Family Work Co-ordinator

EMPLOYER

Horn of Africa People’s Aid Northern Ireland (HAPANI)

REPORTS TO

CEO

Support families in building confidence, connection, and a stronger sense of belonging.

HAPANI is seeking an experienced, values-driven Family Work Co-ordinator to lead frontline delivery of the Belonging Together project, supporting refugee and asylum-seeking families - particularly women and children - through safe, inclusive and culturally sensitive family and community activities.

WE ARE RECRUITING

Family Work Co-ordinator

Belonging Together Project

Belonging Together Project

LOCATION

Belfast, Northern Ireland

HOURS

17.5 hours per week (0.5 FTE)

SALARY

£15,570 per annum

CONTRACT

Fixed term – 2 years, subject to funding

Key responsibilities

• Lead Women & Family Belonging Circles and Parent–Child Play & Early Years sessions.
• Create safe, welcoming and trauma-informed spaces that support wellbeing and participation.
• Integrate childcare support and work with the English Tutor to build informal English confidence.
• Identify, support and guide refugee women as peer supporters and community connectors.
• Build partnerships with schools, health services, ESOL providers and community organisations.
• Maintain safeguarding standards, project records, participant feedback and funder reporting.

Essential requirements

• Lived experience of migration or displacement.
• Experience in family support, community development or refugee integration work.
• Experience working with women and children experiencing poverty, isolation or trauma.
• Experience facilitating community-based group sessions and knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and ability to work sensitively across cultures.
• Bilingual proficiency in Arabic or Somali, including reading, writing and speaking.