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Form of workSenior Manager - Advocacy & Support
Location: Canterbury hub, with travel to other hubs and external meetings as required
Hours: Full Time (37.5 hrs per week), including participating in out-of-hours rota
Salary: Starting (depending on experience) £40,221
Benefits: Pension, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, 6 days office closure leave over Christmas and New Year, work-life balance flexibility, friendly staff team, internal and external training, continued professional development, and opportunities for growth.
Overview of the Senior Manager - Advcacy & Support role:
Our client is dedicated to supporting separated young refugees and asylum seekers in their journey of integration into communities across Kent.
An opportunity has arisen within senior management as a full-time Senior Manager - Advocacy & Support, leading a team to deliver effective services for young people.
Role Summary:
As the Senior Manager - Advocacy & Support, you will lead our client’s strategic direction and delivery of advocacy and support services. This role involves managing a team that provides case work, mentoring partnerships, wellbeing activities, and youth engagement initiatives. As a member of the senior management team, you will contribute to shaping the organisation's overall direction, attuned to the evolving needs of young people and sector developments.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Previous experience as an operations or Senior Manager in an advice and support agency.
- Demonstrated capability in strategic thinking and optimal performance delivery.
- Competence in sensitive, supportive engagement with vulnerable young people.
- Proficient in compliance areas: Safeguarding, HR, Health and Safety, GDPR.
- Ability to initiate and build relationships with a diverse range of individuals.
- Comfortable adapting to multiple demands, shifting priorities, and rapid change.
- Alignment with client’s values as an empowering, holistic, approachable, and non-judgmental service provider.
- Sound IT skills, including database systems.
- Preferably, experience in charity operations or as a trustee.
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.
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