Schools Coordinator

Position: Schools Coordinator

Salary: £26,388 plus £500 home working allowance per annum (to be pro-rata to 0.5fte)

Location: Remote - North West - Chorley, Liverpool, North Lancashire, Ormskirk, Sefton, South Ribble, Southport, St Helens, West Lancashire, Wirral

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Working Hours Per Week: Part time, 17.5 hours per week

Closing Date: 23rd April 2024

The Role:

In 2021, the organisation announced a new 10+ year strategy to make the biggest impact they can to stop child abuse and neglect. The Local Services teams are an essential part of how three main strategic goals will be delivered:

• Everyone plays their part to prevent child abuse
• Every child is safe online
• Children feel safe, listened to and supported

Local Services brings together their work in schools, local campaigning and direct services across 9 regions and nations. The North West Schools Service team plays an integral part of the mission as it's responsible for delivering the schools offer.

Key responsibilities include:

• Be the single point of contact for primary and secondary schools within the designated area, including non-mainstream settings
• Coordinate the delivery of the Speak out. Stay safe programme
• Promote the secondary school offer
• Be responsible for overseeing the delivery of volunteer led workshops to 6-7 and 9-11 year olds
• Lead and manage a diverse team of existing volunteers
• Work to set targets and KPIs
• Be responsible for building and maintaining internal and external relationships
• Recruit, train and retain new or existing volunteers providing ongoing development
• Maximise opportunities and partnership working
• Be confident in presenting to stakeholders, such as local authorities and senior school leaders
• Represent Local Services and the organisations Schools Service in the public forum
• Be an active contributor to internal projects and workstreams

About you

As a member of the team, the charity's organisational values and behaviours would be important to you. We want someone who will take a child-centred approach, has a strong belief in the rights of children, and has a clear understanding and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of life and practice.

As Schools Coordinator:

• Do you have experience of delivering or arranging programmes in either educational or safeguarding settings
• Do you work well towards set targets/KPIs and objectives
• Do you have experience of management, retention and recruitment of volunteers
• Do you have well-developed communication and influencing skills
• Do you have experience of following safeguarding procedures
• Can you work with diverse groups of people
• Do you have effective time management, planning and organisation skills
• Do you work well as a team and work well remotely

If so, we would love you to apply for the Schools Coordinator position.

In Return

You will be offered the experience of working in a well-established charity that sets high standards and expectations on improving the lives of children, a variety of rewards and benefits including generous annual leave, employee benefits and assistance programme, pension and life assurance schemes.

Join this amazing organisation and you’ll become part of a team that cares about the work they do and the people they work with. You’ll discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that’ll bring the best out in you. And you’ll get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts millions of young lives.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Schools Coordinator, Schools, Coordinator, School, Coordination, Education Coordinator, Education, Education Manager, Program Coordinator, Education specialist.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.