Programme Administrator - Social Cohesion Project

Role Summary

Faith in the City:
Countering Hate, Cultivating Hope is a three-year programme (1 April 2026 – 31 March 2029) responding to rising community tensions and the risk of people being drawn towards harmful ideologies and behaviours, rooted in the legacy of Faith in the City and aligned with the Church of England’s Vision and Strategy and From Lament to Action.

Delivery follows a hub-and-spoke model:
Together Liverpool provides central leadership, coordination, learning and evaluation, while delivery is led locally through partner dioceses, with local staff and partners holding parish relationships and implementing activity.

• Speaking Out: equipping clergy and lay leaders with training, resources and theological reflection to strengthen public voice, deepen inter‑faith and civic relationships, and support churches to respond well in difficult conversations.
• Combating Vulnerability: working in high‑deprivation contexts to listen well, support basic needs, and co‑design practical pathways into inclusion, opportunity and wellbeing.

The Diocese of Liverpool is working in partnership with Together Liverpool to deliver a significant programme to advance racial justice across parishes and communities by listening to lived experience, brokering effective partnerships, and delivering scalable, evidence-based interventions aligned to diocesan priorities. This role will support delivery of the programme within Liverpool Diocese by working alongside the Project Co‑ordinator to translate parish and deanery insight into focused action.

The postholder will provide high-quality coordination and administrative support for structured listening, local events and training, partnership activity, local grants administration, and monitoring and reporting.

• Support structured listening and engagement activity (e.g., arranging meetings, capturing notes, coordinating focus groups and follow‑up actions).
• Maintain contact lists and coordination systems for parishes, deaneries and partners involved in the programme.
• Support timely delivery of local activity by tracking actions, deadlines and logistical requirements.

• Support the planning and delivery of local events and activity (e.g., listening exercises, training sessions, community conversations).
• Coordinate logistics including venues, joining instructions, accessibility requirements, and where appropriate safeguarding checks.
• Maintain simple participation records to support monitoring and reporting.

• Support parish mapping of key stakeholders and maintain records of local partnership contacts and interactions.
• Support coordination with Together Liverpool, the Racial Justice Unit and partner dioceses (e.g., meetings, shared learning sessions and information requests).

• Support the administration of the local small‑grants programme, in line with diocesan processes and timelines (e.g., maintaining application records, coordinating communications, and scheduling decision points).
• Provide practical support to applicants (e.g., sharing guidance, confirming required documents, and signposting questions to the Project Coordinator).
• Maintain accurate records to support approvals, payments, monitoring returns and audit trails.

• Support the Project Coordinator in gathering learning, stories and case studies from local contexts.
• Coordinate with diocesan and Together Liverpool communications support as appropriate.

• Support collection of data for agreed outputs and outcomes (e.g., attendance, feedback, and other agreed monitoring information), using the agreed methods and systems.
• Draft a short monthly update and support compilation of quarterly summaries against agreed KPIs, as directed by the Project Coordinator.
• Flag risks, safeguarding issues and learning promptly.
• Participate in shared learning sessions with Together Liverpool and partner dioceses as required.

The post holder will undertake other relevant duties as may be requested from time to time and commensurate with the role.

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED RECRUITMENT PACK FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND PERSON SPECIFICATION