Senior Outreach Officer
Location: Office location TBC with travel to Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley (from home during Covid-19 social distancing measures)
Contract: Fixed Term until Dec 2022
Salary: Circa 26.5K
Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week) or Part Time (18.75 hours per week) considered
Do you have connections in the London refugee and migrant sector, combined with outreach experience? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
Groundwork deliver a series of innovative integration programmes focused on supporting migrants and refugees integrate into life in the UK, through a programme of holistic activities including, language, employment support and cultural / community activities. We are seeking a Senior Outreach Officer to lead and co-ordinate outreach activity in South London.
As someone with outreach or community engagement experience, you will have a strong understanding of the challenges refugee and migrant communities face in London. You will have proven experience of building strong relationships with refugee and migrant communities and other organisations and service providers that are supporting migrant communities in London.
The postholder will introduce, register and support clients throughout the individual’s time on the project. Attention to detail, secure data management and understanding of confidentiality are all essential to the role.
You will be an excellent written and verbal communicator, who enjoys working within a multi-disciplinary team to support the project clients. You will have experience in working towards targets and deadlines and will excel at managing your own workload.
We welcome applications from those seeking part time and full time employment. Please outline in your application your preference.
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Download the job description and an application form here:
Job Description and Person Specification
Please send your application form and recruitment monitoring form quoting reference 709/SOO to londonjobs@groundwork.org.uk
For further information and to discuss the role please contact Danielle Johnson at Danielle.johnson@groundwork.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 9am, 21st September, 2020
Interview date: 28th September 2020
Postholders will be considered to be working in a Regulated Activity as set out in Schedule 4 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006; appointment to this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Scheme Criminal Records Check.
Groundwork London is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.
This project is part funded by the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. Making management of migration flows more efficient across the European Union.