Airplay Service Coordinator

Airplay Service Coordinator

Ref: 4399

Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Circa Salary - £29,100
Hours – 37 Hrs, Full-Time

Giving children and young people the foundations they need to thrive.

The role

Airplay is a prestigious youth work programme funded by the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. The RAFBF exists to support all of the RAF family including the children and young people who live on or near an RAF station.  Action for Children are proud to deliver the programme alongside our RAF Partners at twenty-five locations across the United Kingdom.

Working from home the successful candidate will remotely manage a team of Youth and Play workers across a large geographical area (North Wales, Shropshire, Oxfordshire, Salisbury and Middlesex) so can be home-based in any of these areas. This will require you to develop and maintain excellent relationships with our partners in each location. The post does involves travel and occasional overnight stays in order to support those projects. 

You will make a difference by:

• Supporting the provision of a high quality service to children, young people and their families, based on an assessment of need and outcomes.
• Working closely with senior staff and RAF partners to review and evaluate service provision, ensuring continued improvements are made, driving innovation.
• Demonstrating excellent youth work and play work skills and knowledge that can be implemented by your team at local level.
• Chairing, facilitating and leading relevant multiagency meetings e.g. meetings with our partners, and local support groups.
• Managing a delegated budget to ensure efficient usage and reporting, in accordance with agreed procedures.
• Nurturing, developing and promoting effective relationships and channels of communication with colleagues from within Action for Children and our partners at the RAF.

You will need:

• A level 4 management qualification (Desirable).
• A JNC professional youth worker qualification is a requirement for this role.
• At least two years' experience of managing youth projects.
• At least two years' experience of leading a staff team, including supervision, work allocation, assessment or training and personal development needs.
• Experience of, or the ability to manage a team across a large geographical area and the use of communication technologies such as Skype.
• Good written and verbal communication skills including report writing, public speaking and presentation skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to engage with children, young people, their families and carers.
• To be able to drive and have access to a car.

The way we work
We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.

Rewards
We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.

For safe and happy childhoods
At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

For more information and to apply, please visit our website

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.