Recovery & Resilience Coordinator
Part-time sessional role
20hrs per week
£15 per hour
Immediate start, contract ends 31st October 2020
As the Recovery & Resilience Coordinator, you’ll be responsible for the delivery of a critical project to assess the needs of LGBT+ people across Scotland in a post-COVID world. You’ll manage the delivery of practical support and assistance to local LGBT+ community groups and organisations to help them meet those identified needs, improving the resilience of the sector.
You’ll manage four part-time sessional workers who will be responsible for outreach work in a specific geographic area, or with particular communities of interest, to meet the project objectives.
You will support the team, who will work with LGBT+ groups to identify their assets, needs, barriers and opportunities, to ensure communities have a framework for recovery, overseeing effective and detailed community action plans, always ensuring local people are at the heart of a human rights-based approach to recovery.
The Coordinator will also be responsible for the production of summary reports and updates throughout the project and will produce a Recovery & Resilience Report based on the findings of the project by 31st October 2020.
You’ll report to the Executive Director of the charity.
Experience & Skills
Essential:
- Good working knowledge of the LGBT+ sector in Scotland
- Sound knowledge of community development principles in action
- Understanding of the financial opportunities for community groups in Scotland
- Previous experience managing team members
- Excellent office and administrative skills
- Full clean driving licence
- An ability to work to deadlines and with competing priorities
If you feel you’re the right fit for this opportunity, send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@pinksaltire.com by 5pm on Friday 17th July. A telephone or video call will be scheduled with shortlisted candidates soon after.
We’re committed to ensuring diversity in our organisation and welcome applications from those often under-represented in the LGBT or charitable sectors. You are welcome at Pink Saltire – we value your skills, your experiences and your contribution.
This opportunity is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.