***THIS JOB VACANCY HAS NOW CLOSED***
Salary: £29,500
Hours: Full-time: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Home based, ideally residing in the midlands area, with extensive travel throughout the UK but predominantly in England, visiting Prisons and community facilities.
Responsible to: Executive Officer
Responsible for: The coordination and delivery of several specific projects focussing on supporting Veterans involved in the Justice System. Your goal will be to support veterans with rehabilitation and reduce reoffending.
Main Roles and Responsibilities
As Projects Coordinator you will be responsible for the coordination, development and delivery of several projects focussing on supporting Veterans involved in the Justice System. With projects throughout the UK (mainly England) you will be travelling extensively to visit prisons and community organisations and facilities. You will work with Armed Forces veterans in prison and in the community. You will collaborate with other support agencies and statutory and third-sector services. You will introduce veterans in prison to Care after Combat and be able to signpost to various support packages. You will work alongside other Care after Combat staff, support agencies, volunteers, and relevant prison staff to deliver the projects. You will collaborate with other support services to ensure appropriate support is provided in the community.
You will be supported in your role by the Executive Officer (your Line Manager) and the wider Care after Combat Team.
Duties can include but will not be limited to:
- Managing and coordinating projects delivered by the Charity.
- Contract delivery and raising the profile of the Charity.
- Implementation of Care after Combat’s support services within specific projects.
- Engagement, collaboration, and partnership working with external stakeholders
- Be a key holder for identified prisons.
- Travel to identified prisons; this will involve extensive travel and possible overnight stays.
- Work with other Care after Combat staff and prison staff to arrange and facilitate project delivery for veterans within the prison environment.
- Work with other Care after Combat staff in the delivery of awareness training in veteran specific issues as required by each project.
- Networking with relevant organisations and other charities.
- Represent Care after Combat as required and always work in line with the identified aims, values and plans of the charity.
- Updating Case Management systems as part of the maintenance of cases relating to the support of service users.
- Provide clear reports in line with Care after Combat reporting policies and governance strategies.
- Other duties that are relevant to the care and support of veterans through the justice system may be assigned by the Operations Lead.
Employment rights to live and work in the UK.
Level 4 in Information, Advice and Guidance (or willing to conduct the training in role)
Have a full and clean driving license, access to a vehicle with Business use insurance.
Experience/ Knowledge
- A Veteran or relevant working experience with the Armed Forces, the Prison Service or within rehabilitation and/or reducing offending.
- Working collaboratively across teams and grades
- Development of local networking across regions
- Contract Delivery and/or Project management experience.
- Collaborative delivery of projects and/or programmes
Skills
- An Independent, self-starter with vision, creativity and a strengths-based approach to problem solving.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Experience of mentoring or delivering support services
- Provide high quality written reports and any other written documentation as and when required
- Experience of or relevant skills to evidence confidence in managing group work
- Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to network and negotiate with relevant agencies and service providers
- Able to accept responsibility and to respond confidently and calmly to complex and evolving problems
- Able to work on own initiative, self-motivate and progress own work to deadlines once guidelines have been set
- To be able to establish links with other charities, key individuals, and services to share, develop and maintain best practice in the provision of services for veterans.
- Appreciation of the Justice System
- Good problem-solving skills and
- application of independent thinking
Values
- Approachable, cooperative, and respectful of others
- Strong commitment to team working
- Empathetic and caring
- Trustworthy, honest, ability to work automatously, take responsibility and demonstrates integrity.
Desirable Requirements
- Live in England, preferably the midlands.
- Previous experience of working in prisons or with offenders.
- Previous experience of working in collaboration with the NHS
Working Conditions
Care after Combat takes the safety of its staff and volunteers seriously.
A part of this job role involves working inside prison environments. Prison security procedures can include individuals being searched and does include working in a restricted locked environment. The prison environment can present as challenging. All visitors to prisons are required to follow the individual prison policies and procedures. This role will be subject to a full enhanced DBS check and National Offender Management Vetting.
Care after Combat provides a range of benefits including pension, veteran’s railcard (if applicable), EAP, free flu jabs, day off for birthday, free eye tests.
Closing date: Sunday 8 September 2024
Initial Interviews (Teams): w/c 16 September 2024
Final Interviews (Face to Face): w/c 23 September 2024
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £29,500.00 per year
