Barnwood makes a difference. We work with people in Gloucestershire to drive changes on disability and mental health issues, enabling people to have choice of opportunities, access their rights, and be included where they live. 

We have recently formed an Influencing team that sits within the Trust’s Funding & Influencing team.  The Influencing team plays an integral part in the development and delivery of our social change work which comprises of six programmes: Access to Money Advice, Access to Nature, Digital Inclusion, Empowered Employers, Short Breaks, and Transport.      

Our influencing work involves a range of activities, including the delivery of learning programmes and networks, convening stakeholders around a particular issue and sharing insights from our work.    

We are looking for an Influencing and Learning Coordinator. This is a newly created role, that will work with our Learning Manager and Social Change Manager at our offices in Overton House in Cheltenham, to support the delivery of the influencing activities within our programmes.   

This is a 12-month fixed term contract, but there may be scope for the role to become permanent as the work of the team develops. The ideal candidate will have experience of building relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, have excellent organisational skills and be able to adapt to changing contexts.   

We want to diversify our team to better reflect the work and communities we support – this means we would particularly welcome applications from people who: 

• are from Black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds. 

• have lived experience of disability and/or mental health conditions.   

Contract terms: 

1 x 12-month Fixed Term Contract  

We welcome applications from people looking for:  

• Full Time (37.5 hours per week) Mon-Fri.  

• Salary £32,183  

OR  

• Part Time (30 hours per week over 5 days) Mon-Fri.  

• Pro rata Salary £25,747  

We offer a flexible start between 8am and 9.30am Monday to Friday   

This position is based in our office in central Cheltenham with occasional opportunities for home working.  

Summary of key duties (see job pack for full details). 

Support external influencing and convening activities for both the Learning Manager and the Social Change Manager through    

• Meeting Management: Arranging meeting venues and meetings. Organising catering and communicating with external stakeholders. Attendance at meetings to take notes    

• Maintaining a calendar of external opportunities, events and networks that the Trust is invited to, recording what is attended, by whom, why and any follow-up. Assisting in the development and maintenance of a Trust-wide stakeholder map to support the Trust’s influencing work   

• External Learning Events: Work with the Learning Manager to organise, schedule and coordinate learning activities for external stakeholders. Attendance at learning events to take notes    

• booking facilitators and agencies to deliver learning activities, scoping and booking venues and catering for learning activities and providing administrative support and liaising with people attending learning activities.   

• Change Programme Coordination and Administration Work with the Social Change Manager to plan, prepare and circulate agendas ahead of change programme meetings, assisting in preparation of supporting papers and materials.    

Collation and dissemination of intelligence and learning generated from the Trust’s social change activities    

• support the collation of intelligence and learning for analysis and contribution to evidence-based decision-making and influencing activity   

• work collaboratively with the Marketing and Communications Team and the Internal Communications Manager to share stories and information about the Trust’s social change work, both internally and externally.   

Essential experience 

• Administration experience   

• Experience of co-ordinating activities within projects and programmes   

• Experience of supporting and organising small- and medium-scale activities such as meetings, workshops and events, working with a wide-range of stakeholders     

Essential Skills   

• Excellent communication and organisational skills, including high level written communication skills   

• Ability to build relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders  

• Highly organised with project co-ordination skills   

• Ability to work in a flexible and adaptable way to contribute to the development of the Influencing function and the Trust’s long-term strategic goals (essential)   

• Proficiency in using Microsoft Outlook and Word.   

Essential Work ethic and approach   

• A positive attitude and an ability to generate goodwill and build relationships with collaborators and colleagues.   

• Ability to manage parallel tasks, prioritise work, cope with the unpredictable and manage time effectively to meet internal and external deadlines.   

• Displays the utmost integrity and an ability to hold and respect confidential and sensitive information.   

• Dependable and resilient.   

• Commitment to working as part of a team.   

• Self-motivated, resourceful and proactive in taking initiative.   

• Concern for, and commitment to, delivering high quality work.   

For full details please see our application pack. 

Benefits: 

• 36 days annual leave including bank holidays. (FTE) Pro rata for part time hours. 

• Life Assurance (3 x Salary) 

• Work within an organisation that is committed to improving equality and diversity. 

• Competitive salaries and fantastic pension contribution rates. 

• Excellent personal development plan and extensive training which includes a commitment to training employees to be confident when working with people with a wide variety of impairments, disabilities, and mental health challenges.  

• Friendly and collaborative working culture; everyone’s voice is heard. 

• We have a range of supportive wellbeing policies and almost a third of our employees, are qualified mental health first aiders with Mental Health England.  

• Our offices in central Cheltenham are wheelchair accessible, have free accessible parking on site and great facilities. 

• Assistance dogs are welcome. 

Guidance On Applications: 

Click on Apply Now to be taken to the Barnwood Trust website where you need to apply for this role via our online application form.  

You will also find a detailed application pack which gives a full and detailed job description and person specification as well as guidance on how to make an online application and what you should include within it. 

Should you have any questions or require any of the information in a different format please email the recruitment team directly at recruitment@barnwoodtrust.org.   

We want our application process to be right for you as an individual, so if there’s anything you think we can do to make this process more straightforward for you please email jennie.curtis@barnwoodtrust.org directly to discuss what support we might be able to provide. Our career page on our website (https://www.barnwoodtrust.org/about-us/current-jobs/) has some examples of things we may be able to put in place for people who request extra support.  

• Deadline for applications: 12.00 (mid-day) Friday 1st November  

• First interviews: Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th November  

• Second stage interviews: Monday 18th November  

We would like the successful candidate to start In January 2025.