Job Description

WHAT Coordinator

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract 

Salary: £33,267 (with an uplift in year 2) Pro Rata

Hours: 21 per week

Westminster Homelessness Action Together (WHAT) has been formed to bring together organisations who are committed to finding new ways to address the increase in rough sleeping in Westminster.  The agencies involved in WHAT are The Abbey Centre, Connection at St Martins, Homeless Link, Housing Justice, the Passage, St Mungos, The West London Mission and Westminster Council. 

The WHAT group have secured funding for two years to develop our partnership through recruitment of a WHAT Co-ordinator who will:

· Inform and train a very wide range of agencies in Westminster to increase their understanding of the needs of rough sleepers, potential approaches and options to address rising homelessness;

· Raise the profile of existing service provision to encourage businesses, community groups and local residents to support existing efforts in Westminster;

· Support initiatives which promote joint working and innovation across member agencies and, in turn, reduce rough sleeping in the local area.

The post will be based at the St Martin’s Charity, in their Frontline Networks team. The successful candidate will have experience of working proactively in a policy environment.  They will be able to win the respect of a wide range of partners through excellent interpersonal skills.  The post holder will be able to use information from networking and translate it into tangible, practical action on the ground including securing resources.

In order to apply for this role please follow the link below ensuring that you have clearly demonstrated the requirement of the role set out in the person specification.

Closing date: 9am Monday 19th March 2018 – Late applications will not be considered

Interview Date: Thursday 29th March 2018