife crime.

Oxygen was awarded the Best charity or social enterprise 2018 by Kingston Business Excellence and selected as one of the Kingston Mayor’s charities 2019/20.

Coram, the UK’s oldest children’s charity, is launching a major new heritage programme, Voices Through Time: the story of care, and needs an enthusiastic, skilled team to drive it forward. Coram’s archive is extensive, fascinating and sadly, because of its age, deteriorating. Recognising this, and the archive’s importance to the nation, the National Lottery Heritage Fund has made a four-year grant to enable us to

• digitise and transcribe a major portion of the archive;
• promote our heritage content online;
• match creative partners with care-experienced and looked-after young people in a series of arts projects;
• develop a suite of resources based on these activities, to reach out to others; and
• challenge the misconceptions of care by showcasing young people’s talents and ambitions.

We are now looking to build a team to deliver this project and are looking for individuals who are passionate about young people’s progression as well as, of course, heritage and history.

About the role

The Volunteer Coordinator will establish the Story of Care volunteering programme, recruiting and supporting volunteers in a range roles, including remote volunteering. Experience managing volunteers is essential, as is first-rate communication (at all levels), flexibility and attention to detail.

The post holder will report to the Programme Manager – The Story Centre. The role will involve close liaison with the Archivist, Youth Engagement Coordinator and other partners to ensure a valuable and meaningful experience for those involved.

To apply for this role, please click on the apply button to be redirected to our website.

For more information about the main duties and responsibilities of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.

Closing date: 9am, Friday 28th February 2020

Interview date: Monday 9th March 2020

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

Have you got brilliant people skills? Do you share our passion for supporting families with young children through their challenging times? If you have experience in early years, family support or community work, we'd love to hear from you.

We are a leading family support charity, providing befriending support and therapy to families with young children, and pregnant women, in 3 boroughs – Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham. Through our network of 80-100 volunteers, we provide non-judgmental practical and emotional support to families in their homes. Our approach is flexible to take account of different needs, with the aim of encouraging families’ strengths and increasing resilience to cope with the stresses of life.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our small, enthusiastic and dynamic staff team for a 1-year maternity cover post. The role involves visiting families in their homes to assess their needs and review progress; matching families with appropriate volunteers; supervising and supporting volunteers; and liaising with referrers and local partners. You will manage your own caseload of families with a variety of needs.

The post requires:

• Experience of supporting children and families; knowledge and understanding of their needs
• Good interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of safeguarding and the ability to supervise befriending volunteers
• A positive team player with commitment to anti-discriminatory practice, and the ability to work using your own initiative

1 YEAR CONTRACT

Part-time post. We will consider either 3 days (21.6 hours) or 4 days (28.8 hours) per week

Deadline for applications: Friday 28th February, 5pm

Disclosure and Barring Service check at enhanced level will be required for this post.

Home-Start Westminster is committed to safer recruitment practice as an important part of safe-guarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults.

The Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) is a human rights and feminist organisation led by and for Latin American migrant women in the UK. Our work is dedicated to supporting the immediate and long-term needs of Latin American migrant women exposed to violations of their fundamental human rights; facing violence against women and girls, exploitation or trafficking; enduring difficult living and working conditions in low paid jobs, and facing barriers to social protection.

The women using LAWRS Counselling and Psychotherapy service benefit from practical and emotional support, learn new skills and improve their own opportunities. We strive to provide essential tools for women to empower themselves in their pursuit of personal and social change.

The post holder will be responsible for coordinating the provision of LAWRS specialist Counselling and Psychotherapy service and group work sessions for Latin American women and girls 16+, adhering to the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice and ensuring that appropriate service and quality standards, as well as legal requirements are fulfilled.

The Counselling Coordinator will provide clinical management to counsellors within the service. The role includes two days per week of counselling practice.

This post is open to Latin American women only in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and LGBTQ+ candidates as they are currently underrepresented within the team.

We are recruiting 2 x part-time Family Support Coordinators to develop our projects in Enfield and Tower Hamlets. 

Home-Start Barnet is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with young children. Our volunteers support families experiencing difficulties by visiting them regularly in their own homes and offering them friendship, emotional and practical help. These posts carry a high level of responsibility in developing the projects in either Tower Hamlets or Enfield, ensuring that a high quality service is provided to families and volunteers, and in working closely with other professionals and services.

The main purpose of these roles is to:

• Develop services to support vulnerable families with young children in the Borough of Tower Hamlets / Enfield
• Ensure the effective day to day management of Home-Start support within Tower Hamlets / Enfield
• Be responsible for the recruitment and assessment of potential new volunteers in these boroughs
• Promote and maintain the ethos of Home-Start

We are seeking a Senior Child Rights Coordinator to help devise and deliver innovative strategies, develop our relationships with key stakeholders and make a significant contribution to reducing childhood statelessness in the UK.

