Hate Crime Training & Engagement Officer

We have an exciting opportunity to join a busy and passionate team at the Wales Hate Support Centre, covering the North Wales Area.

As part of a fast-paced role you'll connect with a range of local partners and grass-root groups, supporting a common understanding of hate crime through conversation and delivering training and awareness sessions in-person and virtually. You'll be working in young person settings, with adults and communities.

What we offer:

At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:

• Flexible working options including hybrid working
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata)
• An extra day off for your birthday
• Pension with 5% employer contribution
• Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
• High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
• Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
• Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support

Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression

About the role:

This role is home-based in the North Wales Area. This role is covering maternity leave. Working days and hours spread across the working week are open for negotiation, with a preference for a Monday working to join team meetings.

As a Hate Crime Training & Engagement Officer, you will;

• Help to develop and coordinate range of engagement and promotion activities aligned to the priorities of the local service.
• To increase community engagement in the area.
• To work with the team to develop and deliver a variety of training packages to relevant community partners promoting the work of Victim Support services.
• To develop and expand awareness of support available, from the local service, people affected by crime with partner agencies and community groups.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with local organisations with and community leaders.

You will need:

• Good communication & networking skills
• To be able to work independently as well as part of a team
• Be able to build customer value

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

About Us:

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System.

Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role. If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

How to apply:

To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.

We look forward to hearing from you.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.