Coordinator

**Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?**

Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops

**Where and when do we need you?**

We are currently recruiting for a Coordinator to work within our HR Team to manage the coordination and organisation of shift cover and on call rota management through clear and confident communication with Senior Management, Fair Ways colleagues, agencies and agency staff to ensure that safe and appropriate ratios are maintained for Fair Ways services at all times.

In this role you will be responsible for a range of exciting things like:

- Supporting Fair Ways Managers with their understanding and projection of the staffing needs in their services. This is done through relevant systems training, information/data collation and sharing, report writing, related project work and actively participating in workforce planning initiatives.
- Ensuring colleagues are meeting their contracted working requirements and, where staff are working a high number of hours, to escalate concerns to the relevant department Manager to highlight any situation which may compromise the safety and well-being of the people we support.
- Maintaing clear oversight of shift allocation and staffing to provide clarity on staff suitability, training standards, allocation priority and financial impact for the charity.
- Ensuring accurate processing and monitoring of staffing impacts to provide clear oversight of any patterns, concerns and forecasting to ensure a robust and stable workforce at all times.
- Engaging with central support functions to ensure that accurate data and information is provided in a timely manner allowing detailed analysis and to ensure that charity thresholds are met and maintained.
- Demonstrating a range of effective communication skills, being reliable, enthusiastic and able work on own initiative, prioritising effectively across a range of different demands

This role is 37.5 hours per week worked flexibly between home, office and central support depending on the needs of the business. There will be one fixed day at Central Support each week (Tuesday) which will be your team day allowing in person communication and collaboration with your team.

**Desirable. but not Essential**
- Whilst we value the knowledge and understanding that experience and qualifications can bring, we also know that some of our best people have come to us from unrelated backgrounds. These people already held our core values at heart, and with the dedication of our amazing in-house training and development team, we have supported the rest_
- Previous experience of shift coordination ideally within health, social care or education.
- To have demonstrable experience in an administrative role where there is evidence of supporting different stakeholders and projects.
- To have excellent knowledge of Microsoft 365, including Microsoft word, excel, outlook and Office 365.
- To be capable of managing shifting priorities whilst prioritising clear communication and collating associated evidence.

**Let us look after you**

Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
- Free Staff lotteries (_including prizes such as £1000 holiday vouchers, weekends away, luxury hampers and vouchers_)
- Holiday Accrual Scheme and additional Holiday Purchase _(up to 5 days)_
- Health Shield _(Health cash plan)_
- Early Pay - The ability to withdraw an amount of your salary early each month to assist with any unforeseen circumstances.
- Employee Assistance Scheme _(Application based emergency financial assistance for employees)_
- Education Grant - (_funding up to master’s level accreditation_)
- Wellbeing Initiatives - _Team Building Days, Summer Festival, Wellbeing boxes_
- Employee Assistance Programme _(24/7 counselling service)_
- Highstreet discount platform, Discounted Gym Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Leadership Courses
- Free Parking
- Annual Staff Awards/ Long Service Awards
- Pension Scheme
- Eligibility for a Blue Light Card
- £250 Refer a Foster Carer Scheme

**Find your happy place - we can’t wait to meet you**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £20,767.00-£23,517.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Fr