Job title: Restorative Justice Project Coordinator

Post number: EG5162

Reports to: Community Knowledge Exchange Development Manager

Department: Research, enterprise and social partnerships

Location: Grand Parade

Grade: 6

Purpose of the role:


To establish, coordinate and deliver restorative justice (RJ) sessions aimed at addressing hate crimes and hate speech on campuses of the Universities of Brighton & Sussex as part of the HEFCE Catalyst funded project “Hate crime on university campuses: Repairing the harms of hate and prejudice through student-led restorative dialogue”.


Line management responsibility for: n/a


Main areas of responsibility:

·  To coordinate relationships between project stakeholders including:

o  To effectively engage university staff and students in raising awareness about the project and promote their involvement in the project’s activity

o  Link with community and statutory organisations in the restorative justice sector in Brighton & Hove to create pathways for information sharing and exchange

·  To facilitate high quality direct restorative justice conferences in response to reports of hate incidents

·  To create, develop and deliver indirect educational and information sessions related to restorative justice aimed at staff and students on university campuses

·  To produce written summaries of direct and indirect restorative justice sessions for other researchers and stakeholders

·  To contribute to the development, writing and designing of materials and resources focused on best practice of raising awareness of and developing care pathways for the implementation of restorative justice approaches on university campuses. This will include contributing to an information pack, a training outline, website content and short videos.

·  To engage in and uphold ethical practice in the project

·  To work with the project team in the design, administration and implementation of project activities and outputs

·  To assist the research team with accessing participants

General responsibilities

These are standard to all University of Brighton job descriptions.

·  To undertake other duties appropriate to the grade and character of work as may be reasonably required, including specific duties of a similar or lesser grade.

·  To adhere to the University’s Equality and Diversity Policy in all activities, and to actively promote equality of opportunity wherever possible.

·  To be responsible for your own health and safety and that of your colleagues, in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act.

·  To work in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

The person specification focuses on the knowledge, qualifications, experience and skills (both general and technical) required to undertake the role effectively. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria. You will be assessed by your completed application form (A), at interview (I) and in some instances through an exercise (E).

Essential criteria / A, I, E
Knowledge / Knowledge of sectors
·  An in depth understanding of restorative justice practice and trends
·  Able to contribute effectively to planning and the implementation of change, and to keep abreast of developments
Communication
·  Clear, concise, accurate written and oral communication with particular ability to explain restorative justice principles and practices
·  Ability to handle sensitive communications and enquiries
·  Ability to support communication between individuals with diverse identities
Analysis, creativity & problem-solving
·  Ability to create new processes/ways of working; ability to analyse complex data; apply innovative thinking and demonstrate a range of problem-solving skills
Organisation
·  Committed to meeting and delivering objectives on own initiative
·  Ability to develop effective work systems; to prioritise and meet agreed deadlines; to handle complexity / A,I
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Qualifications / ·  Accredited Restorative Justice facilitator / A,I
Experience / ·  Facilitating restorative justice conferences and delivering victim satisfaction
·  Working with issues of inclusion and diversity
·  Dealing with ethical issues and sensitive agendas
·  Experience of delivering training
·  Addressing conflict and disagreement
·  Experience of working in a timely manner / A,I
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Managing people / ·  Facilitation – ability to design and facilitate inclusive sessions with a range of stakeholders
·  Team working – ability and commitment to set and meet objectives jointly with others, achieving mutual benefit
·  Relationships with other Restorative Justice practitioners – coordinate and oversee additional facilitators at restorative justice sessions as required / A,I
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Technical/work based skills / ·  Experience of developing content for the web and for social media; audio and visual capture; using spread sheets and databases; competence in the preparation of appropriate reports. / A,I
Other requirements / ·  The role will require using display screen equipment extensively and undertake all the physical requirements of the job, according to health and safety guidelines
·  The role will require extensive travel between campuses / A,I
A,I
Desirable / ·  Experience of facilitation in sensitive and complex cases
·  Awareness of Restorative Justice networks and practitioners in Brighton & Hove
·  Knowledge of working in a university and in a student facing role
·  Knowledge of how hate incidents affect the safety and well-being of students studying in the UK
·  Experience of producing dissemination materials / A,I
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·  Any appointment is generally made at the bottom of the salary range for the grade dependent upon experience and previous salary.

·  This is a part-time post, 1.5 days a week (11 hours) and is for a fixed term of 1 year.

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·  Annual leave entitlements are shown in the table below and increase after 5 years’ service. In addition, to the eight Bank Holidays, there are university discretionary days between Christmas and New Year. All leave, including bank holidays and discretionary days, is pro-rated for part time employees.

Grades / Basic entitlement per year / Grades / After 5 years’ service
1-3 / 23 days / 1-3 / 28 days
4-7 / 25 days / 4-7 / 30 days
8-9 / 27 days / 8-9 / 30 days
Band 10 and above / 30 days / Band 10 and above / 30 days

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Date: November 2017