Overview

We’re looking for a creative and well-organised programme coordinator to lead on development of Phase 1 of our new Queers Beyond Borders (QBB) programme. As a collaborative partnership with MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights the programme will research and produce relevant health and well-being online content for queer people moving to and between six sites within Europe. The coordinator will build and work with partners across each site, establishing collaborative ways to develop engaging and relevant online content. 

The successful candidate will have experience in creating accessible online copy and content. They will need to be able to keep multiple tasks on-track, whilst liaising with stakeholders including designers, site partners, and colleagues at MPact.

As a lived experience organisation, we urge and encourage applications from those who have experience of, and are from, the communities that this programme of work seeks to serve.

Some background

European queer centres thrive and are enlivened by the experiences, cultures and social richness that queer migrants bring when they come into Europe, or move across Europe. We know that moving to a new place can be challenging – especially if we don’t know the places we’ve moving to, don’t have an existing network of people to connect with, or don’t have the information to navigate the city or country we’ve moved to. The QBB programme builds on the assets that queer people have, and that we share with each other, to offer information, support, and solidarity to our queer moving-about siblings.

In Phase 1, QBB will start as an online multi-lingual resource, providing information for Berlin, Brussels, Lisbon, London, Madrid (and neighbouring areas), and Paris. Each site section will be developed in conjunction with networks of queer activists and organisations in those sites, ensuring the information is relevant, contemporary, and developed by peers on-the-ground.

This programme of work – and the new coordinator role – develops Phase 1 of this work. Further phases may be developed, as the programme builds, and as funding is identified.

What the Programme Coordinator will do

• The QBB Programme Coordinator will work with partners in Phase 1’s six geographical sites to research, create and develop relevant, engaging and accurate online content that meets the health and well-being needs of queer migrants moving to, or planning to move to, those sites

• The coordinator will work with colleagues at The Love Tank and MPact to identify and engage with relevant site partners, building partner relationships, and ensuring that partners’ involvement in the programme can be fully realised

• The coordinator will work with translators to ensure that each site section of the programme is accurately and culturally-appropriately translated into a range of different languages

• The coordinator will work with The Love Tank’s creative director to ensure that content is briefed and delivered to key milestones and deadlines

• The coordinator will programme manage Phase 1 of the programme, ensuring that all elements are delivered to time, on budget, and to brief

• The coordinator will attend multi-agency meetings, and report on progress and learning of the programme to key stakeholders, including funders and partner organisations

• They will keep records of programme activity, and collate and distribute reports as required

• The post holder will attend weekly staff meetings of The Love Tank, monthly meetings with MPact, and other necessary meetings and events

• They will be familiar with and adhere to all necessary organisation and statutory procedures and policies, including safe-guarding polices, and confidentiality and professional boundary policies

What the Programme Coordinator will be able to do (knowledge, skills, experience, ability)

• Excellent writing skills in English

• Experience of researching and creating written online content that is engaging and accurate.

• Ability to build and nurture partnerships with a diverse range of individuals and organisations, across a wide geographical area

• Good programme planning skills, including meeting milestones and deadlines, and the ability to be focused, and solution orientated

• Ability to take initiative and self-manage

• Good understanding of the needs of queer migrants, and the importance of addressing health inequalities

• It is advantageous for the post-holder to have lived experience of the challenges of accessing health services, and to have lived experience as a member of one, or more, of the groups listed in the background section above

• Verbal fluency in one or more language other than English will also be advantageous, particularly Portuguese or Spanish

An applicant will need to have the right to work in the UK to be offered this post