Project Officer (Heritage) / Swyddog Prosiect (Treftadaeth)

Project Officer (Heritage)

£24,918.00 per annum,plus £1239 essential car user allowance

Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

2 years Fixed Term Contract

30 hours per week (agile working - excellent work life balance)

Based fromHead Office, CF24 1GG with travel to Neath / Port Talbot

Reporting to Social Value Manager (Development Team)

Linc Cymru is a Social Housing Association, dedicated to improving people's quality of life in Wales. As part of our commitment to preserving local heritage, we are proud to announce an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Project Officer on our 'What Once Stood' project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Opportunity:

'What Once Stood' aims to bring the local community together, ensuring the preservation and celebration of the heritage, and rich history of The Former Lower Dyffryn School in Port Talbot and Caewern House in Neath.

This unique project will document the cherished memories of the local community and create a treasure trove of stories for future generations to inherit.

'What Once Stood' will provide training and volunteering opportunities, community arts projects, school engagement activities, historical research and the preservation of archives and will reuse materials from the existing buildings.

What we need from you:

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Organisational skills - You will engage with the local community, work in collaboration with partner organisations, community groups, the local authority, and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. You will organise andfacilitate events, set up and manage a project steering group, recruit volunteers, involve tenants and residents in the project, and bring heritage to life.

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Passion for history and community engagement -We are looking for someone who can support, advise, and guide the local community to flourish and grow with the project, unlock hidden talents, open opportunities, and allow people to reach their full potential.

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Approachable, friendly, and welcoming - This role is most suited to someone who loves to meet new people, chat, listen and learn about other people's lived experiences and memories. Someone who can build meaningful relationships with a range of people and organisations to achieve the outcomes of the project and to benefit the local community.

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Ambitious for success - Here at Linc, we are passionate, ambitious, andrespectful. We take pride in everything we do; we are creating a happier, healthier Wales. We are looking for someone who is self-motivated to lead the project and is enthusiastic and ambitious to ensure its success.

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The ability to speak Welsh is preferred, but is not essential.

Responsibilities:

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Develop and deliver the 'What Once Stood' project, ensuring its successfrom start to finish.

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Work closely with community members, encouraging their active participation, collect their stories, memories, and artifacts related to Lower Dyffryn School and Caewern House.

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Organise and host community events and workshopsto engage the public and foster a sense of pride and ownership towards the project.

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Collaborate with relevant stakeholders, such as local authorities, primary schools, and historical societies, to ensure the project's success.

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Create and oversee a database of collected materials, ensuring their preservation is accessible to all and easy-to-use formats.

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Produce case studies, project updatereports, and ensure monitoring and reporting information is accurately recorded

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Achieve the outcomes of the project funding

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Ensure high visibility acknowledgement of the National Lottery Heritage Fund on site, online and in all project activities, ensuring National Lottery players are thanked for their support

What we will offer in return:

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A unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on the local community and preserve their heritage for generations to come.

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A supportive and collaborative working environment, where your ideas will be welcomed and valued.

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Wellbeing support

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Dedicated learning and development team

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26 days annual leave per annum (pro rata)

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Excellent work life balance

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Agile working

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Essential Car User Allowance

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Perk box discounts

What's it like to work at Linc?

We are creating an environment for people to flourish; we offer training, support, and career opportunities.

We offer great work life balance, competitive salaries, excellent benefits, wellbeing support and much more!

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, so in one word - working at Linc is rewarding.

What's next?

Please click apply and complete our short application.The advert will close at 23:45 on 11th February 2024. We reserve the right to close the advert before this date once we are in receipt of sufficient applications.

Interviews will be held on Friday 23rd and Monday 26th February.

So, if you are ready to embark on an exciting heritage project that will connect communities and create a legacy, we want to hear from you!

Before you go

In trying to make our workforce more diverse, we adopt a Positive Action Rule to people from ethnic minority groups. This means that if you meet the selection criteria in the job advert and are from an ethnic minority community, you will be offered an interview, if you give consent for this rule to be applied to your application.

Find out more here Linc Cymru awarded £164,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to bring the past “back to life” in Neath and Port Talbot (linc-cymru.co.uk)

Swyddog Prosiect (Treftadaeth)

£24,918.00 y flwyddyn, ynghyd â lwfans hanfodol o £1239 i ddefnyddwyr ceir

Ariannwyd gan Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri Genedlaethol

Contract Cyfnod Penodol - 2 flynedd

30 awr yr wythnos (gweithio hyblyg - cydbwysedd bywyd a gwaith ardderchog)

Wedi'i leoli yn y Brif Swyddfa, CF24 1GG gyda theithio i Gastell-nedd / Port Talbot

Adrodd i'r Rheolwr Gwerth Cymdeithasol (Tîm Datblygu)

Cymdeithas Tai Cymdeithasol yw Linc Cymru, sy'n ymroddedig i wella ansawdd bywyd pobl yng Nghymru. Fel rhan o'n hymrwymiad i warchod treftadaeth leol, rydym yn falch o gyhoeddi cyfle cyffrous i ymuno â'n tîm fel Swyddog Prosiect ar ein prosiect 'Yr Hyn a Safai', a ariennir gan Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri Genedlaethol.

Y Cyfle:

Nod 'Yr Hyn a Safai' yw dod â'r gymuned leol at ei gilydd, gan sicrhau cadwraeth a dathlu treftadaeth, a hanes cyfoethog Hen Ysgol Dyffryn Isaf ym Mhort Talbot a Th Caewern yng Nghastell-nedd.

Bydd y prosiect unigryw hwn yn cofnodi atgofion annwyl y gymuned leol ac yn creu trysorfa o straeon i genedlaethau'r dyfodol eu hetifeddu.

Bydd 'Yr Hyn a Safai' yn darparu cyfleoedd hyfforddi a gwirfoddoli, prosiectau celfyddydau cymunedol, gweithgareddau ymgysylltu ag ysgolion, ymchwil hanesyddol a chadwraeth