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Swindon City of Sanctuary Project Coordinator (Fixed Term 12 months)
Job Title: Swindon City of Sanctuary Project Coordinator
Hours of work: 20 hours per week (52 weeks per annum; 25 days’ annual holiday pro rata plus public holidays)
Salary: up to £12,698.40 per annum for 20 hours per week (based on full time salary of £23,809.50 per annum)
Contract: Fixed Term 6 months. (Subject to passing a three-month probationary period)
Closing date for applications: 5.00pm, Friday 15th August 2025.
Interviews commencing week of 18th August 2025.
We’re looking for a Project Coordinator to work in collaboration with people seeking sanctuary in Swindon and other local organisations to find, train and support people living in Swindon to become Sanctuary Ambassadors. Sanctuary Ambassadors are supported to use their own expertise, experiences and stories to campaign for the UK to be a welcoming place for all and have a fair, effective and humane asylum system.
The role will be part of a small but excellent team. If you are looking to make a real difference to the community you live in, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Working alongside the Charity Manager, Trustees and Volunteers, to develop the project
- Encouraging welcome and inclusion by involving more organisations to participate in the project.
- Managing admin related tasks including tracking progress and outcomes of the project
- Supporting with Swindon City of Sanctuary’s other projects including We’re Open Families https://swindon.cityofsanctuary.org/activities/were-open-families and inputting to our overall aims.
- Attending relevant induction and agreed training opportunities to broaden your knowledge, understanding and skills
- Working collaboratively and independently
- Working together with the Charity Manager to communicate the project’s impact with our supporters, participants and funders
- Working together with people within our culturally diverse community who have:
- lived experience of seeking sanctuary
- lived experience of migration
- lived experience of cultural marginalisation
Key experience / skills required
You must have a willingness to learn about the UK asylum system and current issues affecting people with lived experience of asylum / migration / cultural marginalisation.
You must be able to collaborate with, motivate and inspire others.
You need to share passion and enthusiasm about the aims of Swindon City of Sanctuary and the City of Sanctuary UK movement
You should have an awareness of and willingness to learn more about Swindon’s rich cultural diversity.
You need to have exceptional organisational skills and the ability to work effectively without constant supervision.
Ideally, you’ll have a genuine interest in the issues affecting people seeking sanctuary in the UK.
To see the full job specification, please see additional document attached
Equal opportunities
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.
Hours and location
The Trustees of Swindon City of Sanctuary are open to flexibility around the precise work pattern of the role in terms of hours and location. We offer the flexibility of hybrid working from our office space in central Swindon and remotely (travel costs between home and place of work will be at your own expense). All employees are expected to work from the Swindon office for one full day a week.
We have an office in central Swindon, but you may need to travel around the town for meetings – we encourage use of public transport whenever possible.
The role is offered as a fixed term part-part time (20 hours per week) for 12 months position.
Salary and benefits
The actual pro rata salary for this role will be £12,698.40per annum.
We offer up to 25 days holiday per annum (plus public holidays)
How to apply
Please send a CV and a covering letter or audio recording, to [email protected] detailing:
- Why you are interested in applying for the role
- What you feel you could bring to our charity (eg. skills, work experiences, life experiences, interests)
- Why welcome, inclusion, diversity and equality are important to you.
Should you wish to find out more about the role before applying, please email [email protected] requesting an initial, informal chat.