Freelance Facilitator
Salary £ 25 per hour (including travel)
North West, particularly Manchester
Vacancy listed 04/03/2025
Application deadline 31/03/2025
Details
We are seeking Freelance Programme Facilitators to deliver our programmes in the North West, particularly Manchester. Supported by our Programme Development Manager with training and resources you will help children and young people who are experiencing vulnerabilities and disadvantages improve their wellbeing, re-engage with school and learning, build networks and access opportunities.
 
Programme Facilitators work with significant autonomy and authority. They must embrace responsibility and are accountable for their work. They work collaboratively alongside young people, operating as a mentor as they empower young people to develop self-esteem, become resilient and engage with school and their own future. They give each young person the time, the confidence and skills to engage with their education.
 
You will work in schools and community settings to support young people and their families to ensure that at-risk children and young people make the most of their potential and improve their life chances. Work will include 1:1 support and delivery of Power2’s core programmes. 
 
Responsibilities 
Programme Delivery
  • Empower young people to develop self-esteem, become more resilient and engage with school (if applicable) and their own future.
  • Build and sustain constructive relationships with young people, including setting clear boundaries and knowing when to be flexible. 
  • Liaise with parents, as necessary, to offer feedback, information, advice and guidance.
  • Organise and run planned activities.
  • Plan, facilitate and assess Power2 programmes.
  • Understand and work with the systems in each setting, engaging with the right people at the right time to deliver results.
  • Liaise with and manage referral partners to set up and ensure smooth running of Power2 activity. 
  • Project management; set up, initial presentations, co-ordination, scheduling and attending meetings, events and ceremonies.
 
Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Supply, manage and understand how to use data for evaluation, feedback and administration purposes.
  • Ensure data is up to data, submitted on time, complete and is used to inform best practice.
  • Provide feedback to stakeholders on beneficiary outcomes. 
 
Working Relationships
  • Manage internal & external stakeholder relationships including: schools, nurseries, beneficiaries, colleagues and other external professionals. 
  • Build and proactively manage relationships with a diverse group of key stakeholders to support the retention of existing and engagement of new partners.
 
Person Specification
  • Flexible, adaptable and proactively responsive to organisational priorities.
  • You share Power2’s values of bold, expert and passionate. 
  • You are committed to Power2’s vision and believe that all positive outcomes start with a child or young person feeling happy and well.
  • You believe in an inclusive, trauma-informed, wellbeing-led approach to supporting young people 
  • You are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people across the UK 
  • You are passionate about and can clearly example how you have championed diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging across the workplace.
  • An ability to problem solve, remain calm in a crisis and demonstrate a positive attitude.
  • Sensitivity and responsiveness to people’s emotional and social health.
 
Power2 reserves the right to amend the job description in line with changing organisational needs.
Benefits

£25 per hour (including travel) and £50 for attending half day training or £100 for full day training. Expenses can also be claimed for programme snacks for participants and travel to training.

Notes

Candidates are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description for this role. Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work-related and how this has shaped you, including things you’ve learnt along the way.

We are specifically interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of the issues we seek to address (childhood experience of having low family income, being disengaged with school and learning, experiencing poor wellbeing/mental health, being care-experienced, involved in gangs and violence). It is also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.

Attached documents
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Recruitment Pack North_West_Freelance_Facilitators_Recruitment_Pack.pdf

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