Have you worked in a project role within a third sector organisation or possess relevant experience of working on a youth focused project?
Upskill-U a restorative organisation working to transform communities through restorative approaches and practise is currently looking for a Project Co-ordinator to join its team.
You will be working across our flagship services which is designed to therapeutically support young people at risk of violence and exploitation.
As a Project Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for overseeing the project from start to finish proactively contributing to the continual development of the service overseeing a team, liaising with clients, managing service user feedback, evaluations, and requests.
Key Remits:
- Responsible for the day-to-day management of our restorative youth project
- Pro-actively triage and assess new referrals/cases
- Effectively communicate with partner agencies to ensure a seamless implementation process
- Allocate referrals to Mentors
- Produce and manage weekly delivery schedules
- Managing your team of mentors - managing updates, project progress, evaluation/reports & appointments.
- Establish and monitor safeguarding - identifying/reporting any concerns
- Build and maintain relationships with external partners and stakeholders such as social workers, police, YOS.
- Represent the organisation on key multiagency meetings
- Produce and present monitoring and evaluation reports for funders/commissioners and key partners
- Identifying Mentor training requirements
- Oversee project expenses
Experience:
- Proven experience in a project development & delivery role preferably within a third sector organisation, local authority, or youth focused environment
- Experience of working with a wide range of agencies including providers of statutory services
- Experience in managing & providing effective leadership skills to a team
- Strong communication skills
- Working knowledge of young people's requirements
- Knowledge of safeguarding
- Experience in arranging meetings, overseeing expenses, arranging sessions/workshops
- Able to work to tight deadlines and effectively manage workload
- Excellent attention to detail
- Proficient with Microsoft packages
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