Community Coordination Officer
Community Coordination Officer
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Job Description
About the Role
We are excited to be expanding our community approach for care experienced children and young people at Become. We have created this new post and are looking for a creative welcoming coordinator to help us grow and meet the needs of our community. The postholder will coordinate the welcome experience the community space and the communications with the group. As such you will need to have an eye for detail to make sure that were engaging a diverse group across all areas of England be a great communicator across individual small group and entire community communications and be able to deliver on small projects working across Becomes teams. Although this role will be remote and there will be limited face-to-face time with young people there will be direct communication so building safe and trusted relationships will be key.
As an organisation serving children in care and care leavers we are keen to receive applications from people with experience of care and recognise the importance of having care-experienced staff within our team. We are also actively seeking to bring diversity of perspectives and experience and especially welcome applications from people from racially minoritised communities.
Become is committed to tackling systemic racism and providing an inclusive equitable workplace. We recognise that embedding equity diversity and inclusion principles is an ongoing journey and one which we are determined to invest in.
Location
We are currently hybrid working:our team primarily works from home with in-person attendance and meetings generally expected once or twice per month usually at our central hot-desking location in Old Street London. For non-London based staff we will consider hot-desking options near you if required. Additionally Become covers the cost of UK travel for these essential in-person meetings. We are open to conversations about flexible working arrangements
Equity Diversity and Inclusion
As an organisation serving children in care and young care leavers we are keen to receive applications from people with lived experience of care. We are actively seeking to bring diversity of perspectives and experience and especially welcome applications from those from racially minoritised communities. We ask all applicants to fill in an Equity and Diversity Monitoring from to better understand the diversity of applicants. This is anonymous and will not be connected with your application.
How to apply
We ask interested applicants to answer several competency-based questions. Your application and answers will be reviewed anonymously to ensure fairness and help remove bias from the application process. Youll need to send us your CV and it will be anonymised before review.
To apply for this role you will need to:
- Provide us with a copy of your CV;
- Answer the competency questions in no more than 400 words per question providing relevant examples to demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience required;
- Complete the Equity and Diversity Monitoring Form (this is not compulsory but the information is very useful to us).
If you have any reasonable adjustments you would like us to consider for this recruitment process (either for the application or interview) please advise us on your application form.
If you would like an informal chat before applying please contact Hiring Manager Jo Petty Campaigns and Participation Manager () and we will arrange a convenient time.
The deadline for applications to be received is Wednesday 10 September @ 11.59pm.
Interview Details
Interviews will have two parts:
- A sessionwithyoung people;
- A panel interview withBecome staff.
Interviews may be held virtually using a video calling app (Microsoft Teams or Zoom) or in person at our location in Central London. If access to technology/internet is difficult for you please contact us so we can assist in making suitable arrangements.
Become also wants to ensure fairness in all of our interviews so all successful shortlisted candidates will be sent the interview questions in advance.
Interviews will take place:
- Young peoples panel: Tuesday 30 September
- Staff panel: Wednesday 1 October
Please Note
All applicants must have a Right to Work in the UK. Although the role is hybrid we are unable to offer work visas or sponsorship for any candidates.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
