Near Neighbours Vacancy at Christian Muslim Forum

Near Neighbours Project Worker (Muslim)
Salary: £22,000 per annum (plus pension), half-time post
Three-year contract, working 18 hours per week

Are you ... keen to work nationally and regionally with Christians and Muslims; committed to building better relationships and leadership in inner-city neighbourhoods ... experienced in project working and event organising ... excited by building networks and making contacts? ‘Near Neighbours’ is an initiative of the Church of England and the Church Urban Fund - to initiate and strengthen relationship and action across faiths and cultures. The Government has offered £5m over three years for this programme. The Christian Muslim Forum is delivering Near Neighbours leadership training, in partnership with the Presence & Engagement Centres, in Birmingham, Bradford, Leicester and London.

The Chrsitian MuslimForum is looking for a Project Worker who will:
• Lead on the delivery of leadership training
• Organise training events and commission training resources
• Build up the Forum's network of contacts with leaders, activists and volunteers,
• Work closely and liaise regularly with P&E Centres

Tips for Applicants
• Please ensure that you at least fill the text boxes with information to support your application, use additional pages as necessary but no more than two extra pages per question
• Provide detailed responses of what you have done previously with specific examples and outcomes, do not offer generic observations
• Ask a friend to review your application before you submit it
• Do not send a separate CV
Application forms and further details are online Please send your applications (email preferred) to (or request further information from): Julian Bond, Director, Christian Muslim Forum, 70 South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, London, SW8 1RL. T: 0207 820 0444, julian@christianmuslimforum.org

Closing date for applications: midnight on 10 June 2011 Interview date: 23 June 2011
* Please note that due to the joint faith ethos of this organisation, this appointment is only open to Muslims and has attached to it a genuine occupational requirement under paragraph 7(3) of the Employment Equality Regulations 2003.
To view the job description click here.
Download an application form here.
To view the Near Neighbours Programme Description click here.