Community Liaison Coordinator - Migrant Help : Job Details

Migrant Help are currently looking for a Community Liaison Coordinator to join their team. You will join us on a full time, 12 month fixed term (with potential to be extended or made permanent). In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £37,425 per annum.

About us: 

Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 60 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential. 

At Migrant Help, we foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from, we match your skills with the needs of our organisation. As long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

We place a high value on employees in relation to the work that they do and the benefits the organisation offers, with an ethos of being a Great Place to Work. 

The Community Liaison Coordinator role:

Part of the Community Liaison team, the Community Liaison Coordinator is an exciting role which forms part of our Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) contract at Migrant Help. You work within a Specialised Services team to develop and maintain partnerships with private, public and voluntary sector organisations. This involves working with local communities to meet the needs of our Clients and support the successful delivery of the AIRE contract. You will establish practical and meaningful outreach relationships which may lead to service commissioning and deliver training programs as appropriate to other service providers including advice hubs and voluntary sector agencies.

If you are empathetic and resilient, have demonstratable experience of working under pressure and within deadlines and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities of our Community Liaison Coordinator:

• Establish, build and maintain excellent relationships with key stakeholder, community organisations and voluntary sector agencies, within the Asylum Seekers and Refugee sector, to establish referral protocols, commissioning arrangements and partnership working agreements to support the effective delivery of the AIRE contract and to promote Migrant Help provision as a complimentary part of the wider support community.
• To map regional provision of services (pastoral, health, art, fitness activities etc.) and update the Directory of Local Services to support clients both inside and outside Initial Accommodations.
• Work in partnership with the AIRE Outreach team to ensure our most vulnerable clients are well supported.
• To instigate and build on working relationships with statutory sector providers such as DWP, JCP, housing and education in order to map integration pathways and facilitate effective move-on.
• Provide information and training to third sector / community groups to enable them to be proactive in their assistance of asylum seekers/ refused asylum seekers as required.

Skills and experience we are looking for in our Community Liaison Coordinator:

• Evidence of successfully working as part of a team, building trust and long-term relationships
• Practical experience of community development work
• Excellent communication skill both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational skills with attention to detail.

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Closing Date: 20th January 2025

If you are interested in becoming our new Community Liaison Coordinator, please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!