Community Liaison Coordinator -Homebased

Part of the Community Liaison team, the Community Liaison Coordinator is an exciting role which forms part of our Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) contract at Migrant Help. You work within a Specialised Services team to develop and maintain partnerships with private, public and voluntary sector organisations. This involves working with local communities to meet the needs of our Clients and support the successful delivery of the AIRE contract. You will establish practical and meaningful outreach relationships which may lead to service commissioning and deliver training programs as appropriate to other service providers including advice hubs and voluntary sector agencies.,

• Establish, build and maintain excellent relationships with key stakeholder, community organisations and voluntary sector agencies, within the Asylum Seekers and Refugee sector, to establish referral protocols, commissioning arrangements and partnership working agreements to support the effective delivery of the AIRE contract and to promote Migrant Help provision as a complimentary part of the wider support community.
• To map regional provision of services (pastoral, health, art, fitness activities etc.) and update the Directory of Local Services to support clients both inside and outside Initial Accommodations.
• Work in partnership with the AIRE Outreach team to ensure our most vulnerable clients are well supported.
• To instigate and build on working relationships with statutory sector providers such as DWP, JCP, housing and education in order to map integration pathways and facilitate effective move-on.
• Provide information and training to third sector / community groups to enable them to be proactive in their assistance of asylum seekers/ refused asylum seekers as required.
• Provide a monthly impact assessment report, providing written updates on activity, relationship management (new relationships / contacts made, concerns or issues within existing relationships etc.), highlight potential case studies, provide information on activities we have facilitated and been involved with, to highlight areas of good practice and where there are opportunities for improvements and evidencing the positive impact we are making.
• To keep up to date with issues affecting asylum seekers, refugees, social and community cohesion, locally, regionally and nationally.
  
  If you are empathetic and resilient, have demonstratable experience of working under pressure and within deadlines and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you!, Evidence of successfully working as part of a team, building trust and long-term relationships
• Practical experience of community development work
• Excellent communication skill both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational skills with attention to detail., Be able to provide a valid passport eg. 10 year full British passport, EU or non-EU Passport with indefinite leave to remain
• Be able to provide continuous UK address history for the previous 5 years
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment
  
  Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 60 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.
  
  Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.