Childcare Project Coordinator

Oasis; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

Oasis, un espace communautaire à Cardiff, recrute un coordinateur pour un projet financé par le gouvernement gallois. Vous serez responsable de l'organisation, de la gestion et de la livraison des finalités du projet visant à améliorer l'accès à des services de garde d'enfants gratuits pour les demandeurs d'asile et les réfugiés. Ce poste à temps partiel est prévu jusqu'au 31 mars 2026, et il nécessite des compétences organisationnelles solides et la capacité à construire des relations.

Qualifications

• Capacité à gérer un projet dans les délais et respectant le budget.
• Excellentes compétences en communication écrite et orale.
• Compétences organisationnelles remarquables.

Responsibilities

• Coordonner un projet financé par le gouvernement gallois sur 6 mois.
• Gérer la livraison des résultats en collaboration avec les partenaires.
• Collecter des données pour le bailleur de fonds et rédiger le rapport final.

Skills

Organisation

Communication

Gestion de projet

Construction de relations

Compétences informatiques

Job description

Hours: 0.4 FTE (16 hours per week)

Salary: £26,208 pro rata

Contract length: Fixed term - 1 September 2025- 31 March 2026 (7 months)

About Oasis

Oasis is a community space in the heart of Cardiff, which gives a warm Welsh welcome to around 2500 people seeking sanctuary (asylum seekers and refugees) per year across South Wales. We empower them to reach their aspirations for themselves and their families by providing;

• access to the essentials
• educational and professional career progression
• community integration activities to build relationships in Oasis and
• their local communities
• opportunities to influence the services and systems that impact their lives

About the project

We have received funding from the Welsh Government aiming to reduce child poverty by increasing the availability of free childcare and play opportunities to enable parents to study and work.

The purpose of the project is to:

Map the existing provision of childcare and play opportunities suitable for asylum seekers and refugees, focused on those settings where parents candrop off their children

• Speak to CIC & charity childcare and play providers across the area (Splott, Tremorfa, Adamsdown and Roath) to explore how they might increase the free childcare and play offers available and explore mechanisms for how these can be accessed fairly
• Produce clear multi-lingual information about how and where parents can access free childcare and other free play and childcare opportunities
• Pilot free play provision in new locations to explore what works for parents
• Agree terms of reference as a new network to build more free childcare and play opportunities into the future

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate a 6-month Welsh Government funded project
• Deliver the project purposes and outcomes with partners
• Manage the project on time and within budget
• Collect data for the funder and write the final report
• Set up a steering group for the project made up of parents who are seeking sanctuary
• Work with colleagues to identify follow up funding

Essential

• Demonstrate Oasis’ values at all times (integrity, kindness, warm Welsh welcome, courage)
• Highly organised
• Can deliver a project on time and to budget
• Can chair meetings and discussion sessions in an inclusive way
• Excellent at building and maintaining relationships with funders, partners, colleagues and clients
• Strong written and spoken English, including writing emails, reports and plans
• ICT skills

TO APPLY

Please find the full role description and application form on our website: https://www.oasiscardiff.org/jobs

Applications without the form will not be considered.

Deadline: 30th June 2025