Project Officer

Project Officer
£28,000 per year pro rata (0.7 FTE) / £18,200 per year
Part-time, 24.5 hours per week
Fixed-term contract to end of March 2027
Based in South East Wales as a home working role

Our client empowers people with the reading and writing skills they need to succeed in life.

What you'll be doing

Our client's project is an ambitious new project that will explore ways for diverse communities to find personal and local connections to the rich heritage of the Newport Rising and Chartism in Wales. It will be delivered across Newport, Caerphilly and Torfaen, with a focus on understanding how this heritage can inform and shape our client's vision for the future.

You will be responsible for on-the-ground project delivery and communications. You will ensure communities are able to engage with the project, adapting work to meet their needs where necessary, creating accessible resources and working alongside local writers and artists. You will also recruit and support volunteers and project participants, build relationships with local partners, and manage campaign activities and events, including writing workshops and local trails.

You will work from home but will also need to be able to be in all three areas - Newport, Caerphilly and Torfaen - on a regular basis, to support events and local partnerships.

What our client is looking for

You will need experience of recruiting, training and supporting volunteers, and coordinating project delivery in a charity or educational context, as well as excellent communications skills and knowledge of the needs of different communities across South East Wales. Fluent Welsh Language skills and a driving licence / access to your own vehicle are also essential, due to the nature of local project delivery.

Why our client's work is so vital

Reading and writing skills change everything.

- Our client works collaboratively in local communities, focusing their work in 20 areas of the UK that are facing the biggest challenges.
- They support schools, developing the most effective tools and techniques and providing resources and programmes to engage and inspire children.
- They campaign to make reading and writing skills a priority for politicians and decision-makers.
- They support vulnerable adults, people in the criminal justice system and young offenders' institutions to build their reading and writing skills.

What our client offers you

Our client's team are passionate about their mission and they have a strong and positive working culture, based on shared values and respect. They offer a range of flexible working options and promote a workplace where you can be yourself and contribute to our client's success, whoever you are.

As well as a competitive salary, our client offers benefits including a generous leave allowance totalling 39 days (including bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year), pension contributions of 8% of annual salary, a cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme and other health and wellbeing benefits.

Application details

Our client is committed to the promotion and use of the Welsh language. These two new positions are a testament to that commitment. As our client is in the early stages of enhancing the capacity of their Welsh language team, they kindly request that applications be submitted in English, if feasible. However, applications submitted in Welsh will be regarded with equal consideration. The interview panel will include both Welsh and English language speakers.

Our client's people are their most important asset and they value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). They particularly welcome applications from those from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as candidates with disabilities and from the communities in which our client works. Our client would like to increase representation of these groups among staff as they know greater diversity will lead to an even greater impact for their work.

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Closing date: 10am, 4th November 2024

Please note our client does not accept CVs. No agencies or recruitment sites.

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