Liverpool Office Manager

Liverpool Office Manager

About Us

The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association is an award-winning charity founded by Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi, who arrived as a refugee in the back of a refrigerated container with his young family in 1999. We promote social and economic integration of an increasing number of Afghan, Ukrainian and other refugees. We use a community development ethos to support the development of their potential within a mutually supportive framework and we work with a wide range of partners to reach vulnerable and isolated individuals and families in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the UK.

Our experience and the quality of our provision is evidenced through our many achievements, including:

• Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2018, awarded in recognition of the excellent work and central role that volunteers play in the delivery of the essential services run by the ACAA
• Talent Match Mark Youth Friendly Gold Award from Youth Employment UK
• The charity's founder, Dr Nasimi, was awarded an MBE for services to refugees by King Charles III in the New Year Honours List 2023.

Project Description

In March 2023, ACAA opened its third branch office in Liverpool to support refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in Liverpool.

We are recruiting an Office Manager to engage with newly arrived Afghan and other refugees in Liverpool to support their integration into British society and to manage this project. With the arrival of many Afghan refugees in Liverpool in recent years, there is an enhanced need to support integration at this time.

Key Duties

• Creating a fundraising plan
• Apply for a Street fundraising license in Liverpool
• Building partnerships with other charities in Liverpool
• Building corporate partners in Liverpool with local businesses and supermarkets
• Outreach to find Afghans/Ukrainians in Liverpool who can benefit from our office
• Find Liverpool funders and British trusts who have a geographic focus on Liverpool
• Build a relationship with Liverpool Council
• Build a partnership with the Local JobCentre Plus in Liverpool to access DWP funding
• Identify any Prevent funding at the council
• Identify local authority tenders/contracts
• Outreach work at bridging hotels in Liverpool - email hotels in Liverpool to visit Afghan/Ukrainian refugees there. Email Liverpool local authorities to deliver funded work at the hotels
• Build sub-contracted relationships with other charities and employment providers (FEDCAP, Maximus etc)
• Send emails to Mosques, Schools, Colleges/Universities, Sports Clubs, Cricket/Football clubs in Liverpool to promote partnership-working
• Recruit volunteers
• Build relationships with local newspapers/press in Liverpool
• Send emails to schools in Liverpool so that they can do some fundraising for ACAA - Own Clothes' Day
• Manage logistics for the Liverpool office, including opening times and equipment usage
• Recruit and supervise volunteers to work on different projects in Liverpool, supprting refugees from Afghanistan, Ukraine and elsewhere
• Manage ESOL classes taking place in Liverpool in collaboration with the Integration Manager, such as recruiting teachers and students and ensuring classes run effectively
• Develop partnerships with the Council, Liverpool organisations, businesses, schools, colleges and universities for the purpose of strategic development
• Apply for funding to expand and sustain Liverpool operations

Requirements

• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Excellent organisational, planning and coordination skills
• Confident in communicating with people from different cultural backgrounds and from all seniority levels
• Competency in MS Office
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team and focus on multiple tasks at the same time
• Ability to manage own workload to meet tight deadlines
• Advanced experience of managing projects from conception to completion and evaluation
• Exceptional organisational, attention to detail and resource planning skills Ability to produce engaging documents and reports and communicate complex information clearly
• Excellent innovative problem-solving skills
• Have, or willing to undergo, a DBS check
• 3 years’ experience in coordinating projects for charities

Contract

20 hours a week

£14,000 per year

Job Types: Part-time, Contract, Permanent

Salary: £14,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 20 per week

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person