Vacancy - Muslim Project Worker

 

Salary: £22,000 per annum (pro rata, plus pension), half-time post

Three-year contract, working 18 hours per week, based in London

 

Are you ... keen to work nationally and regionally with Christians and Muslims; committed to building better relationships and leadership in inner-city neighbourhoods ... experienced in project working and event organising ... excited by building networks and making contacts? ‘Near Neighbours’ is an initiative of the Church of England and the Church Urban Fund - to initiate and strengthen relationship and action across faiths and cultures. The Government has offered £5m over three years for this programme. The Christian Muslim Forum is delivering Near Neighbours leadership training, in partnership with the Presence & Engagement Centres, in Birmingham, Bradford, Leicester and London.

 

We are looking for a Project Worker who will:

• Lead on the delivery of leadership training

• Organise training events and commission training resources

• Build up the Forum's network of contacts with leaders, activists and volunteers, 

• Work closely and liaise regularly with P&E Centres

 

Tips for Applicants

• Please ensure that you at least fill the text boxes with information to support your application, use additional pages as necessary but no more than two extra pages per question
• Provide detailed responses of what you have done previously with specific examples and outcomes, do not offer generic observations
• Ask a friend to review your application before you submit it
• Do not send a separate CV

Please send your applications (email preferred) to (or request further information from): Julian Bond, Director, Christian Muslim Forum, 70 South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, London, SW8 1RL. T: 0207 820 0444, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) 

Closing date for applications: midnight on 10 June 2011 Interview date: 23 June 2011

* Please note that due to the joint faith ethos of this organisation, this appointment is only open to Muslims and has attached to it a genuine occupational requirement under paragraph 7(3) of the Employment Equality Regulations 2003. 

 

This position has now been filled, see Our Staff page.

To view the job description click here.
Download an application form here.
To view the Near Neighbours Programme Description click here.