We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Student Activities Coordinator.  Student activities cover a wide range of student led initiatives, governed through the Activity Zone headed by the Vice President Activity.  The Student Activities Coordinator will provide support to a range of student societies to deliver safe and inclusive activities, opportunities and events.  The coordinator will work closely with societies, VP Activity, Societies Chair and Activity Zone members.  The role will also include developing a training programme and the delivery of the training for society committee members and individuals.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written
• Proven administration and teamworking skills
• Experience of working in a customer service and/or events environment
• Ability to multi-task and problem solve
• Can create and maintain strong working relationships, particularly with volunteers
• Creative thinker and a flexible approach to work
• Experience within a training environment 
• Good IT skills
• Excellent time management and prioritising skills

The Students' Union strives to be diverse and inclusive, a place where we can all be ourselves.  We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented in the Union.  We offer family friendly flexible working arrangements to support our staff.  We are also proud to be a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.

Ready for something new?

We’re looking for someone who can make a difference in local communities.

We have a vacancy for a proactive, outgoing and organised person with a passion for volunteering to join the Imago team. In this role you will recruit and manage volunteers for our community transport service and other projects.

You will help develop services by increasing the number of volunteers, meeting demand and enabling growth in new areas. There will be opportunities to organise and deliver promotional and volunteer recruitment activities, and you will manage volunteer applications, interviews and induction. It’s important that volunteers have a great experience with Imago, so you will ensure they feel supported and valued throughout the process.

Applicants should have relevant professional or personal experience of volunteering or working with communities, and have an understanding of the positive impact volunteering can have on the individual.

You should be confident in using social media, developing marketing materials, speaking, delivering presentations and developing networks. Attention to detail is a key skill and you will maintain excellent records using our bespoke database.

You will be based at our Sevenoaks office and cover wider areas so your own car is essential for this role.

Be part of something amazing.

Transitions UK is an exciting and growing charity, working across Herts, Beds, Bucks, N London, Leicester and S. Birmingham,  specifically set up to address the needs of a “lost generation” of 15-25 year olds. We work with young people with learning disabilities, mental health & emotional issues, young people leaving care and those at risk of exploitation/offending. 

Hub Co-ordinator - ASPIRE Buckinghamshire - supporting young people at risk of offending/exploitation  

£21,450 pro rata, plus matched pension 

Part-time: 20-25 hrs per week. 

You will further develop and drive forward this exciting and innovative community-based project, part-funded by The National Lottery and already running for three years, including spearheading its further development in Buckinghamshire. You will have primary responsibility, supported by our FT Project Manager, to provide a mentoring and befriending service to 20 young people aged 13-21 years who are at risk of criminal exploitation or offending.

The project is also running in Watford and Hemel Hempstead, in S Bucks and in N London, and aims to further expand. Across the Aspire project, we run “Prevent” for 20-22  13-17 yr olds and “Restart” for 5-8  18-21 yr olds. You will also recruit and deploy 30+ volunteers as mentors, both younger and older adults.

You are an excellent organiser, team-leader and communicator with a hands-on approach. From experience, you are able to work sensitively and effectively with young people who have personal challenges and need support - so you will provide a quality response to the challenge further developing this project. You will be well supported by an experienced high quality team with personal support from your Project Manager.

You will be excited by the opportunities in this role and in our growing charity, and determined to achieve excellent results for the young people we support. 

Merstham Community Facility Trust (MCFT) was started by a small group of local people who wanted to make their community a safer, happier, and better place. Fourteen years later it has grown to become an organisation that delivers a multitude of projects that support, connect, and empower the community.

MCFT seeks to provide opportunity, access, and services to all within our local community, in responsive and inclusive ways.

MCFT is based at The Merstham Hub a great purpose-built community building that we share with the Council’s Library, the Merstham Mix (a community café) and the YMCA.  MCFT is a place that thrives on community spirit and has a team of warm, , friendly and dedicated staff and volunteers.

We have a wide range of activities and services and enable a wide range of other organisations and people to bring their services to the community. This includes our Community Fridge, a Food Club, a Community Allotment, Repair Café, IT Buddies, and even a Trishaw!

