Loved and Wanted Organiser

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Loved and Wanted Organiser

HOURS: Part-time  10 hours per week  The exact hours and days to be worked will be agreed to suit
the  needs  of  the  role  and  the  needs  of  the  successful  candidate,  but  must  include  some  hours  on
Thursdays and Fridays, in order to co-incide with the hours worked by the Befriending Manager who is
leading this project.

CONTRACT: Fixed term, ending on 31st March 2028

SALARY: £27,500 full-time equivalent,   £9,271.50 pro rata for 10 hour week  £17.82 per hour

RESPONSIBLE TO: Befriending Manager

BACKGROUND TO LOVED AND WANTED PROGRAMME

1.  The Mayor of London and The National Lottery Community Fund have committed £1.8m

over three years to build a network of venue-based community spaces across the
capital. This network of community spaces is made up of charities, arts centres, libraries,
faith groups, and community centres.

2.  The programme builds on the Mayor of London’s Loved and Wanted campaign launched

in 2025, which celebrates the strength and diversity of London’s communities and
reinforces the message that all Londoners are loved, valued, and welcome - regardless
of background.

3.  The Waltham Forest Loved and Wanted Alliance consists of:

•  Age UK Waltham Forest
•  Chingford Mosque
•  East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue
•  PL84U Al-Suffa foodbank
•  St Barnabas Church, Walthamstow
•  Waltham Forest Chinese Association
•  Waltham Forest Albanians

4.  The Waltham Forest Loved and Wanted Alliance will bring different communities
together, building and strengthening community relationships, providing practical
support, improving access to vital services, and creating opportunities for everyone to
take part in city life.  The Alliance will create sustained, transformative relationships
among communities that rarely have structured opportunities to meet, helping people
bridge divides of race, faith, age, language and wealth/class.

5.  A Steering Group of leaders from all seven Alliance partners will guide the programme,

meeting intensively at the start, and then quarterly to track progress, share learning, and
adapt the work as needed.  The programme was co-created from the outset.

6.  The Alliance’s planned activities include:

•  Seven round tables/listening circles - very structured, using listening partnerships

and story-telling to created deep connection across differences.

•  Seven Togetherness events, each bringing around 50 people together for meals,

music, crafting, sports, IT skill-sharing and more. Each will begin with facilitated
icebreakers to help participants engage across cultural and faith divides.

•  An annual Loved and Wanted  garden party for around 150 residents, celebrating

the emerging relational network.

•  From this programme, around 20 individuals will be recruited as Loved and

Wanted Champions – local residents supported through peer groups and training
to nurture belonging in their own communities.

ROLE SUMMARY

The  Loved  and  Wanted  Organiser  will  undertake  all  the  practical  organising  of  the  Alliance’s
programme of Loved and Wanted events,  supporting all Alliance member organisations to  contribute.
The post-holder will also support the Steering Group in developing and overseeing the programme of
activities, and undertake all monitoring and evaluation.

 RESPONSIBILITIES:
1)  Organising events

a)  Liaise with all the Alliance partners to ensure that  invitations are issued to their members for
each Loved and Wanted event, that volunteer interpreters are arranged where needed, support
with transport and/or other arrangements are made to facilitate attendance.

b)  Organise  Loved  and  Wanted  round  tables  and  listening  circles  (at  least  7);  Togetherness

events (at least 7); garden parties (at least 2); closing event.

c)  Keep records of all attendees and evaluate each event’s impact on those attendees

d)  Ensure  that  Age  UK  Waltham  Forest’s  Information  and  Advice  Service  is  available  at  each

event.

2)  Loved and Wanted Champions

a)  Build  relationships  with  individuals  attending  Loved  and  Wanted  events  in  order  to  recruit  at

least 20 Loved and Wanted Champions

b)  Organise training and  support group meetings for Loved and Wanted Champions

3)  Monitoring and evaluation

a)  Maintain effective monitoring systems for attendance at all Loved and Wanted events

b)  Contribute  to  the  development  of  impact  evaluation  tools,  including  video  story-telling,  and

implement the agreed impact evaluation system

c)  Prepare impact case studies to support future funding applications

4)  Communications

a)  Ensure Loved and Wanted communication materials are distributed to all Alliance members

b)  Utilise social media, newsletters and press to communicate the Loved and Wanted values and

successes.

5)  Information and Advice

a)  Support  Age  UK  Waltham  Forest’s  Information  and  Advice  Team  in  holding  surgeries  at

Alliance member venues

b)  Support Age UK Waltham Forest’s Information and Advice Team in monitoring the take-up and

impact of Information and Advice within the Loved and Wanted programme

6)  Miscellaneous

a)  Keep records of all expenditure under the Loved and Wanted programme, in conjunction with

Age UK Waltham Forest’s Finance Officer

b)  Produce progress reports for the Alliance Steering Group, on impact, finances and strategy

c)  Support the organisation of, and contribute to, the Alliance Steering Group meetings

d)  Carry  out  any  other  duties  consistent  with  the  responsibilities  of  this  post  as  requested  from

time to time by the Befriending Manager

Notes:    All  staff  and  volunteers  are  required  to  work  within  Age  UK  Waltham  Forest  policies  and
procedures, ensuring that they are carried out in relation to the job and their responsibilities.

The post may involve occasional evening or weekend work for which time off in lieu will be given.

This job description reflects the requirements of the post at the time of writing. These requirements may
change over time, and the job description may need to be reviewed.

AGE UK WALTHAM FOREST
LOVED AND WANTED ORGANISER - PERSON SPECIFICATION

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KNOWLEDGE
&
EXPERIENCE

Previous  experience  of  successfully  working  with  diverse  communities,  crossing
divides of race, faith, age and class

Previous  experience  of  organising  large  and  small  events  and/or  of  community
developmenta

In  depth  understanding  of  the  needs  of  different  faiths,  ethnic  groups  and
communities, and the barriers which exist to keep those groups apart.

Fluent  in  one  or  more  of  the  following  languages:  Urdu,  Punjabi,  Cantonese,
Mandarin, Albanian, Fillipino.

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Computer literate and experience of using Excel, Word, Outlook and social media.

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Experience of data and financial record-keeping and report writing,

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SKILLS &
ABILITIES

Warm, open and empathetic, able to build relationships with and gain the trust of
individuals from diverse groups

Excellent organisational and office skills, with good attention to detail.

Good level of communication skills both written, spoken and in social media.

Ability to work on own initiative and work as part of a team

Good problem-solver, able to identify and solve problems

Ability to manage time, plan and prioritise work to meet targets

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