Assistant to UK Project Manager - Self Employed, Part Time

Assistant to UK Project Manager - Self Employed, Part Time

1.ORGANISATION DETAILS

OrganisationChemin Neuf Community UK (referred to hereafter as ‘CCN UK’)

Website

Organisation typeUK Registered Charity

Registered Charity No.1084546

Charity Commission web page

2.CONTACT DETAILS

Contact personTerry Byrne

RoleChair of the Board of Trustees & UK Project Manager

Mobile telephone07778 511613

3.BACKGROUND

The Community of Chemin Neuf (‘CCN’) is a worldwide Christian community (see Its headquarters are in France where it first began.

CCN has members in the UK who have set up an independent, UK-based charity (‘CCN UK’); see details above.

CCN has a community house in Kinshasa (‘CCN Kinshasa’), the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The community has been there for over ten years; throughout this time they have provided a range of activities and services, including supporting the local Parish, and also providing social services to street children.

LBM (Lisanga Mpo Ya Bokolisi Mboka) is a Congolese NGO working in the field of family reunification and re-integration of Street Children in Kinshasa. It is a secular organisation created by CCN on the advice of Unicef in 2009. This was to provide clear demarcation between the social work activity of LBM with the street children and the pastoral and religious work of the Community. LBM has an overall annual turnover of approximately £275,000; with this LBM operates various facilities and services:

• an ‘open’ Centre for young boys
• a ‘closed’ Centre for young girls
• an ‘open’ training Centre for older street youth
• a training college (named CFP) for manual skills training
• street-based social work outreach to street-connected children and youth

LBM employs approximately 40 staff, most of them having already had some social care training. Almost all of the staff are Congolese and live in Kinshasa. For further details, please see:

To support LBM’s work with street children, CCN UK secured £100,000 per year for three years from Comic Relief from 2013/14 – 2015/16. (Comic Relief is LBM’s largest donor.)

Earlier this year we secured a further three years 'follow on' funding from Comic Relief for the same amount.

This new period of funding also marks the development of a new five year strategic plan for the project which will include a fundamental focus and integration of child rights and also a dissemination amongst other NGOs of LBM's effective methodology leading to sustainable change in the lives of these children . Amongst numerous other developments it is proposed that CCN UK engage a part-time assistant to their UK project manager for the next 2.5 years.

This post is being offered on a self-employed basis.

Job Description

To research and identify fundraising opportunities and act on these. The emphasis is likely to be on trusts and foundations as well as working with the existing networks in the Community of Chemin Neuf.

To initiate and inspire a small UK support group to fundraise and consciousness raise. To train these supporters on an ongoing basis.

To produce effective fundraising communications, translating material originating from the project in Kinshasa from French where necessary.

To assist the UK Project Manager with administrative tasks as and when required.

Person Specification

We are looking for someone who is:

a) Fluent in French with English as their mother tongue and whose skills in this area also extend to their capacity to provide first class written translation primarily from French to English, in order to communicate with an English audience.

b) Enjoys excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Has experience as an effective public speaker.

c) Has a proven record in effective fundraising both at a local and (ideally) at an institutional level as well. In addition, the right candidate would have experience of online fundraising and use of social media for fundraising communications.

d) Has good organizational and networking skills and the ability to inspire others to fundraise and consciousness raise.

e) Has the skills and willingness to recruit, train and manage volunteers in fundraising.

f) Brings with them good administrative skills.

Over and above all the foregoing, the right candidate would bring with them an energy and enthusiasm for this work, knowing that their contribution will play an important part in transforming and improving the lives in a sustainable way of some of the most vulnerable and marginalized children in the world today.

It is envisaged that this post will require one full working day per week and attracts remuneration of £6,871 per annum

• Next Steps
• Please return the following:
• Your contact details: name, postal address, email, office phone, mobile phone, Skype name
• Your CV.
• Your Supporting Statement which should include: how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the job description and your understanding of the tasks required.
• Your two references (using the appended templates)

Send these items by email to Terry Byrne at as soon as possible. Deadline: Tues 1st November 2016

Please note: we reserve the right to appoint before this date, if we believe we have found the right person. Therefore we encourage you to send your information as soon as possible.

Applicants are welcome to discuss this work informally with Terry Byrne (01278 450504 or 07778511613)

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Office
Mobile
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