28 hours per week – 1-year fixed term (renewal subject to funding) Actual Starting Salary £28 216 per annum gross ( with progression to £30 702 ) 11% Employers Pension contribution with 5% Employee contribution Location – Hybrid Working (following induction period - remotely from home and a minimum of two day per week in SIS Central Brighton office Community Base – 113 Queens Road Brighton BN1 3XG. Office attendance may be required more frequently during the initial induction and probationary period). Closing date: Friday 3rd January 2025 13:00 Interview date: Wednesday 15th January 2025 (In Person at our Community Base offices) This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly team. Your role will be crucial to delivering the SIS Learning and & Development Strategy across all customer groups and developing local minoritised community assets. You will drive a culture of continuous learning to enhance customer satisfaction and be responsible for researching and evaluating language need to support targeted advertising for Self-Employed Sessional Linguists and mobilisation of interpreting contracts across Sussex. You will be self-motivated, work independently with initiative, and work as part of a team. You must have proven experience of designing and delivering learning initiatives, be customer focused, and have excellent IT skills. You will also have excellent communication, influencing, organisational and diplomacy skills. You will have a commitment to strengthening equality, diversity and inclusion, a good understanding of the social care and health needs within culturally diverse communities, and work to support our Vision, Mission, and Values. If you feel you have the required knowledge, skills and experience we encourage you to apply - experience of working in a language environment may be helpful but is not essential. Sussex Interpreting Services is a social enterprise and registered charity based in Brighton. We work in partnership with the NHS, Local Authorities and other public and third sector organisations to ensure people with language support needs have full access to publicly funded services. We help 5500 people across Sussex, delivering Community Interpreting, Community Translation, Bilingual Advocacy, Social Prescribing, Befriending, Community Research, Health Promotion and Community Engagement. Our services are critical to reducing health inequality and safeguarding diverse communities. We are very proud of our track record. We are growing and expanding our team. Additional staff benefits include friendly working environment, central Brighton location/ hybrid working, 30 days annual leave, additional paid carers & dependents leave, access to a generous company contributory pension scheme (5% employee contribution matched by an 11% employer contribution) on successful completion of probation, professional development training and wellbeing budgets. Note: It is SIS policy that new employees are appointed to the bottom of the salary scale range applicable to the post. Actual days of work and working pattern will be agreed on with the successful appointed candidate