Be a Quality Checker for Stay Up Late

Thanks to some funding from West Sussex County Council we’re recruiting for an apprentice quality checker to help us make sure our Gig Buddies project is doing a good job for everyone involved.

To qualify for this job you need to have a learning disability and/or autism and live in West Sussex.

We are particularly seeking to employ someone who has not worked with us before to provide more opportunities for people with learning disabilities.

Hours: 8 hours per week (1 hour of this is a break).

Wage: £8.25 per hour.

Contract: The initial contract will last for 6 months and we will aim to renew it after that if we can.

Deadline for applications: Friday 1st July ’16 (11pm – so you can Stay Up Late if you want to!)

What the quality checker job will involve?

Consultancy

You will feedback to the Gig Buddies project coordinators about your experience of the project and how we can improve it.

Quality checking

You will talk to gig buddies about whether they are happy with their volunteer, and what the volunteer could do to improve.

Research

You will interview gig buddies about how they find the project. You will also interview support providers for the Stay Up Late campaign.

You will also help to lead and organise a team of volunteer researchers who will be doing a similar role as volunteers.

Training

You will help to train new volunteers.

Volunteer recruitment

You will interview some new volunteers to see if they would be suitable buddies.

Social media

You will help to manage our Twitter and Facebook.

Promotion

You will be going to events to talk to people about the gig buddies project.

Admin and office work

Occasionally the job will involve some admin: You will send letters to people, stuff envelopes, post letters etc and help to keep our databases up to date.

The skills and qualities that you will need

Good listener

You need to be able to listen to what people are saying and help people to get their point across.

Good communicator

Able to communicate with different people: You need to be able to listen and communicate with people who have different support needs.

Good at interviewing

You need to be able to ask questions and find out things about people.

Computer skills

You need to have basic skills with using the internet and social media (eg Facebook and Twitter) or be willing to learn.

Able to speak up for people

Committed to helping people with learning disabilities live the lives they want to: You need to be able to value people and committed to helping people to have their voices heard.

Reflective

You need to be able to reflect and think about your experiences and other people’s experiences, and think about how they can be used to make support and projects better.

Travel

You will need to be able to travel to the office independently, or arrange your own support to do this. We will be able to provide some initial travel training though to help you with this.

How to applyIf you are interested in working for us as a quality checker, please fill out the application form below and send it back to us.

Word Doc application

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Here’s an easier to read version of the job and person description too.

Word Doc job advert

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Email: madeline@stayuplate.org

Or post to: Stay Up Late, 9 Russell Place, Brighton BN1 2RG

We look forward to hearing from you.