Digital Literacy Workers needed in south Birmingham

We’re pleased to announce that Gateway Family Services is one of three community anchor organisations leading a new Digital Literacy project in South Birmingham. Together with Northfield Community Partnership and Age UK Birmingham, we will be ensuring that older people will have access to a digital lending library – a bank of laptops which come with data enabled – and plenty of training and ongoing support.

Now, the project is looking for two Digital Literacy Workers to help deliver that support.

Northfield Community Partnership, Age UK Birmingham and Gateway worked in partnership to set up the scheme after identifying a lack of digital literacy in the constituencies of Edgbaston and Northfield. Through our work delivering the Neighbourhood Network Schemes, we have found that lots of people not only have no digital device or data, but also a lack of knowledge and no access to help.

So the aim of the project is to help people in these two south Birmingham constituencies build greater resilience to digital illiteracy, and then to use outcomes and learnings from this project to inform the wider work of the ten Neighbourhood Network Schemes across Birmingham.

Leading the project is Digital Literacy Co-ordinator Pauline Roche, who has a wealth of experience with digital literacy projects in the city. She will be joined by two Digital Literacy Workers who will help to develop and implement the scheme in Edgbaston and Northfield – and the project is recruiting for those right now.

Think you could be a Digital Literacy Worker?

If you have enthusiasm for digital literacy, enjoy helping older people to develop their skills, and would like to be instrumental in building more opportunities for digital engagement in Birmingham, there are roles available for two Digital Literacy Workers. One will be employed by Northfield Community Partnership and one by Age UK Birmingham.

To find out more about the project, contact Pauline Roche via email at pauline@northfieldcommunity.org.

To view the job and find out how to apply, go to the Age UK Birmingham website: Digital Literacy Project Support Worker(s) x 2 – (Fixed term 1 year Contract)