Learning facilitator jobs in bristol, somerset
Summary
The Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership was set up in 2017 with the mission to 'develop inspirational leaders who are called, connected, committed to deliver the Church of England vision for education'. Since then, it has operated a wide range of leadership development programmes, networks, research, conference and events, and published a range of key leadership resources to equip school leaders at every level to put their vision into practice.
Part of this provision has been as a very successful national provider of NPQ programmes. Beginning in 2017 with the delivery of NPQs for Headteachers, our suite of programmes has now expanded to include programmes for Specialist Teachers, Senior Leaders and also Executive Leaders. More recently, a partnership between the Church of England and the Catholic Education Service is also enabling programmes to be deli
Internal-facing Support:
- Support the Programme Management Team with maintaining the integrity of data within Salesforce.
- Working with the Senior Programme Manager to support the effective programme management and launch of Flourishing Leaders and Teachers.
- Lead on administrative tasks relating to recruitment of Flourishing Leaders and Teachers.
- Event administration for Flourishing Leaders and Teachers, including keeping the calendar up to date, creating online meetings, liaising with staff who will participate, and ensuring Blackboard is updated as needed.
- Support Programme Management Team with preparation of monthly reports, with key updates on recruitment, engagement and quality assurance.
- Admin support within the Programme Delivery teams, including setting up online forms, managing the inboxes, Salesforce reporting and other.
External-facing Support:
- Providing first-line support within the queries arising from our inboxes.
- Support Learning Technology team with administration, including providing assistance with online events.
- Support applicants with any queries relating to the application process and IT support. Also support with liaising with participant sponsors to ensure their administration is completed.
- Supporting the quality team to track the onboarding of Coaches and Facilitators for the Flourishing Programmes, ensuring tasks are completed on time and to the deadline.
- Providing support to ensure that Delivery Partners are completing all administrative tasks as required.
Essential
Knowledge/Experience:
- Experience working in an administrative environment, including inbox management and good skills in phone/email communication with stakeholders.
- Experience working in a pressured environment, meeting milestones and key deliverables
- Working as part of a team
- Experience of compiling data, extracting and analysing information
Skills & Abilities:
- Customer service skills and ability to take responsibility for progressing stakeholder queries
- Proactive and able to work under own initiative to suggest solutions to problems
- Strong sense of ownership and ability to solve problems
- Strong attention to detail
- Proven communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organisational skills
- High Microsoft Office proficiency, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Desirable:
- Experience in finance admin and reporting
- Strong analytical skills
- Advanced statistical analysis and Excel skills
- Proficiency in using survey technology, for example, Form Assembly
- Experience using Learning Management System (i.e. Blackboard) and Customer Relationship Management system (i.e. Salesforce)
Key requirements:
Whilst this is a remote role, the post-holder will need to travel for the following reasons:
- Education Office Team Days (3 per year)
- Education Office Residential (2 days, including 1 overnight stay in the autumn)
- NPQ Team Days (aprox 3 per year)
- Training Facilitator & Content Creator
- 14 hours per week at £16.00 an hour (Actual annual salary £17,472 - FTE £29,120).
- Hours may be worked flexibly over 5 days.
We are recruiting for a Training Facilitator & Content Creator to join our dedicated team at the PDA Society. This pivotal role blends the art of delivering impactful, engaging training with the creativity of developing meaningful content for our growing learning platform. You’ll be responsible for facilitating interactive sessions (both virtual and in-person) tailored to diverse audiences, and creating high-quality materials including e-learning modules, webinars, podcasts, and presentations. At its core, this role is about nurturing conversations that lead to real change – supporting PDAers, families, professionals, and researchers alike.
We’re looking for someone who is an enthusiastic, inclusive facilitator with a solid understanding of the PDA profile of autism and a passion for creating accessible, impactful learning experiences. You’ll be confident using digital tools, a skilled communicator, and comfortable working both independently and collaboratively across teams. The ability to adapt your style to suit the audience is essential, as is a willingness to travel to deliver in-person training across the UK. If you’re proactive, compassionate, and eager to make a genuine difference, we’d love to hear from you.
To apply please visit our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Applicants who are based in the UK, EU, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are welcome to apply. Please note, however, that the listed salary is in reference to UK based applicants.
Background:
Amna means safe in Arabic - representing the core of our work - supporting communities and frontline workers to bring non-clinical mental health support to every person affected by war, conflict and displacement. At Amna, our core values of respect, understanding, curiosity and connection guide everything we do. Our mission is to build community capacity for healing. Our vision is a world where refugees can determine their future unbounded by the impacts of conflict and displacement.