The post holder will be required to build strong relationships with volunteers and coordinate training and other developmental opportunities for them. You will provide a single point of entry to volunteering at the Merstham Community Hub (the Hub), exploring and developing different recruitment methods and partnership working strategies to bring in a diverse group of volunteers. The role will also involve using a newly implemented volunteer management database.

We are looking for someone who is organised, kind and compassionate to play a key role in the development and impact of MCFT with and for its volunteers and the local community.

Applicants must have prior experience in recruiting, managing, and/or working with volunteers.

Do you love working with volunteers?  Are you inspired by matching their support with opportunities that will make a tangible positive impact on breaking the cycle of homelessness?  Are you good at gathering information and organising people? If so, we would love to hear from you! 

This brand new role is dedicated to coordinating volunteers to help deliver our services, campaigns and events – helping with recruitment, logistics, stewardship and communications.  You will be playing a key part in helping to look after and grow our volunteers, ensure volunteering processes are smooth and efficient, and identify volunteering needs and roles.

Social Bite wouldn’t be able to do what we do without volunteers helping us across the organisation, from our services and social impact projects through to our fundraising campaigns and events. This new role is dedicated to centralised coordination of their recruitment, management, stewardship and communications.  The role has been created to help us nurture and grow our volunteer base, ensure our volunteering needs are being met, make the most of volunteering opportunities, and ensure volunteering processes are smooth and efficient.  Having this in place is key to our strategy.

We are looking for someone passionate about volunteering, who is organised with good customer service skills, to join the friendly, creative and go-getting team at Social Bite as we take the next steps towards our vision of ending homelessness together. 

Your immediate focus will be on our Christmas campaign – the Festival of Kindness - where we need volunteers across Scotland and in London to help us deliver an initiative that will provide hundreds of thousands of Christmas meals, winter food packs, gifts and essential items – as well as accommodation – to people experiencing homelessness and food poverty.

Key responsibilities and duties

Identifying opportunities

Essential:

• Map out volunteering needs across all teams and projects, for example:
  • Social impact: free food provision service, central kitchen function, signposting support, Christmas dinners
  • Campaigns and events: event marshals; manning stalls; representing the charity at city-centre installations in shifts throughout the month of December; picking and sorting of donated items at a warehouse; gift wrapping etc.
  • Other: skills-sharing

Desired:

• Creating and updating a ‘volunteering menu’ with things that volunteers can help with – ranging from service delivery to campaigns and events, options for weekdays vs. evenings and weekends, what can be done in-person vs. remotely.

Volunteer recruitment

• Drafting role profiles and adverts for volunteering positions across the organisation – both year-round and campaign-specific
• Being the point of contact for all volunteering enquiries, including:
  • Corporate partner employees or supporters responding to volunteer role adverts
  • Members of the public proactively offering to volunteer in general
• Providing information for content for volunteer recruitment social media posts and mailchimps
• Ensure correct recruitment procedures are following eg. references, risk assessments, exit interviews where relevant.
• To maintain pool of on-call regular volunteers who can help at short notice, help with holiday cover etc.

Logistics

• Creating and organising schedules and shifts / rotas: placing volunteers into positions and knowing and communicating who is doing what and when, filling gaps and having back-ups for potential drop-outs. 
• Communicating with volunteers to let them know / remind them where to be and when, answer FAQs
• Communicating with Social Bite staff in the shops about the rota and cover for free food provision
• Communicating with the Social Impact team about any issues or support needs that might arise

Policies and procedures

• Ensure volunteers have completed all health & safety and confidentiality forms, are familiar with safe-guarding and expense-claiming policies and processes
• To liaise with unit managers to make sure that all volunteers are inducted in their roles where relevant
• To ensure volunteers get the training they need for their role, if relevant.  For example, working closely with the Social Impact Team to ensure that trusting and positive relationships are built and a trauma-informed approach is being used when working with supported volunteers.

