Project Support Officer- Refugee Women’s Project

3 months ago

Coventry, United Kingdom Coventry City Council Full time

About the team we are recruiting to
We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

Coventry City Council’s Migration Team is dedicated to meeting the needs of newly arriving communities and facilitating a successful integration journey into the city. As leaders in the field of refugee resettlement, we provide support to vulnerable individuals through various initiatives, including employment, education, language acquisition and training enabling them to contribute to the economic, civic and social fabric of our vibrant city. With collaborative partnerships and exciting projects, like "My Coventry", ‘’Mi-Friendly Cities’’ and "Step Forward," we celebrate diversity while ensuring everyone's rights and opportunities are valued.

Join us in making Coventry a place people choose to live, learn, and work.

What is the job role?
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with experience of working with refugees, asylum seekers and migrant communities.

**This is a 24 month fixed term contract.**

Working with the Head of Service and the Programme Delivery Manager, and Project Manager you will be a natural self-starter with a can-do attitude.
- Develop and improve confidence and wellbeing
- Recognise their skills and experience as valuable assets
- Plan their future pathways and involvement in the community as UK born women do

Who are we looking for?
- Excellent ICT skills and be proficient in using a variety of packages in order to accurately record, analyse, monitor and review information. The ability to work effectively as part of a team, on your own and with a wide range of partners is also critical to this role.
- The ability to deliver digital skills literacy training to the participants.
- Strong numerical skills required to process complex documents, with an eye for detail when processing information.
- Effective time management skills, with an ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, prioritise competing work tasks.
- Ability to handle confidential information with tact and discretion.
- Strong interpersonal and negotiating skills to positively challenge partners and have difficult conversations when needed.
- You will also be involved in supporting the team to bid for additional funding. Excellent communication skills with the ability to understand and translate complex information into guidance for staff and partners both verbally and in writing will be highly desirable.
- Experience of handling and processing manual or computerised information, experience of using databases, Word and Excel
- Able to work effectively with clients in person and online.
- To be able to explore and find suitable volunteering and work experience opportunities for the participants.
- To be able to put together action plans and monitor them.

**When writing your personal statement, please pay particular regard to the following, as your answers will be used for shortlisting**:

- **What is your experience of working with and supporting newly arrived women refugees and their families to remove barriers they face?**:

- **What activities and training would you organise and facilitate to help women refugees integrate into the City? What other services and organisations do you think you would need to engage with?**:

- **Please demonstrate your experience of project management including managing conflicting priorities and motivating others to engage.**:

- **Please explain a time when you have worked to build a partnership between organisations/stakeholders and the approaches that you used. Include any challenges faced and how you worked to address these.**

Interview date(s): tbc

About Coventry
**Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.**

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

Our Values

Our Values are:

- Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
- Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
- Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
- Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
- Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
- Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

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