Impact Officer

YMCA Thames Gateway Group; Wideopen; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

DBS check

Disability Confident Employer

Equal opportunities

Job summary

YMCA Thames Gateway Group is seeking an Impact Lead to support the development and delivery of its Inclusion Project. The role will work under the Inclusion Manager to build community relationships, engage with families and partner organisations, and collect feedback to show impact.

It emphasises identifying needs and improving services based on family voices. This is a fixed term, part-time position (30 hours/week) with flexible working patterns, aimed at ensuring accessible information,

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the Inclusion Project to improve access to information, services and support for children, young people and families.
• Build and sustain community relationships, engaging directly with families and partner organisations.
• Gather feedback and outcome data to demonstrate impact and identify gaps or emerging needs.
• Use family voices and learning to continually improve YMCA services and inform future programmes.

Job description

We are currently recruiting for an Impact Lead to support the development and delivery of YMCA Thames Gateway's Inclusion Project, helping to ensure that children, young people and families are able to access information, services and support within their communities.

Working under the direction of the Inclusion Manager, the postholder will develop community relationships, engage directly with families and partner organisations and gather meaningful feedback and outcome information to demonstrate the impact of the project. The role will help identify emerging needs and gaps in local provision, ensuring that family voice and learning are used to continually improve the Inclusion Project and inform future YMCA services.

Thank you for your interest in finding out more about YMCA Thames Gateway Group. Whether you’re looking for your first role, coming back to work after a career break, or simply looking for a new challenge, we’re happy you’re considering us.

As a community-based organisation for over 150 years, we are a vibrant and ever-changing charity that offers inclusive programmes in health & wellbeing, childcare, housing and youth work. We are passionate about providing opportunities to those who are most in need. We successfully adapt to the needs of the communities in which we’re based – during the pandemic we were able to provide food hampers to families in need, childcare support to keyworkers, and stayed in touch with our senior citizens group who, for many, attending our social groups is a lifeline.

Our staff are dedicated to making other people’s lives better through the services we provide, so if this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we look forward to hearing from you.

Summary Of Job Profile

• Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
• Working Pattern: Part-time/ 30 hours per week/ Flexible working pattern
• The Job Description and Person Specification can be found here:Impact Lead.pdf

Additional Information:

Please note YMCA Thames Gateway Group does not have a Sponsored Licence to recruit non-UK workers and therefore all candidates are expected to provide evidence that they are eligible and have the right to work in the UK.

YMCA Thames Gateway Staff Benefits

YMCA Thames Gateway is serious about safeguarding; this role will be subject to a Standard Disclosure & Barring Service check.

At YMCA Thames Gateway we are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to Equal Opportunities. Therefore, we value the importance of diversity and positively welcome applicant from all members of the community. The Association is committed to ensuring that all current and potential staff, members, users and visitors are treated with dignity, fairness and respect regardless of their protected characteristics within the Equality Act (2010).

We strongly encourage applications from applicants of a BAME background, those with a disability and those who identify as LGTBQ+.