Project Group Manager - Homeless Health Peer Advocacy Service (HHPA)
Reporting to
Senior Services Manager
Location
Overseeing Dublin & Cork
Scope of Responsibility
Depaul is a values-led organisation working with a number of services throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This role will oversee the line management of Homeless Health Peer Advocacy Service, Peer Involvement Specialist and additional associated Peer/ Inclusion Health supports and provide support and supervision to the Local Management Team in these services
Hours
35 Hours / Week
Salary
€61,407.07 / Annum
Key Areas of Responsibility
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure a healthy local management team is maintained in each project
OVERARCHING SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
- To fully participate in the Service Department Team responsibilities including attending SDT meetings, contributing to strategic planning, year planning, internal audits, external reports and statistics etc.
- Assist projects in establishing targets and objectives and to do this in conjunction with the senior service team.
- Carry out project appraisals and report findings to the senior service teams
FINANCE
- Responsible for the financial expenditure and budgets of project within post
LIAISON AND REPRESENTATION
- Represent Depaul externally with a wide range of other voluntary agencies, statutory partners and other funders as agreed with the Senior Services Manager
GENERAL
- Ensure that all Depaul policies and procedures are being adhered to
- Ensure that stakeholder relationships are maintained to a high standard
- Participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal of staff and self
- Undertake any other duties that may be required which are commensurate with the role
- The above list is not exhaustive; additional areas of responsibility may be added over time and flexibility to cover for other staff roles is required from time to time.
Person Requirements:
QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree and/or professional management or social work qualification (Desirable)
EXPERIENCE
- At least 2 years’ managing a department or service within an organisation. The experience must include responsibility for the management of staff, budgets and strong external agency communication and relationship building
- At least 3 years working within a social care or similar setting
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Experience in managing a staff team
- Experience in managing people in peer support roles/ with lived experience of homelessness/ mental health difficulty (desirable)
- Lived experience of homelessness (desirable)
- Experience in staff supervision
- Knowledge of performance management
- Qualities of leadership, evidenced through a track record of successfully motivating staff, ideally through a difficult period of start-up or change
- Ability to set goals, review outcomes and change priorities in line with innovation and ability to think strategically
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing and to produce clear written reports and letters on complex issues
- Possess computer literacy
- Ability to work within and develop Quality Standards within homeless services
ATTITUDE
- Commitment to consultative ways of working
- Commitment to meeting the needs of excluded and marginalised people and providing a high standard of service
- Respect for the values and ethos of the organisation
- Commitment to low threshold and harm reduction work
WHY WORK FOR US?
Depaul is a cross border charity supporting some of the most marginalised individuals, couples and families experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to end homelessness and change the lives of those affected by it. Would you like to help us to meet our mission?
We are a values led organisation and aim, at all times, to live and breathe these values in our everyday work. Our values are based on four key principles:
• We celebrate the potential of people
• We put our words into action
• We aim to take a wider role in civil society
• We believe in rights and responsibilities If you choose to work for Depaul we offer:
Our Benefits
Annual Leave Up to 3 years' service: 25 days per year
3 years' up to 5 years' service: 27 days per year
Over 5 years' service: 30 working days per year (Exclusive of bank and statutory holidays)
10 public holidays each year with Good Friday as discretionary day.
Day off and day pay for Christmas Day, St.Stephen's Day, and New Year's Day worked for shift workers.
Non-Shift Workers: Paid day off on public holidays.
Shift Workers: Expected to work on public holidays; receive an additional day of annual leave in lieu.
Non-Rostered Employees: May be entitled to one-fifth of the normal weekly rate of remuneration for the public holiday.
Pension Matched by the employer
Health Assistance Each staff member gets access to a health cash plan so you can claim money back, up to set limits, on a number of treatments. This includes dental, optical, acupuncture and many more. Your children under 16 are also included on the plan.
Life Assurance Four times salary
Maternity /Adoptive Leave 18 weeks full pay
Paternity Leave 2 weeks full pay
Sick Leave Entitlement to sick pay starting from day 1 with level of entitlement increasing with length of service (subject to policy terms)
Employee Assistance Program EAP is a confidential counselling service that provides support to company employees and their family. It is available 24/7, 365 days a year covering; Counselling, legal advice, financial information, career guidance, life coaching, mediation, health information, cancer support, autism support, infertility and pregnancy loss, elder care support, parent coaching and international employee support.
Learning and Development Depaul’s Vision, Mission and Values course, this involves travel to meet the Depaul International family.
Emerging Leaders, supporting workers that would like to develop their leadership skills and to progress to a management role.
Online learning resources within Depaul’s award nominated online learning platform, Moodle. Mandatory training including, MAPA, Health and Safety,
Child Protection, Fire Safety, and First Aid
Hybrid/Flexible working DePaul support and embrace Flexible Working, including hybrid working and working from home, in line with the DePaul Working Policy (where appropriate and subject to role requirements and location)
