Programme & Learning Co-Ordinator Sheffield, England
Job description
Full Time - Temporary contract – until 31st March 2024
(Open to SYHA employees as a Secondment opportunity)
SYHA is delivering a Coproduction and Peer Support Service to support the Changing Futures programme in Sheffield. We have an exciting opportunity for a Programme & Learning Coordinator to join our team and work with people and partners across Sheffield, administering grant funding to the local VCS to deliver positive activities for people in recovery, and working alongside people with Lived Experience of Multiple Disadvantage to coproduce this.
Some of our benefits:
- Starting Salary - £26,332-£28,468 per annum
- Full Time, 37 hours per week
- Flexible working hours
- Generous holiday entitlement – 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days (pro-rata)
- Pension contribution
- Excellent Flexible working options including, condensed hours, Part Time and job share.
- Excellent benefits including:
- SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus advice and resources on healthy eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
- Westfield Health (employer paid)
- Counselling
- Discounted Gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you including access to the Institute of Employability Professionals.
More about the role:
The Changing Futures programme is a £64 million joint initiative by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. The fund is for local organisations to work in partnership to better support those who experience multiple disadvantage, including homelessness, substance misuse, mental health issues, domestic abuse, and contact with the criminal justice system.
SYHA are pleased to have been awarded the administration of the Positive Activities Fund in Sheffield as part of the Changing Futures programme. The purpose of the fund is to create an opportunity for local VCS organisations to provide tailored recovery support that can be shaped according to local need, to help build recovery capital in the city and support the development of the wider recovery community.As Programme Coordinator, you will provide the administration of grant funding to the VCS sector, track and evaluate it to deliver positive activities and work with people with lived experience to co-produce this.
Who you are:
We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and with different life experiences, and believe this makes our team stronger. We particularly welcome candidates with lived experience of multiple disadvantage.
We want to know what you enjoy doing and what you will do well. We want to ensure that this role is the right fit for you, so we are particularly interested in people who are:
- A great collaborator, at your happiest working with a wide range of people to achieve a shared goal.
- Excellent at building relationships and partnership working, willing to reach out and engage with people, volunteers and professionals across the city.
- Committed to putting people at the heart of your work, working tirelessly to champion and advocate for coproduction.
- Have a good understanding of multiple disadvantage, with lived experience yourself and/or experience of working (*paid or unpaid) with people facing multiple disadvantage.
- Willing to develop your practice in coproduction and strength-based approaches.
- A well of positivity, always seeking solutions.
- Curious, willing to try new things, and great at sharing learning.
- With a track record of monitoring performance, collecting & analysing data and report writing.
Please see the job description and person specification for more information, including the strengths we believe will lead to success in this role.
Who we are:
At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.
Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways – from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.
Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Please note that we may remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. Please apply at your earliest convenience.
When you answer our shortlisting questions as part of the application, please feel free to use an example from in or outside work, including from volunteering or activity within your community.
Closing Date: Midnight, 27th April 2023
Interview Date: 2nd May 2023
