Bristol Ageing Better (BAB) – LGBT Community Development for Older People Worker

Job Description

The job description does not give a complete list of duties, rather a broader range of responsibilities and performance indicators. It is subject to review and change.

1. Overall

Responsible and Accountable to Programme Manager – Bristol Ageing Better

Hours Full time – 35 hours per week

Term Until March 2020

Salary £21,319

Holidays Starting at 24 days per annum plus public holidays

Dependencies The post holder is required to provide suitable references and complete a 26 week probationary period.

2. Job purpose

At Age UK Bristol we help make sure that everyone in Bristol can love later life. We do this by supporting and empowering older people, helping other organisations to work together, and championing the interests of older people in the city.

Bristol Ageing Better (BAB) works with local organisations to help older people across the city live fulfilling lives.

We work with all lonely and isolated lonely people in Bristol but also have 8 specific groups who we identified as most at risk of isolation and loneliness.

This role will be working with one of those groups, Older LGBT people and will have the following responsibilities:

To:

Work in partnership with the wider BAB projects and providers of BAB services to achieve BAB overall aims and outcomes.

Used asset based approaches to deliver a community development project for older LGBT people.

3. Main duties and responsibilities

(a) Working with older people

To:

Establish effective systems and a range of engagement methods through which a cross section of local older people, including the more isolated, have the opportunity to engage with the LGBT community development project

Support the BAB data collection processes Develop and deliver against a work plan Be the first point of contact for LGBT Community development work under BAB,

reporting back to the Programme Manager Maintain agreed monitoring and evaluation procedures in order to produce regular

reports of activities and outcomes and report back to relevant stakeholders Develop connections with the other Ageing Better areas Work with the Communications Officer to communicate the achievements of the

Bristol Ageing Better projects to different stakeholders Use asset based approaches through your work Work with a range of partners to recruit and engage isolated and lonely older LGBT

people.

4. Other

To:

Work alongside BAB volunteers and provide support when required Act as an ambassador for the BAB Programme Work with other BAB staff to enable input from older people throughout the BAB

Programme Promote positive images of ageing and work to dispel negative stereotypes of older

people

5. General

To: Work within the values, beliefs and policies of both Age UK Bristol and BAB at all

times and to promote these to service users, carers and other stakeholders Take part in line management, supervision and appraisal as required Undertake other tasks commensurate with the position as required

6. ReviewThis job description will be reviewed annually and revised as necessary.

7. Person SpecificationThis document sets out the skills and experience required for this post and will be used for shortlisting and interviewing candidates. All are essential except where indicated as desirable.

Requirements

Qualifications

Educated to degree level (desirable)

Experience of

Delivering community development. Working in partnership with a range of stakeholders, including statutory sector, voluntary sector organisations, community groups and the private sector to achieve outcomes Managing and delivering a project including planning, stakeholder management and evaluation/impact models Working with older people Asset based Community Development (desirable) Community engagement and coproduction (desirable) Working in the voluntary sector (desirable)

Knowledge

Of the issues faced by older people who are lonely and isolated (desirable) An understanding of Bristol (desirable) The needs and issues of the LGBT people

Skills & Abilities

Ability to produce and present reports and summarise (verbally and written) in a clear and focused way Ability to motivate and encourage others in the achievement of specific objectives Good IT skills including MS Excel, MS Word, MS Outlook and MS PowerPoint Time management, including the ability to be flexible, prioritise competing demands and manage a varied workload

Personal attributes Commitment to working in an inclusive, team-focussed way Commitment to put older people at the heart of the programme Willing to work outside of office hours on occasion Dependable and able to work independently at times using own initiative