Jacari Bristol Coordinator: Job Description
Jacari is looking for a resourceful, motivated individual to provide maternity cover for theCoordinator of our Bristol branch. This is a part-time role. This position offers a unique chance to manageall aspects ofa growing organisation, and is an excellent opportunity for anyone wanting to develop their experience of working in the voluntary sector or in a position of leadership and operational management. Commencing in February 2018, this is a 9 month Maternity Leave post.
Established in 1956 in Oxford, Jacari provides home tutoring for children who don’t speak English as their first language. Volunteers visit children in their own homes for an hour a week and help improve the pupil’s English proficiency and general academic confidence. We recruit volunteers from local Universities and match them one-on-one with a first or second-generation immigrant, refugee or asylum-seeker child at a local school. These children have been identified by their teacher as needing additional academic support.Jacari offers ongoing support throughout the tutoring experience, as well as hosting termly events and trips for children and volunteers. Jacari also puts on socials for volunteers, and hosts talks with similar charities such as SARI.
Now in our third year, Jacari Bristol currently supports over 50 children from 3 schools in Bristol. In Oxford, where we originated, there are currently 200 children from 18 local schools receiving Jacari tutors.Over the next year our aim is to grow Jacari Bristol into a fully operational branch of Jacari that continues to meet the needs of the migrant communities in Bristol.
Working in our central office, as the only member of staff in Bristol, the Coordinator role is vital to the operation of the charity. He/She will be in charge of running the day-to-day activity of the charity, providing a contact point for all volunteers, parents and schools. The Coordinator will be in control of the matching up of children and volunteers, andwill liaise with local schools, parents and university authorities. Additional responsibilities include managing a student committee; recruiting, training, DBS-checking, supporting and retaining volunteers from the university;reporting to Jacari's board of trustees; day-to-day book-keeping; events organisation and management; forging links with the local community and other organisations; and fundraising in innovative ways. As we are in the early stages of developing the project in Bristol, the Coordinator is also expected to show creativity and initiative towards developing new processes and procedures to enable Jacari to grow and thrive.
This is an outlined job description and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification. Responsibilities will be reviewed periodically in line with service priorities, and duties may change or new duties be introduced after consultation with the post holder. As a term of your employment you may be required to undertake such other duties and/or hours of work as may reasonably be required. Although the Coordinator is a sole employee, line management is provided from our Chair of Trustees, and an active Trustee Board is in place.
Pay: £19,000 pro rata
Hours:24 hours a week (0.6 / 3 day equivalent)
Holiday: 20.4 days
Application by covering letter and CV sent to by 12pm Friday 24th November 2017. Any questions should also be directed to this address.
Interviews will be on Saturday 2nd December.
Jacari provides free home tutoring for children who do not speak English as their first language.
Registered Charity 1108827