Community Organiser (Cardiff)

Line Manager: Communities Officer

Contract: Fixed Term until 31st December 2023

Hours: Up to 468 hours in total at an average of 9 hours per week.

Start: Immediate

The Organisation:

We mobilise the PhD community to support students who are less advantaged to access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there.

Between 2021 and 2026, we will work with 100,000 students across the UK to help them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to access the most competitive universities. We estimate that this will result in 30,000 of these young people progressing to a competitive university. By the end of the decade, one in ten state school students at the most competitive universities will be a graduate of The Brilliant Club’s Scholars Programme. We will also support 11,000 students from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed once they enter universities. Our access and success goals are underpinned by three enablers; communities, capabilities and consultancy. 

Every member of The Brilliant Club contributes to the success of our strategy. We hope that you’ll consider joining us, as we work to create a fairer society where no child’s education is limited by their background.

The Opportunity:

We are excited to recruit a Community Organiser for our Cardiff Parent Power project. This role offers a meaningful, paid professional development opportunity for a candidate with a strong connection to the Cardiff community. You will work alongside another Community Organisers, with whom you will co-design meeting agendas, co-deliver meetings, and share 1-1 appointments.

The Brilliant Club will work in partnership with Cardiff University to engage parents from schools in Cardiff. The parental engagement model used will be based on the successful Parent Power South London and Parent Power Oldham chapters.

Parent Power creates networks of parent communities across the UK, each one supported by an anchor university, in this case Cardiff. Through support to develop skills in community organising and advice and guidance on accessing higher education, parents are empowered to make change to support their children’s future and ensure their children have a fair chance in education and their future careers.

Working with us, the Community Organiser will: Working with us, the Community Organiser will:

• Support local pupils from underrepresented backgrounds by empowering their parent/carers to become higher education experts
• Receive community organising training from Citizens UK and develop transferable skills
• Join a nationwide community of researchers making a significant impact on university access

The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from underrepresented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We are committed to increasing representation and diversity at The Brilliant Club, and we particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families.

Deadline: Monday 20^th February 2023 at 9 am

Interviews: Tuesday 28^th February 2023

Further Details: Please visit www.thebrilliantclub.org or email recruitment@thebrilliantclub.org 

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