Older Peoples Project Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - Bengali Workers Association

Description

Bengali Workers Association (BWA)

The Bengali Workers Association was established in 1976 and has offered the crucial support that has enabled local people to assume greater responsibility for themselves and their communities.

We have particular care concerns to address for the improvement of the health and well-being of our elder population.

We aim to achieve this via a weekly programme of classes and session at our Surma Community Centre, to keep them safe and well, improve health and wellbeing, reduce isolation, loneliness and exclusion, and develop their skills and capabilities.

We aim to offer tailored exercise sessions, a luncheon club and a social club. We will also offer information, advice and assistance around money management and entitlements. Building clear referral pathways will be integral to this role and will be offered in both Bangla and

English.

It is important that beneficiaries are enabled to play a key role in deciding the content of our sessions and support offered to them.

To be successful in this post, you will need to be social, positive and have the desire and drive to improve the lives of our elderly.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post Title:
Older Peoples Project Coordinator

Salary:
£27K

Reporting to:
Chief Executive Officer

Responsible for:
Older People (50+) Project Worker

Hours to be worked: 35 hours per week

JOB PURPOSE AND ROLE

The Project Coordinator will be responsible for both overseeing the project and direct delivery including, organising and planning sessions; building professional partnerships with service providers; creating referral pathways for providing advice and guidance to our beneficiaries, and monitoring and evaluating activities of the project as a whole.

To ensure that strategic goals, objectives, and outcomes are met and delivered on time for the

BWA trustees and management team.

To maintain accurate and up to date records of all project activity.

To be the link between the project and other local groups, services, and the community.

To develop excellent working relationships with other voluntary and statutory organisations such as Mind in Camden, Age UK, and Citizens Advice Bureau, looking at ways to work in partnership, especially with hard-to-reach groups.

Ensuring the active participation and involvement of the Service Users in the planning and evaluation of their services.

All duties to be carried out within the framework of the Bengali Workers Association policies and procedures as outlined in the BWA Employee Handbook.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• To coordinate the work required to meet the agreed outcomes of the project
• To oversee timely and accurate recording, monitoring, and reporting of outcomes and outputs, as well as collecting case studies and stories.
• Take an intentional focus to deliver meaningful, sustained, innovative, independent community activity in line with the aims of the project
• To provide a high quality and responsive service to citizens who are running/coordinating and attending activities and groups.
• To work in partnership with key stakeholders in order to promote the project and secure the programmes outcomes.
• To make contact with local older people and encourage them to get involved in community activity, particularly people who have not been involved in the past and are at risk of social isolation.
• To adhere to the policies and procedures of the Bengali Workers Association as laid out in the BWA Employees Handbook
• To recognise the importance of personal development by attending appropriate training and development courses/sessions and be committed to personal and self-development through information sharing, partnership working and research.
• Recording service user activity such as attendance and obtaining feedback on the quality of service provided.
• To train and manage a team of volunteers to support the outcomes of the project.
• To support community led groups and individuals to explore sustainable ways to tackle social isolation in the over 50s
• Any other duties appropriate to the post

PERSON SPECIFICATION

JOB TITLE
:
Older Peoples Project Coordinator
CRITERIA (E) = Essential (D) = Desirable

• Experience of working within an outcome focussed organisation and associated reporting structures (E)
• Knowledge of issues affecting older people including carers (E)
• Experience of working with older people (E)
• Experience of working with and coordinating volunteers (E)
• Experience of working within the community (E)
• Experience of working in partnership with statutory and voluntary agencies (D)
• Action planning and reporting (D)
• Experience of community development work (E)
• Excellent interpersonal skills (E)
• Prioritisation and time management skills (E)
• Basic computer literacy, experience of Microsoft Office suite (E)
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills (E)
• Event organisat