We are looking for a policy and advocacy specialist with a proven track record in the area of child rights in the UK. Creative and innovative, the successful candidate will be a skilled communicator and pride themselves on producing high quality policy analysis, which they will use to influence change within civil society and among decision-makers. They will have solid experience of working collaboratively and building alliances which they can use to help us inspire others to join in the fight against childhood statelessness.

This is a 18-month part-time (21 hours) post based in London.

The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) is a civil society alliance of over 150 non-governmental organisations, academics and individual experts in 41 countries, committed to addressing statelessness in Europe. Everyone has the right to a nationality. We believe this must be respected and those who lack nationality - stateless people - are entitled to full protection. We are dedicated to working with stateless people in Europe to advocate for respect of their human rights. We aim to reach our goals through law and policy development, awareness-raising, and capacity-building.

We are seeking a coordinator for our educational mentoring programme for young refugees and asylum seekers. The coordinator will oversee our West London mentoring hub by recruiting and training volunteer mentors and matching them to young people needing additional educational support.

Reports to: Head of Educational Mentoring

Staff responsibility: Responsible for volunteer mentors

Hours: Part time - 3 days per week

Contract: Maternity Cover - likely to start at end of March 2020

Location: Willesden Junction (London), with travel across London

APPLICATION PROCESS

You must have a visa that allows you to work in the UK for the duration of this contract to apply for this job.

To apply, please submit a tailored CV and cover letter through CharityJob by 9am on Friday 21st February. Shortlisted candidates will be required to do a short, first round task. Having reviewed the submitted tasks, we will make a further shortlist for interviews, which will take place in RSN’s office on Monday 9th March.

In the cover letter (maximum 2 pages of A4) please explain how your experience addresses all the competencies in section 5 (person specification) below.

We particularly welcome applications from people with refugee backgrounds.

ABOUT RSN

At Refugee Support Network we are working towards a world where all young people displaced by conflict or crisis are able to build more hopeful futures. Led byo urethosandvalues ,wedothisbysupportingyoungrefugeesandasylum seekers to access, remain and progress in education.

Currently over 500 young people each year benefit from our core programmes: educational mentoring, access to higher education, specialist education and wellbeing support and our new values-based leadership course. Alongside our direct work with young people, we undertake research and consultancy and provide training, ensuring that the voices of young refugees and asylum seekers are heard by those whose decisions affect their lives. C lick here to read our latest impact report to find out more.

JOB MISSION AND OUTCOMES

The mentoring coordinator’s mission is to run a successful educational mentoring programme in our West London hub.

A key component of this work is building and maintaining relationships with partner organisations including both those that refer young people to RSN and other specialist support services that RSN can refer young people onto. The mentoring coordinator will recruit, train and support volunteer mentors, and conduct initial assessments with unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee young people referred to the project. They will be responsible for matching young people with mentors and supporting the mentoring pairs, maintaining the project database and monitoring the effectiveness of the project including feedback to funders and trustees.

The post holder will be skilled at building relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders including vulnerable young people, teachers and social workers and will be able to represent RSN with external partners. They will enjoy working as part of a small and dynamic team, but will need to be a confident independent decision maker and able to run their mentoring hub on a day to day basis in London. The post holder will need to be a good administrator: to maintain accurate records and monitor the outcomes of the mentoring relationships, dealing with any concerns in a timely and constructive manner. This role will be based in London (our head office is at Willesden Junction) and will require travel around the city. The role may require attendance at trainings and meetings in the evening.

The mentoring coordinator will be required to deliver the following outcomes:

Outcome 1: The mentoring hub receives a minimum of 30 appropriate referrals of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee young people interested in educational mentoring.

• Maintain and develop strong relationships with existing referral partners and develop relationships with new referral partners.

• Ensure that referral partners are kept up to date with information about the mentoring scheme, are supported to make referrals on an ongoing basis, and any problems are dealt with swiftly.

• Liaise with college tutors and other education providers to keep up to date on educational opportunities available for young people on the mentoring scheme.

• Produce end of year reports for referring organisations at the end of each academic year to demonstrate the progress and activities of the young people referred from their institution that year.

• Represent RSN at local stakeholder meetings.

​Outcome 2: The mentoring hub has a minimum of 30 high quality, trained volunteer educational mentors, so all assessed asylum-seeking and refugee young people can receive mentoring support.

• Identify potential sources of volunteer mentors, such as community and faith groups, and develop relationships with these groups to facilitate a sufficient number of volunteers onto the programme.

• Process all incoming volunteer mentor enquiries and applications, take up external references, arrange interviews and undertake child protection checks for all candidates.

• Coordinate, organise and lead mentor training sessions for successful mentor applicants.

• Coordinate and organise our mentor development programme, ensuring that current mentors are receiving additional relevant training and input from RSN, as well as social events.

Outcome 3: A minimum of 80% of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee young people in the mentoring project meet their educational goals and have a positive mentoring experience.

