Our Values
In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.
Our Values are:
- Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
- Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
- Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
- Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
- Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
- Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.
We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create an inclusive workplace culture that is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.
Coventry City Council’s Migration Team supports newly arrived communities to build settled, independent lives in the city. Our work focuses on practical integration pathways, including employment, skills, education, English language support and access to local services, helping refugees, people seeking asylum and other migrant communities contribute to Coventry’s economic, civic and social life.
Join us in making Coventry a place people choose to live, learn, and work.
What is the job role?
We have received funding to deliver an exciting project in partnership with World Jewish Relief. The aim is to support the successful integration of refugee women who have made Coventry their home. Deliver engaging lessons tailored to learner needs, abilities, and aspirations within a supportive environment. The project aims to enable refugee women to:
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Develop and improve their confidence and wellbeing
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Recognise their skills and experience as valuable assets
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Plan their future pathways and involvement in the community.
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To achieve the above outcomes, the project will focus on delivering: one to one support; literacy and numeracy sessions; tailored ESOL; digital and financial literacy; mentoring as well as providing volunteering and work placement opportunities.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with experience of working with refugee women.
This is an 18-month fixed-term contract, 37 hours a week.
This post is open to female applicants only, as being female is deemed to be a Genuine Occupational Requirement in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Working with the Programme Delivery Manager and Project Manager you will be a natural self-starter with a can-do attitude.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Who are we looking for?
You will have excellent communication and written skills, be able to work on your own initiative, have a meticulous approach and attention to detail and be able to meet deadlines.
You will be able to monitor and organise interventions and delivery of sessions. You will be working with 30 women refugees to support their successful integration.
The right candidate will possess the following:
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The ability to support women to overcome barriers to work effectively with the women on the project and keep them engaged and motivated giving additional support outside the sessions when required.
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The ability to create, plan and deliver the curriculum for the literacy and numeracy classes and work with the Support Worker to get the women their accreditation for literacy and numeracy.
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The ability to assess, evaluate and monitor the progress the women are making on the numeracy and literacy courses.
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Strong interpersonal and negotiating skills to positively challenge partners and have difficult conversations when needed.
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Excellent ICT skills and be proficient in using a variety of packages in order to accurately record, analyse, monitor and review information.
If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
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Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
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Are currently in care or have previously been in care
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If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.
If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies
