Project Coordinator - Lincolnshire, United Kingdom - Morton Hall Visitors' Group

Description

MHVG IS RECRUITING FOR A

PROJECT COORDINATOR (Job Share)

_Pay_:
£15.62 per hour


_Hours_: 7.5 hours per week (flexible)


_Purpose of Job_:

For over a decade, Morton Hall Visitors Group has provided crucial friendship and support to people in immigration detention. Now, we are looking for a new Project Coordinator to join our expanding team.

Currently, we provide drop-in support at the Swinderby Short Term Holding Facility and are looking to imminently start visiting at HMP Morton Hall, a prison exclusively for 'foreign nationals.

We are also exploring options to expand our services when the asylum accommodation site at Scampton opens.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in expanding our volunteer visitor network to support this new phase of our work.

Working alongside our existing Project Coordinator, you will coordinate the core functions of our visitor network - from organising training and supporting volunteer visitors, to liaising with the management of the centres we visit.

You will also support the day-to-day operations of the charity.

We are looking for someone who is organised, skilled at multitasking and, above all, passionate about supporting those in detention.

This is a unique post that would suit an enthusiastic, experienced individual who is keen to further develop their experience in the charity sector.

_Key Responsibilities_

Coordinating Volunteers

• Coordinate the recruitment and training of volunteer visitors;
• Support volunteers through regular contact, group support meetings and shadowing.

Liaison with HMP Morton Hall & Swinderby RSTHF

• Coordinate and attend dropin sessions at each facility to generate client referrals;
• Maintain working relationships with each facility's management;
• Raise visitors' and clients' concerns with facility management;
• Promote MHVG within HMP Morton Hall and Swinderby RSTHF.

Trustees

• Maintain regular contact with members of the trustee board and attend their monthly meetings;
• Provide a coordinator's report for every monthly meeting;
• Work as an advisor to the trustees and raise issues with them where necessary.

Information Sharing

• Liaise with Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees (AVID) and other visitor groups to share information and best practice regarding detention visits;
• Share information with MHVG members including regular newsletters;
• Represent MHVG at events when appropriate.

Fundraising

• Identify funding opportunities;

Admin

• Work closely with existing staff and trustees to maintain organisational records.
• Keep records on visits in preparation for end of year stats and MHVG's annual report.

Website / Publicity & Profile

• Ensure the MHVG website is updated and managed;
• Look for opportunities to expand the organisation's profile.

Other

• Additional tasks as agreed by the trustees.

_Person Specification_

Essential:

• Experience or knowledge of immigration and detention issues;
• Personal or work experience of supporting vulnerable people;
• Strong organisational, planning, and networking skills;
• Experience of supporting others in a volunteering role, either as a volunteer or in paid employment;
• Good problem solving skills and the ability to work independently on your own initiative;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate to a variety of individuals and organisations;
• Good time management skills and the ability to prioritise effectively while working on competing projects with tight deadlines;
• Ability to maintain clear and concise records;
• Commitment to and ability to implement equal opportunities policy across all aspects of the role;
• Flexibility.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in the charity sector, ideally while supporting asylum seekers or people in detention;
• Track record of successfully sourcing funds;
• Experience of managing staff members or volunteers;
• Project management experience;
• Lives locally to the Midlands region;
• Driver with own transport.

_How to apply:
_
- full CV
- a covering letter explicitly stating how you meet the requirements outlined in the person specification and job description
- contact details of two referees

For referees, the first would normally be your current or most recent employer.

If you have never been employed, please name someone who knows you well who is able to comment on your suitability for the post.

This shouldn't be a friend or relative.

For an informal discussion about this role, please call Beth Godley on

If the phone is not answered, please leave your name, phone number and that you are responding to the job advert.

Someone will call you back as soon as possible.


Job Type:
Part-time

Part-time hours: 7.5 per week


Pay:
£15.62 per hour


Benefits:

• Flexitime
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Lincolnshire: reliably commute or