ASLAN Communal Shelter Manager, All Souls Serve The City

– To manage the recruitment of relief coordinators and volunteers including training and on boarding, shift coordination and weekly team meetings.
– To assist in setting the budget and monitoring financial performance together with the head of ASLAN.
– To manage partnerships including with churches, St Mungo’s and Westminster Council.
– To manage the logistics of the shelter including scheduling shift coordinators, venues, transportation, food and clothing provision.
– To be present and visible at all venues on a regular basis to ensure continuity for guests.
– To ensure the shelter is run safely,  ensuring health and safety and safeguarding practices are embedded in the daily running of the shelter.
– To ensure the shelter is run effectively at all times, working with partners and guests to create a consistently safe and peaceful environment.
– To work with partner organisations and guests to ensure the best outcomes possible for guests.
– To represent the shelter, ASLAN and ASSTC at meetings with referral and host partners, stakeholders or sector experts.
– To implement systems to ensure the safe collection of data.
– To relate to our homeless guests and clients with the utmost respect and tolerance, seeking to build their self-confidence and self-worth and improve their quality of life.
– To be the interface for Shelter guests to the ASLAN Befriending program utilizing team members to provide individual support to guests as they leave the Shelter and have various needs we can support with them on their journey post the Shelter. To manage the recruitment of relief coordinators and volunteers including training and on boarding, shift coordination and weekly team meetings.
– To assist in setting the budget and monitoring financial performance together with the head of ASLAN.
– To manage partnerships including with churches, St Mungo’s and Westminster Council.
– To manage the logistics of the shelter including scheduling shift coordinators, venues, transportation, food and clothing provision.
– To be present and visible at all venues on a regular basis to ensure continuity for guests.
– To ensure the shelter is run safely,  ensuring health and safety and safeguarding practices are embedded in the daily running of the shelter.
– To ensure the shelter is run effectively at all times, working with partners and guests to create a consistently safe and peaceful environment.
– To work with partner organisations and guests to ensure the best outcomes possible for guests.
– To represent the shelter, ASLAN and ASSTC at meetings with referral and host partners, stakeholders or sector experts.
– To implement systems to ensure the safe collection of data.
– To relate to our homeless guests and clients with the utmost respect and tolerance, seeking to build their self-confidence and self-worth and improve their quality of life.
To be the interface for Shelter guests to the ASLAN Befriending program utilizing team members to provide individual support to guests as they leave the Shelter and have various needs we can support with them on their journey post the Shelter.

– University graduate or equivalent experience or qualification
– Experience and understanding of working with those who are affected by homeless and other vulnerable adults
– Understanding and compassion for those without a home, hope and help
– Experience of working in the voluntary sector and, ideally, with organisations in the field of homelessness
– Proven interpersonal skills, including an ability to motivate and encourage people
– Excellent people skills including experience of running teams
– Experience of safeguarding, understanding of data protection and ability to handle sensitive personal information
– Proven administrative skills, including good written and oral communication, and good computer literacy
– Ability to take initiative and work unsupervised
– Whole life disciple wanting to know Christ more and grow in grace, obedience and Christ-likeness themselves
– Committed to self care and pursuing a healthy work-life rhythm