Project Officer - Mentoring and Community Projects
Project Officer - Mentoring and Community Projects
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Project Officer Mentoring and Community Projects
The fulltime starting salary is normally 34226.00 per annum with progression available in post to 37203.00 per annum.
Grade: SO1
Full time Fixed Term
Birmingham City University is a large and diverse place to work right in the heart of the city and we currently have an exciting opportunity for Project Officer to join our dynamic team working with staff and students on campus. This role will join an established team and play a major part in supporting the delivery of the BCUs youth mentoring and community initiatives working alongside external partners to deliver meaningful engagement for children young people and local residents. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project delivery in an externally funded context looking to develop their career in an exciting environment.
Working directly with the Project Manager the Project Officer will be responsible for coordinating the daytoday activity of projects that sit with BCUs youth mentoring and community offer. This currently includes two externally funded contracts and a number of smaller workstreams working with external organisations such as Barnardos Childrens Charity Our Place Support CIC Liminal Education and Flourish.
This role will work collaboratively with external partners and internal teams to ensure projects are delivered to a high standard by:
- Supporting the recruitment of Volunteer Mentors
- Acting as the BCU representative for students graduates and alum that engage in project activity
- Supporting project management activities where BCU are the lead partner
- Arranging meetings events and training days
- Liaising with project partners and stakeholders
- Supporting compliance and finance activity
- Leading the creation of case studies and good news stories
- Working with the Project Manager and Senior Programme Manager to identify areas for growth
- General project administrative duties
To be successful in this role we would require the following skills and experience:
- Experience of providing project support
- Knowledge of project management principles tools and techniques
- Good problemsolving and listening skills
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collate and present information to stakeholders
- Good attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritise plan and organise day to day activities ensuring that deadlines and objectives are achieved
Whilst not essential experience of working on initiatives involving outreach and community engagement particularly with students and young people would be desirable. If you have not worked in this area previously but feel you have the relevant skills and experience to be successful in this role we would still welcome your application.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can contribute. We welcome applications from all backgrounds communities and industries as our team thrives on the diverse perspectives and experiences of our members. We believe that a variety of backgrounds fosters innovation and strengthens our community and we actively celebrate and support individuals from all walks of life ensuring that everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their unique insights. If you are interested in this role but want to find out more please contact Robyn Payne .
Birmingham City University has the drive and ambition to be a leading seat of teaching and research excellence. We are passionate about providing our learners with a transformational journey enabled by an exceptional and supportive academic community.
At Birmingham City University we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. All staff are expected to understand and enact the University commitment to ensuring equality diversity and inclusion in our employment practice and in all that we do. This commitment is enshrined in our Core Values and is detailed in our Equality Diversity and Inclusion in Employment Policy. The University values and celebrates the diversity of our staff and students; we welcome people from the many different background and life experience that reflect the students and the citizen we serve. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and actively encourage unique contributions in particular from underrepresented groups in respect of age disability sex gender or gender identity ethnicity race religion or belief sexual orientation or transgender status.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
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