Outreach Coordinator - Brighton & Hove

Outreach Coordinator, Brighton & Hove

Contract: The role is for an initial fixed 3-month term, from July to August 2022, after which it will be reviewed.

Hours: 10 hours per week. We can be flexible to ensure the hours work with e.g. caring responsibilities.

Salary: £15.50/hour

Where: The candidate needs to be Brighton & Hove-based as there will be many in-person meetings they will need to attend as well as being on-the-ground talking to prospective GrandNannies.

We use positive action under section 159 of the Equality Act in relation to disability, sexuality, age or race. This means that if we have two candidates of equal merit in our process, we will seek to take forward the older, disabled or Black, Asian, and Ethnically Diverse or LGBTQ+ candidate in order to diversify our team.

About GrandNanny

Since January 2020, the GrandNanny team has been researching and co-creating a local childcare model that supports midlife and older people into rewarding childcare jobs with local families and their children. Our GrandNannies have amazing childcare skills gained through their personal or professional experiences. We currently operate in 4 London boroughs.

Our mission is to build age-integrated communities, champion the underemployed, and offer reliable childcare for working families.

We are an end-to-end service providing match-making, Enhanced DBS checks, safeguarding and first aid training, referencing, payroll admin and ongoing feedback and training services. Over time, we will operate as a managed marketplace - a one-stop shop to find and hire a local part-time GrandNanny with world class accessible service design and UX.

The Role

We are planning to launch GrandNanny in Brighton, and we are looking for an Outreach Coordinator to help us recruit our amazing GrandNannies.

As Outreach Coordinator for GrandNanny you’ll likely be based in Brighton and be already engaged in the 50+ community networks possibly as a community organiser. Using your excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills you’ll be helping us sign up prospective GrandNannies.

We would also like you to help organise our multigenerational event in Brighton in early September.

Your day to day responsibilities would include:

• Contacting and building relationships with local community centres, organisations and events for over 50s to rally support
• Generating and executing ideas for encouraging registrations amongst our target demographic
• Speaking to potential candidates and helping them register
• Distributing promotional materials
• Liaising with our PR consultant to maximise exposure in local press
• Co-hosting information sessions for prospective GrandNannies
• Co-organising a multi-generational event in September

The Team

Our team is made up of our Founder, 2x Content/Marketing people, an Operations/Business Support person, 2x Sales Managers and a Recruitment/Partnerships person. We also have a very dedicated team of Advisors and Consultants whose expertise we draw on when we need to.

If you feel you are interested in this role and would like to make a difference to your local community please click the link to apply providing your details and why you feel you would be a good fit for the role.