Community Director at The Advocacy Academy

Job Description

The Advocacy Academy is an activist youth movement of leaders fighting for justice and equality. We serve as the political home for grassroots youth organising and the catalyst for collective action. Our Advocates lives have been directly shaped by livingin an unjust world, and we exist to turn their anger into action. We are dynamic, ambitious and unapologetic, and we are looking for a Community Director to join us who is as passionate as we are about building the world as it should be. We need an organiserwho will make our Campus the home for activists and organising across South London. As we shift our focus on to the campaigns our young people run, its more important than ever that we also organising our broader networks, priming them to mobilise behindspecific actions and support our broader movement to create a more fair, just, and equal world. Acting as a link between our Alumni and the wider community, you will be at the heart of TAA, guiding our Alumni and our members to find their political home, ensuringour Movement builds power, and that we are rooted in the local community that we support. KEY DETAILS Position Title: Community Director Reports to: CEO Location: Brixton, South London Budget: Approx: £150K with plans to scale Contract: Fixed-term contractfor two years, with potential for extension (full time, part-time, job-share all considered) Hours: TAA has flexible working hours, with some expected evenings and weekends due to the nature of the role. Start date: As Soon As Possible Compensation: £47,000- £55,000 annual salary Benefits: £1000 professional development fund, working from home stipend, TAA laptop and phone, (additional benefits package being finalised)HOW TO APPLYTo apply, please visit our website via the button below.KEY DATES Closing Date:The deadline for applications is Sunday 17th October 2021 Stage One: Screening phone call with a staff member Stage Two: Workshop with group of TAA Alumni Stage Three: Interview with staff, followed by a short written taskApplicants will be invited to interviewon a rolling basis - as soon as we find the right person, well hire them.NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US We aim to be representative of the community we are working with. We encourage applications from people of colour, those who identify as LGBTQIA, workingclass as well as differently abled people, those living with mental health conditions, refugees and migrants. We welcome people from all identities who are made to feel marginalised.Were not just committed to being an equal opportunity employer, we activelycelebrate diversity in all its forms. Let us know if we can do anything to make the application or interview process more accessible. If you are invited to interview, we will at that point ask you for any accessibility requirements or preferences.As an employerwe make all reasonable adjustments to support employees in their work if they are differently abled or have a health condition. We support the Access to Work scheme which could provide you with financial support to get the help you need to do all tasks successfully.We are happy to facilitate Access to Work assessments and reclaims, and would actively welcome applicants who would need this in order to do the job.We are currently exploring what visa support we can provide for candidates. Please do not be put off if youneed visa sponsorship to accept this post. Please dont hesitate to reach out to us to discuss immigration opportunities further. All staff who work on our programme must have, prior to starting work, a returned satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and BarringService (DBS) dated no earlier than 1st January 2021. The Advocacy Academy will assist the application for, and pay for the processing of, a new DBS for staff members where required. We welcome applications from people with convictions. Please disclose inyour application if you have any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not "protected" (as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013)) . We consider each person on their own merits,taking into account all the circumstances.