GlobalARRK Project Co-ordinator Role

• 15 hours a week, permanent contract
• Working from home (based in England).
• Good internet connection needed.
• Annual f/t salary pro rata: 28,600 FT = £11,440 p/a
• Deadline for applications: 4th December.
• Interviews: w/b 11th December. To start: ASAP after January 2024

Could you be there to support our Stuck Parents through the toughest moments of their
lives?
You are really doing an amazing job and again thanks a million for your help and advice and
your kindness and understanding. – A Stuck Parent

About GlobalARRK
GlobalARRK is a charity which supports single parents in need who are ‘stuck’ in a foreign
country after a relationship breakdown. Around 30% of these parents have taken their children
to their home country and are being charged with International parental Child Abduction. The
rest are just ‘stuck’, perhaps they have recently separated or are applying to ‘Relocate’ to their
home country. We help those who are in need – typically they are suffering domestic abuse,
they are poor, homeless, visa-less or just isolated.
We support ‘Stuck Parents’ by providing information, signposting to expert legal professionals
and specialist charities (eg domestic violence, homelessness etc) and speaking to parents to
offer emotional support. We also advocate for stuck parents and raise awareness on this issue
working towards a child centred system where families can survive and thrive.
We are committed to Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and wish to make our charity
and services as inclusive and friendly to all as possible. We especially wish to encourage
those with lived experience of other cultures and languages to apply as we support parents
from over 40 countries.

About the role:
You will be coordinating key areas within GlobalARRK although this is a remote, front-line role.
You will be managing volunteers, co-ordinating the befriending scheme, facilitating online
groups and workshops and speaking to parents via our call back helpline. All of our work is
online so you must be comfortable working remotely and have a confidential space to work
from.
As we are a small charity everyone’s role is broad, and the team needs to be flexible. We
believe that it’s beneficial for everyone in the team to support parents directly so that the core
mission of the charity is kept real. Therefore, this role will involve frontline support with time
built in for planning and meetings.

Working pattern:
We all work part time and flexibly to fit in with other commitments however it will be helpful to
establish a regular working pattern for this role so that we can schedule calls, meetings and
group work.

Due to our beneficiaries being single parents, most workshops and groups need to be in the
evening so you would need to be prepared to do one or two evenings work per week from
7pm-8pm for example.

Values: We use our values of Compassion, Courage & Persistence in everything we do from
supporting parents to campaigning for change. Our team works in a friendly, inclusive and
trauma informed way and we recognise that due to the inherently stressful work we do we
must do everything we can to support staff wellbeing and that includes having boundaries and
holiday time/ time off.
Accountability: You will be supported by and ultimately report to the CEO. Once a year you
will be invited to take part in an appraisal process to reflect on the duties listed below.
Person specification

Essential:
• Experience of training or facilitating groups
• Experience of supporting vulnerable adults and providing empathy and practical
support
• Able to work independently and remotely from home / a confidential space
• Experienced in Safeguarding.
• Good IT skills: use of Word, Excel, CRM, Zoom systems an advantage
• Emotionally Resilient: to be able to cope with supporting vulnerable people with
complex practical and emotional needs

Desirable:
• Familiar with International Family Law - The Hague Convention/ Relocation. If not
training will be provided!
• Volunteer coordination experience
• Helpline experience
• Lived experience of being a stuck parent or similar
• Foreign language speakers
• Experience and understanding of other cultures.

Main Duties include:
• Facilitating groups: The Recovery Toolkit (training will be provided), Lived Experience
Group, monthly workshops
• Speaking to parents via the call back helpline: Providing empathy and listening
support, signposting and legal information.
• Managing volunteers
• Coordinating services including the befriending scheme
• Collecting evidence of our charitable impact on beneficiaries by collecting feedback
and compiling data and quotes to show how we make a difference.
• Promoting good relationships with other organisations - outreach with law firms and
other organisations.

To apply, please submit your C.V. plus a covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4,

setting out exactly how your skills, knowledge, training and previous experience, whether paid or unpaid,

are relevant to this post, and explaining your motivations for applying before 8th December 2023. 

Send your application or any questions to CEO Roz Osborne: office@globalarrk.org