Stewardship and communications

Essential:

• Building relationships with volunteers, thanking and updating and recognising them, celebrating them on National Volunteer Week etc.
• Keep a database of all volunteers – both long-term and campaign-only, following GDPR requirements

Desired:

• To develop and implement a calendar of activity of key events and milestones (such as Volunteers Week) and plot out key steps in the volunteer journey from induction through to thanking, to ensure efficient communication and engagement
• To work with the Comms Manager on a volunteers’ newsletter and include volunteers in the collection of content including experiences, stories, images and videos.

Strategy

Desired:

• To help shape and implement a volunteering strategy
• To explore a Volunteer Programme accreditation / award

Person specification

Experience and knowledge

• Experience in working with groups of volunteers in a professional capacity

• Basic knowledge of charity law

Skills

• Excellent time & priority management and organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
• Ability to proactively acquire information from colleagues to assess what is needed
• Ability to collate, analyse and evaluate that information and use it to inform a plan and next steps
• Ability to build relationships with a wide variety of individuals to achieve positive outcomes and establish sustainable relationships

Ethos and approach

• Confident in proactively reaching out to colleagues and volunteers to acquire and share information
• Flexible and solution-focused
• Passion for the cause and a commitment to working as part of a team on a mission to help end homelessness.
• Ability to represent the work of Social Bite to the public with commitment and integrity.
• A willingness and commitment to undertake the role in a professional manner and maintain high-quality work at all times.
• To help promote an effective, positive and constructive team culture, where the work of others is valued and respected.

Relationships:

Internal:

• Director of Fundraising and Partnerships
• Head of Social Impact
• Communications Manager
• Campaigns Manager
• Wider Fundraising and MarComms team
• Wider Social Impact team
• Shop managers and staff

External

• Volunteers
• Corporate partner employees who are volunteering
• Social Bite supporters

Job Title: Befriending Plus Service Coordinator

Hours:              28 hrs p/wk over either 4 or 5 days

Contract: 1 year, in the first instance

Salary: £28,206 pro-rata

Reports to: Better at Home Leader

Purpose of Job:

To be responsible for the delivery of Age UK Wandsworth’s “Befriending Plus” Service. This project, commissioned by the Council and now funded for a second year, works with older housebound and isolated people, who are living alone or as carers aged over 60 in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

The service seeks to alleviate loneliness and social isolation and create practical support for older people by matching them with volunteer visitors for companionship and practical help. The volunteers visit for a specified time each week and also help the older people to access other relevant statutory and voluntary organisations and services.

What we can offer:

• A warm welcome from our small and friendly team of staff and volunteers and our hypo-allergenic office dog.
• A busy work place where no day is ever the same and the opportunity to really make a difference to the lives of older people in Wandsworth.
• The opportunity for an organised, experienced and energetic person to really develop this vital project.
• An experienced staff and trustee leadership team who believe in the value of personal and professional development.

Closing date: Wednesday 17 November at noon

Interviews: Monday 22 November

Age UK Wandsworth is committed to safeguarding all those in our care. All offers are subject to satisfactory references and DBS check. CVs will not be considered.

About the APPG on Malaria & NTDs

Established in 2005, the APPG on Malaria & Neglected Tropical Diseases (APPMG) has an established history of actively engaging UK parliamentarians on the issues of malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The APPMG facilitates and implements an active calendar of parliamentary and public events, policy briefings to support parliamentary debates and specialist meetings to inform and mobilise UK parliamentarians in support of priorities and policies that will accelerate progress against malaria and NTDs.

The priorities of the APPMG are guided by the Chair and Officers of the group, all sitting MPs and Peers in Westminster, and implemented with support from a part-time Coordinator to provide parliamentary and policy advice and administrative functions. The APPMG benefits from an active base of expert stakeholders from across academia, research, multilateral organisations, industry and the private sector as well as civil society. This is a significant resource to the APPMG in understanding and working to highlight key opportunities to engage parliamentarians on a wide range of topics from access to medicines, R&D for new tools, aid architecture, funding gaps, to evidence-based policy to inform control and elimination programmes.

