Community Engagement Coordinator
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 18
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000 per annum
Duration: Fixed term until 30/04/2021. Possible extension for a further 2 years (funding dependent)
Hours: 17.5 hours per week
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
Deadline: Wednesday 11th September, 9am
This role requires an experienced, hardworking and well networked individual who can raise awareness of the work of The Reader and our project with The Steve Morgan Foundation. The Community Engagement Coordinator role will be key to establishing local and regional connections and building partnerships which place shared reading firmly within local communities, helping us to reach young people and families specifically:
- Children under 8 years old (and their parents and siblings) living in areas of high deprivation
- Children and families receiving additional support, be that for health or socio-economic reasons
- Children living with disabilities and their families
- New parents and parents- to-be
Key Responsibilities:
This is an exciting opportunity for a hard working individual to join our team and develop a diverse range of partnerships across the City and North West.
Volunteer Coordinator
Based: Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 18
Salary: £17,000 – £22,000 per annum
Duration: Fixed term for 12 months
Hours: 17.5 hours per week
Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays
Deadline: Wednesday 11th September, 9am
We need somebody who has a deep connection with literature and experience working with children in the voluntary sector, to help us successfully deliver the outcomes of our 12 month Super Reading Heroes project. This will be an incredibly varied role; The Volunteer Coordinator will be responsible for recruiting and supporting a group of volunteers who will be reading one to one with looked after children for a period of 6 months, as well as organising a series of ‘Big Days Out’ at Calderstones Park for those children taking part. As part of the wider Children and Young Persons team, you will also be responsible for planning and delivering an engaging and exciting summer school for the summer of 2020
This project is funded by The Prince of Wales’ Charitable Trust and builds on our existing BBC Children in Need funded Reading Heroes project. Super Reading Heroes is a new way for us to continue to deliver a long standing commitment to reading with Looked After Children in the North West of England. We aim to raise standards in literacy through promoting reading for pleasure.