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The Reader – Trainee Get Into Reading Project Worker

Published on August 20, 2009 in Jobs. Closed

The Reader – Trainee Get Into Reading Project Worker.

Trainee Get Into Reading project worker (Young People)

Full or part-time to suit candidate

One-year fixed term contract £15,000 p.a. pro rata

Deadline 3 September 2009

Could you get young people into reading?

“I love reading now, I read in bed at night with my torch and I’ve learned how to spell better by reading lots of new words with you and on my own.”

Child who previously hated reading, Merseyside

The Reader Organisation seeks to appoint a Trainee ‘Get into Reading’ Project Worker  who will work mainly but not exclusively with Young People. We are looking for an energetic person who is sensitive, outgoing  and good at building relationships, but above all, can demonstrate and share a passionate commitment to books and reading.

You don’t need to know a lot about children’s books but you do need to love reading yourself and to be willing to read widely in children’s literature in order to help model reading for pleasure with some of Merseyside’s most socially, educationally and emotionally deprived young people.

You will be joining the lively and committed team of 20 people who make up The Reader Organisation, a charity which intends to bring about a Reading Revolution – that means  great books reaching everyone in all sorts of ways but mainly  through our innovative social inclusion programme, Get Into Reading.

Get Into Reading’s unique read aloud weekly reading group model is attracting national and international interest, and we currently run 128 weekly groups across Merseyside. Our readers range from youth club members who may be younger than 8 years, to people living in Care Homes who might be older than 98. See our website for more details of our work with Local Authorities, the NHS and schools.

  • You will need to undergo an enhanced CRB check.
  • Training in Get into Reading methods will be provided.
  • Minimum 17.5 hours, maximum 35, to suit candidate and to be agreed at interview.

Vacancy: The Reader – Reading Community Outreach Worker

Published on August 20, 2009 in Jobs. Closed

The Reader – Reading Community Outreach Worker.

The Reader Organisation in partnership with Liverpool Libraries and grant funded by the Big Lottery Fund seeks:

Full-time Reading Community Outreach Worker for the Toxteth Community Library project.

Three-year fixed term contract

Salary: £17,000 – £22,000 (starting salary to be based on previous experience)

Deadline 2 September 2009

Following a major Big Lottery Funded refurbishment, Liverpool’s Toxteth library will re-open in Autumn 2009. Working in partnership with Liverpool Libraries and diverse local communities, The Reader Organisation wants to develop a number of weekly community reading groups and other reading-based events and activities. Over 3 years, the successful candidate will build a network of readers and reading communities within the immediate local area, which is socially and economically deprived, and home to an very diverse population. The overall aim will be to improve local people’s health and well being through the power of reading.

This is a great opportunity to build a locally–grounded reader-development project with the full support of committed partners. You will be developing a local best practice model with national implications.

The Reader Organisation has a national and international reputation for innovation and excellence, and has been highlighted as part of the Department of Health’s New Horizons strategy.

Download the full job description and instructions for how to apply.

Or contact The Reader Organisation office on 0151 794 2830 to have pack put in the post and sent to you.

Writing on the Wall 09 – Volunteers needed

Published on April 17, 2009 in Jobs. Closed

The WoW (Writing on the Wall) festival is fast approaching starting on Saturday the 2nd May and finishing on Saturday 30th May. With a staff team of 2 and a small but dedicated group of Trustees, the WoW festival is dependant upon the goodwill of those that volunteer to ensure that events are adequately staffed and smooth running.

As a volunteer, WoW would pay for your travel to and from venues, and refreshments would be provided.

General volunteer duties include: giving out and collecting in evaluation sheets, selling books, taking money on the door, and similar.

If this sounds good to you, please email or telephone the WoW office on 0151 703 0020 as soon as possible, as we will be having a volunteers’ organizational meeting on Thursday 23rd April at 5:30pm at Toxteth TV. If you are interested, but are not able to make this planned meeting, please do still get in touch.

WoW aims to have a diverse staff and volunteer group.  The majority of venues that we will use are fully accessible.  For further venue information, and full programme details, please visit our website: www.writingonthewall.org.uk

Writing on the Wall – Volunteers Needed

Published on April 2, 2008 in Jobs. 0 Comments Tags: .

Would you like to volunteer to help out during the Writing on the Wall festival?  If so, we would love to hear from you.  Please email or telephone the WoW office on 0151 703 0020 as soon as possible, as we will be having a volunteers’ organizational meeting in the near future.

As a volunteer, WoW would pay for your travel to and from venues, and refreshments would be provided.

General volunteer duties include: giving out and collecting in evaluation sheets, selling books, taking money on the door, and similar.

WoW aims to have a diverse staff and volunteer group.  The majority of venues that we will use are fully accessible.  For further venue information, and full programme details, please visit our website: www.writingonthewall.org.uk

Kind Regards,

Madeline Heneghan & Janette Stowell

Tel: 0151 703 0020

Address: Mission Hall
36 Windsor Street
Liverpool
L8 1XE

Freelance ‘Liverpool Reads’ Coordinator

Published on March 1, 2008 in Jobs. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Liverpool Reads is a city-wide reading initiative. We aim to inspire people across Liverpool to share the experience of reading a great book. Each year we distribute thousands of books across the city and coordinate a programme of outreach work to accompany the big read.We are looking for a creative individual to take on the role of Coordinator to complete 2008’s big read and to plan for the future of the project. Liverpool Reads is a constituted organisation with a Management Committee and an Education and Learning Sub-Committee. The Coordinator will be managed by the Liverpool Reads Committee and work alongside the Education Committee throughout the project.

The Liverpool Reads Coordinator will be responsible for all aspects of the city-wide read. He/she will need to have at least two years’ experience of project management and a proven track record of fundraising. Liverpool Reads currently has funding up until November 2008 so one of the Coordinator’s first duties will be to secure the project into 2009. He/she will also be responsible for managing a small team of project workers, and for fostering relationships and setting up reading related projects with organisations across the city – libraries, schools, community groups, neighbourhood management teams, housing trusts, hospitals, care homes, etc. etc.

The Coordinator will be responsible for all press and publicity relating to the city-wide read, managing large and small scale launch and author events, school and prison visits, etc. and will also need to be capable of managing complex budgets. The Coordinator will be responsible for all Child Protection issues relating to projects and must have an enhanced CRB.

Please visit www.liverpoolreads.com for more details about current and previous projects.

For further details of how to apply, please contact Bea Colley, Liverpool Reads Coordinator, The Reader Office, University of Liverpool, 19 Abercromby Square, Liverpool, L69 7ZG,

email: b.colley@liv.ac.uk

or call 0151 794 2291.

Closing date: 12 noon, Tuesday 11th March 2008