The GLA is recruiting to a number of vacancies in the Social Integration Team
The GLA is looking for enthusiastic and organised policy and projects officers to lead work on migrant and refugee integration within the growing and busy Social Integration team.
The Social Integration Team is a growing team that works with colleagues across the GLA to:
• Deliver key initiatives with social integration at their heart;
• Lead policy and advocacy work to remove specific barriers to social integration;
• Mainstream social integration in the organisation’s strategies, projects and policies; and
• Partner with a wide range of stakeholders to affect change for Londoners.
The postholders will work with professional and community stakeholders on strategic issues for London. We are looking for candidates who can take the initiative, who are excellent at relationship building and who have some knowledge and experience of immigration policy and migrant and refugee integration.
VACANCIES
We are inviting candidates to apply for the following roles listed below.
To view the full list of job accountabilities and person specification criteria click on the job title.
It is essential your personal statement addresses the PERSON SPECIFICATION criteria for the role you are applying for.
Senior Policy and Projects Officer (Migration and Refugees)
£48,437 Grade 9, Fixed Term or secondment until March 2020
The postholder will work with professional and community stakeholders on strategic issues for London, including managing the London Strategic Migration Partnership, the Migrant and Refugee Advisory Panel, and a small team leading on ESOL and Refugee Resettlement.
Senior Project Officer (ESOL Coordination)
£26, 110, Grade 8, Part Time (0.6 FTE job share -Wed/Thurs/Friday with some flexibility subject to discussion)
Fixed Term or secondment until March 2020
The post holder will work with London stakeholders to harness the complementary role of informal English language support alongside formal ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages).
Senior Project Officer (Refugee Resettlement)
£43,517, Grade 8, Fixed Term or secondment until March 2020
The postholder will work with London stakeholders to develop a sustainable community sponsorship programme for refugee resettlement in London, including generating new offers of support, securing commitments and developing relevant policies, processes and structure to support the programme to thrive.
These roles are based at City Hall
OPEN EVENING – Tuesday 16 July (18:00 – 19:00)
We are inviting interested applicants to attend an open evening at City Hall, which will provide the opportunity to meet the team, find out more about the roles and ask questions. To book your place please CLICK HERE
In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We also welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as the roles are open to job share.
London's diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. You will be able to demonstrate a clear commitment to promoting diversity, equality and inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
TO APPLY
To proceed to the online application form, click the APPLY NOW button below.
In your application form you will need to select the specific role you wish to be considered for.
It is essential your supporting statement addresses the PERSON SPECIFICATION criteria as outlined in the job description for the role you wish to apply for.
If you have a question about the role, the recruitment process or require an alternative format for applying, please contact the Resourcing Team via email glajobs@london.gov.uk quoting reference CSP001
Application closing date: Monday 22 July 2019 at 23:59 GMT
Interviews will take place: to be confirmed