This is an exciting opportunity to join Warwickshire’s Refugee Resettlement Team. We are a small but established countywide team, contributing to the resettlement of Refugees / Migrants within Warwickshire. We have managed the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme over the last 5 years, and more recently, have responded to the recent Humanitarian crisis by supporting Afghan families to settle into permanent accommodation and additionally providing wrap around support to Afghan evacuees. We are a dynamic team, which offers a high standard of service within a highly supportive environment and recently won “Team of the Year 2021”.

Here at Warwickshire County Council, we put children and families at the forefront. We are passionate about supporting communities and families to build on their strengths and relationships and find their own solutions. We work with children and families to build strong connections, and help families find long-lasting solutions. Our work contributes to our wider County Council aim – to make Warwickshire the best it can be for everyone.   

If you have a genuine interest in humanitarian issues and would like to be part of a team making a difference to the lives of Refugees / Migrants, we want to hear from you as you could be the person we are looking for to join our innovative, supportive and high performing team.

The role:

Learning English is crucial to enabling refugees to integrate successfully in to their new lives in the UK. You will deliver and co-ordinate ESOL provision for refugee families arriving to resettle in Warwickshire. You will be responsible for  ensuring that all individuals have access to ESOL classes and make measurable progress in English.

You will need to develop provision in innovative and creative ways in order to meet the needs of learners who are settled across a wide geographical area, have different educational backgrounds and different levels of English.

This role combines ESOL class delivery and ESOL programme development and coordination, we expect the split to be approximately 60/40 (ESOL class delivery to co-ordination and development) but this is open to review as the role develops.

Additional Information

For Full Job Description and Person Specification click link here.

For further information please contact Cathy Boyce via cathyboyce@warwickshire.gov.uk

This role is full time and offered on a two-year fixed term contract with the possibility of extension.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

WCC is an organisation committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification. 

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements. 

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from global ethnic majorities (GEM), individuals with disabilities and men, who are currently under-represented within WCC within this service area. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.