Family Reunion Travel Assistance Project Officer Paisley, Scotland

British Red Cross

Full Time Paisley, Scotland 27376 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Family Reunion Project Officer – Travel Assistance
Location: UK flexible location
Contract: Fixed Term
Salary: £27,376 per annum, salary includes a market supplement

Every refugee deserves to be with their loved ones. Could you play a key role in helping reunite families who have been separated?

Why this role matters

An exciting fixed term contract opportunity has arisen for a Family Reunion Project Officer to join the Travel Assistance team. In this role, you'll play a key role in facilitating family reunion in the UK.

The BRC’s Family Reunion service is a unique and important offer to vulnerable refugees in the UK. Comprising several distinct strands, you will be part of a team responsible for the central administration of the Travel Assistance programme which assists with the cost of travel for families coming to the UK on refugee family reunion visas. This is a national programme which last year reunited over 2,000 individuals, chiefly from Syria and Sudan. Our family reunion programme feeds into the BRC’s work on advocating for safe and legal routes for refugees to seek refuge and ensures that refugees in the UK are able to be reunited with their family members in line with their internationally recognised rights.

How you’ll make a difference

The Family Reunion Project Officer sits in the Family Reunion Travel Assistance Team (FRTA). This team assess and process travel assistance applications received from BRC services around the UK. The BRC works in partnership with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) who make the travel arrangements for the family. The role plays a key role in providing a channel for us to understand the needs of our beneficiaries, to establish best practice and support our staff and volunteers to deliver an effective service for this client group.

What you’ll bring to the role

Our team come from many different backgrounds, but the common link we all share is that we love working with people.
To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate you have the essential knowledge, skills and experience we are looking for, including:

Organisational skills – planning, managing, and monitoring own and others workload
Time management skills – responding to and prioritising a range of competing demands
Team working skills - work together with your own team and other important teams within the organisation
Knowledge - UK immigration legislation
Understanding and empathy - specifically for the needs of refugees and asylum-seekers

The closing date for completed applications is 23:59 Sunday 5th March 2023with interviews to follow.

Should you have any questions on this role please email us at [email protected] quoting vacancy ID 7116..

Need help completing your application or supporting statement? Please read our useful “Candidate Application Guidance” document in the “Additional Information” link.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:

36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) - pro rata for part-time and fixed-term roles
Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
Up to 6% contributory pension
Flexible working policy

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