Grassroots Coordinator – Refugee Support
Location: Manchester
Contract type: Permanent
Full Time 35 hours per week
Salary: GBP 23,660 per annum

We are recruiting!

Are you passionate about supporting and campaigning for the rights of people seeking asylum, migrants and refugees including those that are LGBTIQ+ who are in vulnerable situations in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and London?

As a result of grants from The Oglesby Charitable Trust, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Ben & Jerry’s Foundation; Manchester Migrant Solidarity and African Rainbow Family are recruiting for a full time Grassroots Coordinator. The Grassroots Coordinator would work 35 hours weekly across both groups, 3 days per week with Manchester Migrant Solidarityand 2 days per week with African Rainbow Family from the same office.

Download the application pack here:

Grassroots Coordinator – Cover Letter Grassroots Coordinator Job Description and Person Specification Job Application Form Policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders

It would involve working with groups that campaign for social change, advocate for justice for people who are seeking asylum including those who are lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, intersex (LGBTI+), provide support services for refugees, people seeking asylum and migrants in vulnerable situations in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and London areas.

In this role, you will ensure the provision of high-quality, holistic person-centred, advice, advocacy support, empowerment and campaigning for social change for people in a range of complex and crisis related situations. You will ensure the groups’ practical peer support continue to thrive.

 

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