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Would you like to work for an innovative community project in Wolverton?
Future Wolverton is a membership based Community Benefit Society with a mission to establish Wolverton as a thriving and sustainable town within the city of Milton Keynes. We do this by enabling an active and involved community to protect and celebrate the unique heritage of the Town, whilst developing new business, housing and community facilities to ensure future prosperity.
Thanks to a major grant from the Reaching Communities Fund at the BIG Lottery, Future Wolverton is recruiting three new staff to support the operation and development of the Old School Project in Old Wolverton.
- Project Officer
£25,250 full time equivalent. 22.5 hours per week.
£15,150 yearly salary. Hours negotiable.
- Project Assistant
£18, 000 full time equivalent. 27.5 hours per week.
£13,200 yearly salary. Hours negotiable.
- Student Support Worker
£20,237 full time equivalent. Term Time only, 195 days per year, 6 hours per day . £13,559 yearly salary
The Old School Project is based at a Grade 2 listed building in Old Wolverton, located next door to Slated Row School. Slated Row School are a strategic partner in the project, which will provide invaluable work experience and life skills to students with special needs. The students will support the provision of community facilities for the local community and the operation of a 3 bedroomed Guest House for use by work and leisure visitors to Wolverton and wider Milton Keynes.
The Project Officer will be responsible for overseeing the establishment and day-to-day running of the project including managing the work of two part-time staff. You will have proven project management skills and experience of community projects. You will be a creative problem solver, with an ability to establish new systems and procedures to support the smooth operation of the building. Your excellent interpersonal and communication skills will enable you to relate to a wide range of organisations and the wider public. You will help to ensure that Future Wolverton develops a sustainable community business which delivers significant social impact for the local area.
The Project Assistant will work alongside the Project Officer and assist with overseeing the establishment and running of the project. You will have strong administrative skills and experience of financial systems and procedures. Your practical approach to problem solving will be complemented by your strong communication skills, and an ability to relate to members of the local community and students with special needs.
The Student Support Worker will assist students from Slated Row School to carry out work experience tasks on the project. You will have previous experience of working with children or with adults who have special needs and assisting them to carry out tasks independently. You need to be a practical person with a willingness to use your life skills in cooking, cleaning, gardening and DIY to support the learning experiences to small groups of students. You will be working alongside teaching staff from Slated Row School, so experience of working with or alongside a school would be desirable.
Future Wolverton is committed to the safeguarding of young people. All three posts will be subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Future Wolverton, in partnership with Slated Row School, will be following safer recruitment processes.
The project office will be based at Foundation House, The Square Wolverton and all post holders will be required to work both in the office and in the Old School Building.
For an informal discussion about the posts please contact Marie Osborne on 07967 059423 or e-mail marie@futurewolverton.org
To download further information about the posts and an application form please visit www.futurewolverton.org/jobs
Deadline for applications: Sunday 9th December 2018
Interviews to be held: Friday 14th December or Monday 17th December 2018
For further details about the project and Future Wolverton please go to http://futurewolverton.org/
For details about Slated Row School please go to http://www.slatedrowschool.co.uk/