The APPMG is looking for an enthusiastic self-starter to fill the role of Coordinator. The candidate will support the secretariat function of the APPMG across the issues of malaria and NTDs, actively engaging with UK parliamentarians, expert stakeholders and networks including the UK Malaria Advocates and the UK Coalition against Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Role of the Coordinator

The APPMG Coordinator will act on behalf of the best interests of the Chair, Officers, and parliamentary members. The agenda of the APPMG will be driven by the Chair and Officers with input from and consultation with the external malaria and NTDs stakeholders as and when needed. The Coordinator will maintain regular contact with all external partner organisations to ensure broad and unbiased representation of the malaria and NTDs communities. The Coordinator will be required to work alongside the APPMG Chair and Officers to raise the political profile of malaria and NTDs with UK policy and decision makers and grow parliamentary support for the fight against malaria and NTDs.

Reporting

The Coordinator will be employed and line managed by, and administratively accountable to Malaria No More UK. The Coordinator is functionally responsible to the APPMG Chair and Officers to execute the approved strategy and workplan.

Key responsibilities

Stakeholder engagement:

• Liaise with expert stakeholders to understand the key threats to progress on malaria and NTDs and the implementation of UK government policy in support of these issues.
• Collaborate and partner with expert stakeholders to strengthen parliamentary discussions with recommended content and guest speakers.

Parliamentary and policy advice:

• Identify potential APPMG priorities and share policy advice to inform the APPMG Chair and Officers on annual themes to be addressed in APPMG activities, including a country focus on Nigeria.
• Liaise with parliamentarians personally and develop and maintain a broad network of external contacts.
• Lead the organisation of parliamentary events and meetings focusing on key issues relating to malaria and NTDs and bringing together experts and parliamentarians, including logistics, agendas, and briefing materials.
• Support parliamentarians through the drafting of written correspondence; briefing papers ahead of parliamentary debates; circulating regular updates to parliamentary members and the wider malaria and NTDs communities on APPMG activities.
• Prepare speaking points upon request to support APPMG parliamentary members and visiting dignitaries to APPMG events.
• Lead/support the preparation of an annual report on the activities of the APPMG, and other specialist reports based on discussion with APPMG Chair and expert stakeholders.
• Lead the organisation of field visits for parliamentarians to see international programmes tackling malaria and NTDs first-hand.

Administrative, strategy and planning:

• Development of a Chair and Officers approved annual workplan and oversight of the APPMG’s budget.
• Monitor and regularly report to the APPMG Chair and Officers on progress against the strategy and workplan.
• Financial reporting and basic accounting.
• Ensure strategic and operational plans fall within available budget and escalate to the APPMG Chair and Officers when there are concerns about the financial viability of being able to execute the workplan.
• Effective communication and lead renewal/revisions of MoUs with financial donors where required.
• Liaise with financial donors to cultivate continued support to the APPMG.
• Identify opportunities to grow and strengthen the APPMG.
• Ensure compliance with all APPG protocols and reporting requirements with the APPG Register.

Communications:

• Prepare press releases when relevant, update the website when needed and manage the APPMG’s social media accounts.
• Effectively communicate between the Chair, Officers, members, and external stakeholders.

Person specification

• Knowledge and understanding of the UK parliamentary system
• Experience of parliamentary affairs
• An understanding of global dialogue on the Sustainable Development Goals
• Excellent writing and critical analysis skills
• Experience of organising events and meetings
• Skilled at managing competing priorities and meeting tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills to build collaborative relationships and supportive engagement with stakeholders
• High attention to detail and quality
• A strong commitment to partnership and a collaborative approach
• Ability to undertake domestic and international travel agreed upon with the APPMG Chair and Officers

• Experience in malaria and/or neglected tropical disease programmes/policy engagement/communications
• Experience in international public health/development programs
• Experience of communicating science to a non-scientific audience
• Knowledge of website editing
• Knowledge of print production and use of online/social media
• Knowledge of malaria affected countries.
• Lived experience of malaria and/or NTDs

Staff benefits include:

• 10% employer pension contributions
• 28 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holiday days

To apply, please send your CV together with a supporting statement detailing why you are interested in this position and how your skills and experience fit the person specification above

MNMUK recognises the value of a team in which people from diverse background.s are able to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to delivering our mission to make Malaria No More. Candidates from historically marginalised or underrepresented backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Upon appointment you will be required to comply with the Baseline Personnel Security Standard, undertaken by the Members’ Staff Verification Office (MSVO). See Members’ Staff Verification Office (MSVO) page for further info.

