Regional Support Officer - London, United Kingdom - CAFOD

CAFOD

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Starting Salary:
£32,829- £35,856 (FTE including London weighting)

Contract:
Permanent Part-time (17.5 hours per week) Job Share

Location:
London - Hybrid working with a minimum of 40% of your time in the London Office (home-based contract may be considered)

Job Profile

The post is a pivotal role in CAFOD's
Asia & Middle East (AME) team supporting the Head of Region in the management and co-ordination of regional programming and organisational processes ensuring smooth administration, programme cycle management and communications.

The post holder will be responsible for building effective working relationships with peers in the International Programme Group, as well as with colleagues across CAFOD such as funding, finance, and communications.

They will act as the AME focal point for communications, supporting programme teams to develop materials for internal and external audiences.

CAFOD's Asia & Middle East region currently has core programmes in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lebanon, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian territory and Israel, Sri Lanka and Syria.

Key Responsibilities
The scope of the post falls into the following broad functions:

Support and co-ordination: supporting the Head of Region in the management and coordination of cross-regional work and relevant organisational processes.

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Communications: supporting the effective communication and flow of information across the regional team and with the rest of the organisation, including supporting programme teams to prepare communications materials.
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Programme & financial support:supporting the Head of Region in the management of cross-regional partnership projects/programmes, providing similar support to Programme Officers in the region when their workload requires.
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Administration: providing administrative support to the Head of Region and the regional team,
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Representation: of the region across CAFOD (and occasionally externally), as requested by the Head of Region.

Support and coordination:

Support and coordinate the region's responsibilities towards relevant organisational and departmental processes and initiatives, including planning and reporting;
Maintain and monitor crossregional budgets and financial statements, working with the Head of Region on quarterly and annual financial reviews;
Coordinate relevant regional/management team meetings, and adhoc meetings between members of the regional team and colleagues across CAFOD;
Work with AME staff to ensure that there is a good level of understanding of CAFOD's operating systems, policies and procedures, and where necessary provide training and induction.

Programme & financial support:

Assist the Head of Region in the management of any crossregional partnership projects/programmes, including correspondence with partners, approval and payment of grants, monitoring and reviewing reports, and maintaining paper and electronic project files.
Support Programme Officers across the region in their work with partners, managing grants to partners and other aspects of programme support when programme workloads require.

Communications:

Support the effective flow of information and communication within the regional team and across CAFOD.
Act as a key point of contact for information on the region's work and work collaboratively with programme staff and other teams to ensure that CAFOD's work in the region is fully reflected in the organisational agenda (e.g. in campaigning, fundraising, communications or media work).
Be an active source of internal communication, providing easy access to information by developing and maintaining a regional team SharePoint site, as well as other specific sites on the intranet, and engaging with the media team as appropriate.

Administration:

Provide administrative support to the Head of Region, including correspondence, information systems, management of the team diary, preparation and followup of monthly team meetings, design and monitoring of filing systems, and maintenance of database and other systems to provide effective planning, communication and information flow,
Accompany staff to ensure efficient and effective use of the Programme Cycle Management system, working in conjunction with other teams in CAFOD, to provide support when necessary (e.g. when access is disrupted),
Be the first point of contact and/or provide essential administrative support to the regional teams.
Organise and coordinate induction for new staff directly managed by the Head of Region
Provide administrative support to other members of the team where required, including helping to organise programmes for overseas staff/partner visits, travel and accommodation needs, routine correspondence, and occasional cover for colleagues when absent,
Coordinate the work of the region's Londonbased volunteers and liaise with relevant staff on all volunteerbased issues.

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