Project Officer

4 months ago

London, United Kingdom African Community School Full time

**Join Us and Make a Difference**: Project Officer at African Community School (ACS)

**Salary**:£28,000 p.a.

**Location**: Primarily on-site at ACS office

**Contract**:Part time, Fixed Term (12 months, with strong potential for extension)

**Hours**: 28h per week (4 days, including some Saturdays)

**Benefits**:5% Pension Match, 20 Days Holiday (+ Bank Holidays on working days)

**Work authorisation**:United Kingdom (required)

We're seeking a Project Officer to join our team at the African Community School (**ACS**). This crucial role supports the Programme Manager with administrative and data management systems, ensuring seamless communication between parents, students and teachers.

**Working Relationships**
- **Reports To**: Programme Manager
- **Works Closely With**:Trustees, Membership Secretary, Bookkeeper, Sessional Tutors
- **Key External Contacts**: Local community, schools, children's centres, libraries, youth centres, parents/carers, voluntary organisations, and other relevant agencies

**Contract & Benefits**
- **Term**: 1-year fixed term (includes a 3-month probationary period) with potential for extension
- **Hours**:28 hours per week, spread over 4 days
- **Pension**:ACS matches contributions at 5% of pensionable earnings
- **Holiday**:20 days annually, including bank holidays on working days. Holidays align with school schedules.

**ABOUT ACS**:African Community School works with the most vulnerable families in Hackney to support academic achievement, enable employability skills and provide holistic family support. We deliver a Saturday learning hub for young people aged 5-17 years that boosts learning, personal skills, and cultural knowledge, supporting Black and Global Majority children at risk of exclusion, excluded from school, or in home education. We also provide wrap-around cultural activities, summer holiday clubs, mentoring for 5 to 17 years old, family learning, creative family projects, and parenting skills and non-violent resistance courses for parents. We support adults through free accredited adult classes. Please visit our website at

**VISION**:A city in which everyone is fulfilling their potential; free from poverty and social exclusion

**MISSION**:We provide a safe and welcoming space, offering flexible and affordable accredited educational and training sessions. Our goal is to help those in need build confidence, learn new skills, and achieve their employment potential.

**What You'll Do**

As Project Officer, you'll play a vital role in supporting our mission. You'll:

- Collaborate with the Programme Manager on programme management, evaluation and reporting.
- Design project plans, processes and recruit/train volunteers.
- Build new and existing partnerships, oversee student enrolment and maintain accurate records.
- Manage admissions for Saturday school, holiday programmes and adult and community classes and courses, ensuring timely organisation to maximise enrolment.
- Collaborate with colleagues to create promotional materials, manage website/social media.
- Support ACS's strategic goals, using evidence-based practices.
- Track project impact, monitor project-related finances, champion and uphold safeguarding and actively promote equality
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders.
- Champion the ACS mission with a flexible, positive attitude.

**Project Monitoring & Evaluation**
- Ensure projects meet targets and produce data-driven reports.
- Support organisations with training and capacity-building.
- Maintain activity records on the ACS database.

**Administration**
- Provide clerical support and demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Maintain organised filing, records, and teaching materials.
- Manage social media platforms.

**Professional Requirements**
- Build relationships with staff, students, parents, and stakeholders.
- Adhere to ACS policies and prioritise safeguarding.
- Participate in professional development.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree (relevant field preferred). Examples might include education, social work, etc.).
- Experience:

- Project management, including documentation.
- Public, voluntary, or education sector work.
- Website management and social media.
- Office environments and record-keeping.

**Skills**:

- Teamwork, adaptability, strong communication, and MS Office expertise.
- Ability to work under pressure and remain professional.

**Desired Attributes**:

- Passion for ACS's mission and commitment to equal opportunities.
- Self-motivated with a can-do attitude.
- Comfort with technology

**Attitudes**
- Demonstrable interest in education and the mission of ACS
- Friendly but robust professional manner
- High productivity with ability to juggle multiple priorities
- Ability to work as part of a small team and on own initiative
- Readiness to work unsocial hours on occasion (e.g.: weekends at the Saturday school once or twice a month), confident personality and good sense of humour.

**We offer**:

- Competitive sal

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