Vacancies

Education, Training and Employment Consultant (£40,000 pro rata)

The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) was established in 1933 to assist academics suffering persecution under the rise of fascism in Europe. Since then CARA has continued to provide practical support to refugees who worked as lecturers and/or researchers at universities in their home countries to enable them to rebuild their lives and careers in the UK.

CARA’s core work is the provision of grants to support refugee academics to undertake academic or professional qualifications to improve their employment prospects in the UK.
CARA seeks also to provide tailored advice to refugee academics about suitable training and employment routes in conjunction with grant allocation.

CARA has recently secured funding from the European Refugee Fund to develop its advice service through the recruitment of an experienced Education, Training and Employment (ETE) Consultant. The ETE Consultant will support refugee academics by: creating individual professional development plans; providing one to one guidance on training needs and career planning; brokering employment related opportunities; providing professional development training and; establishing links and working in conjunction with relevant organisations and initiatives.

The ETE Consultant will have: empathy with refugees; a postgraduate degree or equivalent; an IAG qualification; at least five years experience of providing training and employment guidance to diverse professional groups; an excellent understanding of the UK employment market; well established knowledge of and existing links/networks with employers and an understanding of the higher education sector.

Application is by CV and covering letter as well as a statement of no more than 250 words outlining how you would approach providing advice and assistance to refugee academics.

Please click here for a full application pack

The deadline for applications is: Monday 7th July 2008

Programme Intern

The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) is currently advertising a Programme Intern vacancy. The Programme Intern will support the work of CARA's grant programme team and employment advice service.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to make a real contribution to a small and busy charity and to get involved in a range of tasks.

Please click here for further details.

The deadline for applications is Monday 21st July 2008.