Community Organiser (Two positions available) - Shoreditch Citizens
CITIZENS UK, in association with ‘The Mayor’s Fund for London’, is seeking two Community Organisers to train and work as part of LONDON CITIZENS professional Team of Community Organisers. These new appointments will work specifically to build and then sustain ‘SHOREDITCH CITIZENS’ – a unique alliance of civil society institutions, schools, local voluntary associations and small businesses in this most historic area of east London.
To apply you must be - optimistic, like people and their institutions and have a concrete track record of making politics and social change happen. You must not only be committed to Shoreditch and its communities – you must be obsessed with it! This passion, combined with the respect you should have for civil society, will help you organise a vibrant alliance of local leaders and their groups. SHOREDITCH CITIZENS will work together for the common good and develop their own plan to improve the life chances and aspirations of local individuals and their families and be a good neighbour to The City and Corporation of London.
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Salary- £25,000 to £28,000 per annum plus benefits; Based in Whitechapel, E1 2JA
London Citizens Money Mentors Internship Scheme 28th June- 23rd July
London CITIZENS is a grassroots charity working with local people for local people. We are an alliance of 150 schools, universities, faith and community groups across London, who work together for social, economic and environmental justice. We meet this goal by training people of all ages, faiths and backgrounds to take action together for change, developing local and national campaigns on the issues our members put forward as important to them. This year we are embarking on an ambitious “Citizens’ Response to the Financial Crisis” – a five point agenda formed after thousands of conversations with ordinary people across London. As part of this agenda, we are recruiting university students for a month’s internship as Money Mentors to deliver financial capability training to 3000 young people from our member schools.
Successful candidates will be trained by the London Citizens schools team in partnership with Credit Action and Money Saving Expert.com, becoming experts in particular aspects of financial literacy. They would then work in teams of 10-15 mentors to deliver sessions to school students.
Salary- London Living Wage (£7.90/h) based on a 37.5 hour working week.
All training is given during the period of employment
Chinese Community Team Leader
To build, support and develop CITIZENS as a broad based community organisation of diverse mediating institutions and trained leaders capable of acting together in the public arena for the common good. To manage and mentor Organisers and develop the CITIZENS Network.
The successful candidate will have at least three years employment track record of successful community organising; clear evidence of campaigns won and people developed; an interest in and experience of politics and public life; a positive enthusiasm for working with faith congregations, trade unions, schools and tenants groups; and a good network of contacts in the Chinese community in London.
Salary - £32,000; based in Whitechapel, E1 2JA Director – Living Wage Employers Forum
In response to the economic crisis and current recession London Citizens and City Parochial Foundation are working in partnership to broaden and deepen the London Living Wage Campaign. The campaign aims to improve the lives of low-paid workers, by calling on employers to pay an hourly pay rate above the National Minimum Wage.
To date over £24 million has been channelled into the pockets of low paid workers as a result of this campaign and more than 100 employers have endorsed it, including Transport for London and Barclays. We now aim to strengthen the campaign, particularly focussing on the retail, hotel, higher education and public sectors. We also propose to establish a training and accreditation process which will support the growing number of employers now seeking to register as a ‘Living Wage Employer’.
The successful candidate will demonstrate knowledge and experience of similar Forums and accreditation schemes, social enterprise and fundraising; ability to relate well to senior management in the public and private sectors; well organised and able to perform under pressure.
Team Leader – London Living Wage Campaign
£37,000 to £40,000 plus benefits; based in Whitechapel, E1 2JA
The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong track record of successful organising; experience of working with employers and employees and of working in senior management; a passion for issues of social justice.
Sanctuary Organiser - ‘CITIZENS FOR SANCTUARY’
£26,000 to £28,500 plus benefits; based in Whitechapel, E1 2JA
CITIZENS for Sanctuary is seekinga talented and inspirational individual to be the Sanctuary Organiser, working with a rapidly developing alliance of civil society groups – mainly faith communities, trade union branches, refugee organisations and students in London and across the UK. You will build, support and develop the people and teams in London and the nations and regions of the UK who will make CITIZENS for Sanctuary a successful national campaign, and produce trained leaders capable of acting together to bring positive change to the UK asylum system.
To be a successful COF Organiser you need to be part talent scout, part teacher, part agitator, part visionary , part leader and part follower – you also need to be open minded and inquisitive about how to make a difference in the twenty first century. A fascination about what makes people tick and how to do politics in a global world is a major advantage – as is a track record of making things happen – social enterprise, social justice campaigns, or building alliances.
CITIZENS for Sanctuary is a CITIZEN Organising Foundation campaign to secure justice for people fleeing persecution and rebuild public support for sanctuary. For more information please visit Citizens for Sanctuary website |