• Process all incoming referrals of young people, and carry out initial assessments with young people.

• Ensure all mentors use the online feedback form on a weekly basis, monitor incoming feedback and identify areas where support is needed, responding as appropriate, and referring serious issues to the programmes manager.

• Initiate contact with all mentors on a regular basis to ensure that they feel well supported and have the opportunity to raise any broader concerns or questions.

• Maintain regular contact with all young people being mentored, ensuring their expectations are being met and that they have opportunities to raise any concerns or challenges they are facing (providing follow-up support where necessary).

• At all times ensure compliance with our safeguarding responsibility.

Outcome 4: All records of mentors and mentees are kept up-to-date, ensuring that information about our work with the young people can be accessed quickly, both for safeguarding purposes and for monitoring and evaluation.

• Ensure the project database is kept up to date at all times with mentor, mentee and referral partner details.

• Ensure contact logs are maintained for each young person and that educational placements and progress are recorded.

• Conduct 6-monthly face to face reviews with all mentor pairs, and analyse data as appropriate.

• Conduct end of year reviews with all referral partners to monitor the young person’s educational progress.

Outcome 5: The Head of Educational Mentoring receives appropriate support and information to enable the strategic growth of the mentoring hub.

• Locate funding opportunities within the hub area and share with the programmes manager.

• Contribute to other projects as appropriate e.g. contribution to communications, policy and research etc.

• Any other reasonable task requested by the Head of Educational Mentoring.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

In order to achieve this role’s mission and deliver the above outcomes, we would like candidates to demonstrate the following competencies:

Competency 1: Work with young people

• Can display a track record of working with vulnerable young people from a variety of backgrounds, evidencing an ability to sensitively explore and understand a young person’s needs, and provide appropriate support, helping them to build resilience.

• Deals promptly and calmly with safeguarding concerns as they arise and follows RSN’s child protection and safeguarding processes accurately.

Competency 2: Work with volunteers and external agencies

• Communicates professionally, promptly and warmly with volunteer mentors and partner organisations, including schools, colleges and social services. Able to ask appropriate questions to elicit information to make informed decisions, and explain information succinctly and compellingly.

• Is able to engage an audience when delivering volunteer training - communicates accurately, clearly, demonstrating technical expertise and passion for the issues.

Competency 3: Written and verbal communication skills

• Can display excellent verbal communication skills with a range of audiences - from those with very little English to senior staff within referring organisations.

• Writes clearly, accurately and appropriately for a range of audiences.

Competency 4: Administration & Record Keeping

• Has excellent administration and record keeping skills, and ability to use a database.

Competency 5: Knowledge

• Demonstrates a strong understanding of the refugee/education/youth sectors in which RSN operates, and proactively seeks to develop and maintain technical knowledge in these areas.

Competency 6: Personal working style

• Works well independently and is confident to take decisions on their own, whilst recognising situations where it is appropriate to discuss with their line manager or the wider team.

• Prioritises actions appropriately when juggling competing deadlines.

• Maintains stable performance when under heavy pressure or stress, demonstrating strong willingness and internal motivation to work hard and get the job done.

• Takes the initiative to reflect critically on their own performance and develop improvement strategies.

Competency 7: Team working

• Contributes to a positive working environment by taking time to build relationships with everyone they engage with through this role, being helpful, kind and sensitive to their needs.

• Has sufficient IT knowledge to work effectively on the RSN team. Eg: able to use, or quickly pick up, google drive, whatsapp, google hangouts, CiviCRM.

• Participates actively in group supervisions and team meetings.

Competency 8: Self-care

• Has developed and practices effective self-care to avoid burnout, including the ability to maintain appropriate boundaries in order to keep workload at a sustainable level.

Competency 9: Ethos

• Is passionate about RSN’s vision enabling young refugees to build more hopeful futures through education. Is inspired by the possibility of positive change and committed to nurturing hope within their sphere of influence.

• Motivated by personal core beliefs (whether Christian or not) and values being part of an organisation which is founded on, and seeking to outwork, the Christian faith.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

RSN is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. Any job applicants will, except in circumstances justifying different treatment that are not unlawful (for example to comply with an occupational requirement), receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (Protected Characteristics).

If you feel you would require reasonable adjustments in order to carry out the role or attend an interview at RSN due to a disability, caring responsibilities or any other reason, please give details in your cover letter or get in touch with Andrew, the Head of Educational Mentoring, to discuss further.

Disclosure of a Criminal Record

The Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986 does not apply to posts where there is access to children. This means that applicants for employment which involves working with children and young people must disclose any criminal record. If your application is successful, you are required to make these disclosures and consent to Refugee Support Network verifying the accuracy of your response with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). References will be taken up and a DBS check carried out for the successful candidates, but as part of our safer recruitment policy all shortlisted candidates are required to complete a Self Disclosure form before interviews.