Migration Assistant

Application closing date
25/03/2024
- Location
Halifax
- Salary
Scale 4, scp 7-11; £24,294 - £25,979 per annum
- Package
37 hours per week, Fixed term 2.5 years
- Job category/type
Council
- Job description**Post Ref: CC955**

Please note: Priority applicants will be seen in the first instance.

Calderdale has long been a place of welcome to people seeking a new life of safety in the UK and has been part of the national asylum dispersal scheme since its inception.

Our Neighbourhoods & Cohesion Team want to ensure that those who are vulnerable and seeking sanctuary can access the support that is available for them from the Council as well as our partners in the health, voluntary and faith sectors.

This role will support colleagues in the Neighbourhoods & Cohesion teams to ensure that some of our most disadvantaged residents have the best possible safe and warm welcome in the borough.

Calderdale Council is looking for a Migration Support Assistant to provide the vital organisational and service support it needs to carry out this work. The role will include working across a wide range of partnership meetings to ensure that clear record keeping, and data management is maintained.

The post holder will enjoy working flexibly in a friendly team and will see this role as an opportunity to gain experience and understanding of work with our diverse communities including asylum seekers and refugees and across our safeguarding community delivery on Prevent.

Confident in working with IT and Microsoft Office including Excel spreadsheets, the post holder must have strong written, organisational and communication skills, and be flexible and adaptable to meet evolving needs and fixed deadlines.

Good team working skills are essential for this post as the post holder may be often operating remotely from projects and their colleagues.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.

**Closing Date: Monday 25th March 2024**
Interview Date: TBC

We may utilise digital or face to face interview methods.

On 30 January 2019, the Council declared a climate emergency in a bold move to step up its action to tackle climate change.

We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date, an early submission is advised.