Job Description: Outreach Development Worker

JOB TITLE: Outreach Development Worker (Part time - 17.5 hrs per week)

LOCATION:Unit 212 Aberdeen Centre, 22/24 Highbury Grove, London, N5 2EA

SALARY GRADE:NJC Salary Grade 6

RESPONSIBLE TO:Chair of Management Committee

PURPOSE OF JOB:To bring together refugee/migrant community organisations and to promote dialogue and partnership with other service providers and statutory bodies.

Key Responsibility Areas:

  1. Outreach to Refugee/Migrant Community Organisations in Islington
  • To build and strengthen The General Forum meetings
  • Maintain and develop an outreach programme for the Islington Refugee Forum(IRF) in line with the existing Business plan and implementation plan.
  • Identify development needs of Islington based RMCOs.
  • Develop ways to assess and monitor how these needs are being met.
  • Encourage and develop partnership working and promote opportunities for joint funding between RMCOs, Local Authority and the mainstream.
  1. Administration and Communication
  • To service the General Forum meetings (agendas, minutes) .
  • To maintain and update the database.
  • To produce and distribute the IRF Newsletter.
  • To maintain the IRF website.
  1. Policy
  • Identify key issues relating to service delivery to refugees and organise responses to address issues where appropriate.
  • Anticipate forthcoming developments that will affect refugees and their organisations and organise consultation responses where appropriate.
  1. Volunteer Supervision
  • To recruit and supervise suitable volunteers to help with the Forum’s work.
  1. Other Responsibilities
  • Provide regular work reports to the Management Committee and be administratively self-sufficient.
  • Attend and service Management Committee meetings.
  • To work with the Management Committee to identify and secure new sources of funding.
  • To assist with financial record keeping.
  • To ensure that Islington Refugee Forum’s equal opportunities and health and safety policies are followed in practice in the post-holder’s work and in the work of Islington Refugee Forum.
  • To undertake any other duties and tasks appropriate to the post as may be required from time to time by the Management Committee.

Person Specification: Development Outreach Worker

(Part time: 17.5 hrs per week)

  1. Proven experience, paid or unpaid, of outreach work with

voluntary/community organisations

  1. Awareness of issues affecting migrant/refugee organisations.
  1. Knowledge of refugee and/or migrant communities
  1. Awareness of key legislation relevant to refugee/migrant communities
  1. Sound understanding of equality and diversity issues
  1. Proven experience of recruiting and training volunteers
  1. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
  1. Excellent interpersonal and networking skills
  1. Proven ability to gather and disseminate information, and produce regular

reports

  1. Sound IT skills in order to use MS Office and databases effectively and good knowledge of internet use for the purposes of research relevant to the post
  1. Ability to work on own initiative and to work collaboratively
  1. Good organisational skills
  1. Ability to prioritise conflicting demands and to work to frequent and tight deadlines
  1. Ability to identify funding sources and to be able to write funding bids
  1. Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends
  1. Empathy with refugee/migrant experience