Head Of STEP Ukraine

Closing Date: 27^th October 2023

Salary:£51,000 – £53,000

Location: Hybrid between our office in NW2 and working from home

Contract: Fixed term contract to July 2024

Following a successful Emergency campaign to support Syrian Refugees in 2015 World Jewish Relief created the Specialist Training and Employment Programme (STEP) for refugees in 2016 and today we are the largest provider of specialist employment support to refugees in the UK.

STEP is delivered in 23 locations across England working in partnership with NGOs and Local authorities – specifically within their local integration teams. We are increasing the work of STEP in more locations in 2023 and beyond. STEP Ukraine was launched on 15^th August 2023 to support up to 10,000 Ukrainians over 12 months with employment and language support in partnership with the British Council. STEP Ukraine is funded by the UK Government and is completely free for all participants. This is an extremely exciting programme for World Jewish Relief as it draws on our years of experience and technical expertise of STEP and our work supporting Ukrainians in Ukraine to find work.

In order to support Ukrainians across the UK we have increased our core team and created over 100 Employment Advisor roles. This is now the time to strengthen our fantastic team even more with the key leadership role of the Head of STEP Ukraine.

You will be responsible for:

Programme and resource management of the entire STEP Ukraine initiative.
Guiding and supporting the development of the programme ensuring that it will meet our contractual obligations.
Carrying out the duties of the Compliance Officer to ensure contractual compliance.
Supporting our partners in the delivery of STEP Ukraine
Ensuring all systems are efficient and fit for purpose to deliver STEP Ukraine.
Overall STEP Ukraine budget management
Establishing relationships with national, regional and local employers to source recruitment opportunities for STEP participants.
Liaising with the DWP and other Government departments to deliver the STEP Ukraine programme
Assisting with capacity building and training for Employment Advisors
Assisting partners in the ongoing monitoring and impact measurement of programmes.

You should have:

Significant operational management experience
Demonstrable programme management experience or knowledge about the refugee, livelihood, or employment sector
Demonstrable experience of line managing a team of people
Demonstrable experience and knowledge of programme and grant management.
A good level of financial literacy to manage and report against programme budgets is highly desirable.
Demonstrable knowledge of refugee and/or livelihoods programming and Monitoring and Evaluation processes, including using Excel to capture and analyse data
Strong interpersonal skills and written and verbal communication skills
Ability to produce high quality written work under pressure and to deadlines
Ability to work in and also lead a team and to use own initiative

Ability to work in an agile and fast paced environment

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

20 days holiday plus bank holidays and Jewish holidays. After 5 years’ service holiday entitlement increases to 25 days.
Pension scheme – we contribute 5% to the World Jewish Relief pension scheme.
Life Insurance – up to 3 times salary to nominated beneficiaries.
Health Cash Plan – cash back to cover the costs of dental treatment, optical care, specialist consultations and a range of complementary therapies.
Enhanced maternity & paternity pay.
Employee Assistance Programme – free, confidential advice or support with any personal or work. related concerns or free counselling if needed.
Season ticket / travel to work loan.
Cycle to Work Scheme.
On Friday the office closes at 3pm.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

World Jewish Relief promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We invite and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications from candidates of different ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation and of faith or none that meet the criteria set out for this role. You don’t need to be Jewish to work for us, but you must share our desire to assist those who need help based on their vulnerability, not their identity, recognising the dignity and potential of all people.