We partner with local organisations and institutions working with displaced communities to set up psychosocial healing services in which individuals and groups can discover and connect to practices that promote their healing and wellbeing. We invest in and train people within these organisations to provide this support, and we help partners build psychosocial interventions in collaboration with refugee communities – all with a values-based, trauma-sensitive and identity-informed approach.
Our partnerships are not limited. We connect partners through our global healing network of peer organisations to exchange learnings and enhance their practices as the network strives to support forcibly displaced communities around the world.
Safeguarding:
The role-holder will have experience working according to ethical and good practice safeguarding principles. They will be expected to adhere to and promote Amna’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Safeguarding Policies as they will be involved and responsible for programmes working with children and vulnerable groups in different settings.
How Will You Make a Difference?
Amna is seeking a compassionate and experienced Arabic speaking facilitator to join Amna’s team of trainers, with therapeutic/clinical background. As a Trainer & Facilitator your responsibilities will involve delivering training sessions and group facilitation to support and create learning spaces for training participants on themes centred around trauma and identity informed psychosocial healing care with displaced communities. The role holder is expected to work on multiple responses, and will lead Amna’s Gaza and Syria responses, while working closely with Arabic speaking team members.
Amna’s identity and trauma informed approach is centred around community healing practices with communities that aim to restore participants sense of safety, belonging, agency and joy. Amna services are co-created with the communities being worked with and we prioritise refugee participation and leadership in service design and delivery wherever possible.
The role holders need to have experience working with communities affected by adversity, including displacement, war and conflict, poverty, abuse or marginalisation. Given the nature of Amna’s work in emergency settings with displaced communities, applicants need to be comfortable working in environments where there is uncertainty, change and exposure to distress.
Specifically, successful candidates will have a strong experience in following areas:
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Work with children and families in an emergency context;
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Therapeutic experience – Individual and Groups;
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Community work experience;
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Designing and delivering trainings across different context;
Amna will train role holders in Amna’s training and facilitation approach.
Responsibilities include:
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To deliver high quality, interactive trainings in person and online.
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To lead on Amna’s Gaza and Syria responses, working closely with a diverse, cross-cultural team and partners.
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To develop Amna’s training materials including engaging content, structure, visuals and activities.
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To provide ongoing support to Amna’s training participants from a range of countries on how to set up safe, community healing spaces with displaced communities.
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To facilitate learning and support groups for Amna training participants.
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To coordinate the preparation and delivery of in person and online trainings.
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Outside of Amna’s trainings, to maintain engagement with Amna’s training participants to share and exchange learning.
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Travel to various countries to visit, train and observe partner organisations.
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To work in collaboration with all departments within Amna to achieve Amna’s objectives.
Qualifications and Experience:
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Minimum three years of experience working therapeutically with communities affected by adversities.
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Minimum three years of experience delivering therapeutically informed community programmes in emergency or acute contexts using creative tools.
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Experience working in a therapeutically informed way, e.g. working with sensitivity to the needs and experiences of the communities worked with.
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Comfortable working in English – spoken and written.
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Comfortable in designing and delivering content in Arabic.
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Confident computer skills, especially in Microsoft Office and PowerPoint.
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Able and willing to travel for work (if you have travel restrictions to some countries, please notify us in your application).
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Right to work in the country of residency.
Desirable:
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Life or work experience with refugee or/and displaced communities.
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Education or experience in psychology, social studies such as community work, social work, intercultural education, or creative healing practices.
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Therapeutic training (minimum 2 years training).
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Work experience coordinating / project management role.
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Experience in delivering trainings to groups with mixed genders, languages, cultures, ethnicities, religions, (dis)abilities.
Work Location and Environment
This role is a remote job opportunity, and open to applicants in the UK, EU, Middle East and EMEA region.
Amna offers a hybrid working environment to its employees allowing for a blend of remote and in-person work.
Please note that the nature of working environment and hybrid schedule may be adjusted as per the organisation’s evolving needs.
Remuneration Package
At Amna we are committed to attracting and retaining top talent by offering competitive compensation and benefit packages. We believe in rewarding talent and expertise at a level that corresponds with the local market conditions, ensuring that all our team members are fairly compensated for their skills and contributions.
In compliance with international standards, Amna utilizes a global payroll provider to ensure seamless and efficient compensation processes for our diverse team.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Amna is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and talents.
As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disabilities status.
Applications are strongly encouraged from people with personal or family lived experience as refugees and displacement, especially individuals from Palestine or individuals with experience working on living in Palestine.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.