Closing date for applications: 8th November 2021

Transitions UK is an exciting and growing charity, currently working across Herts, Beds, Bucks, N London, S Birmingham and Leicester. We were specifically set up 7 years ago to address the needs of a “lost generation” of 15-25 year olds. Needed more than ever, we work with young people with learning disabilities, mental health & emotional issues, young people leaving care and those at risk of offending/exploitation. 

Hub Coordinator, Attain Project, Central Bedfordshire  

– Young People Leaving Care -  

25 – 37.5 hours per week to suit, £21,450 to £24,000 pro rata 

We are seeking a Coordinator to run our Hub in Central Bedfordshire, supporting 15-20 young people. Attain has been running for a number of years in adjoining counties.

You will recruit, deploy, co-ordinate and support a team of around 20-25 volunteer adult mentors. The Project supports beneficiaries through a two- year transition programme, helping them to make an effective journey towards independence, adulthood and a positive lifestyle and future.

You will work from home, from our office in Breachwood Green and within the community. YP are based around South Central Beds including Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade. 

You are an excellent organiser, team leader and communicator with a hands-on approach. Ideally you will have experience of care and care leaving, either personally or professionally. A key part of the role will be helping to develop stronger links with businesses and the wider community to create opportunities for YP - and then supporting adult mentors to help young care leavers to make the most of them and attain their potential. You will help YP with personal life planning and personal and skills development. You will be excited by the opportunities in a charity and project which are needed more than ever and determined to achieve excellent results for the young people we support. 

Organise and manage a varied programme of activities for our weekly multi activity class for adults with learning disabilities, taking into account the needs of the client group.  This will involve purchasing or ordering items, setting up the activities, organising entertainers or outside providers as appropriate, mintiaing record of activites and taking photographs.  Managing one other staff member/volunteer as required.

Open Age’s physical activity programme includes 65+ weekly in-person activities across Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster and 15+ activities on Zoom. The role we are seeking to fill will support in the coordination and administration of physical activities as well as deliver Falls Prevention classes as part of Open Age’s Steady and Stable programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Open Age, an innovative London charity working with people 50+. Established in 1993 and now celebrating almost 30 years of championing an active life for older people. Each week we run a wide range of activities for older people from our own centres, community venues and now during restrictions online and by phone. From boxing to ballet, painting to photography - Open Age’s array of activities seeks to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of our members and, in doing so, aims to address the issue of loneliness and isolation among older people

Creative Support is a busy and dynamic national charity with a track record in providing high quality, person centred support services in over 65 Local Authorities and volunteers play an integral role within our charity.

Volunteers contribute to our vision of person-centred care, a diverse and inclusive workforce and opportunities for personal and professional development for all.

We are seeking a motivated and engaging individual to join our Volunteering Team at our Head Office in Stockport.

This busy role will involve coordination of volunteers within services nationally; this will involve making contact with a range of services, helping them to find volunteers and ensuring volunteers are supported through the process. You will oversee the process from initial enquiry to ensuring candidates are interviewed and completing the pre-employment checks. You will then maintain excellent communication to ensure a positive experience for all our volunteers and services.

As part of the role you will also lead on development activities for volunteers and deliver some activities for service users (both virtually and locally in person) as part of our wider activities calendar. You will work closely with our Placement and Volunteers Manager to maintain our Investors in Volunteers accreditation.

The successful candidate will be skilled in effective communication, maintaining records, and effectively coordinating resources. They will also need to be well organised, hard working and flexible as this is a demanding role, working with multiple stakeholders/services and on project deadlines nationally. The successful candidate will also have an enthusiasm for working directly with people to create meaningful opportunities.

A genuine interest in and awareness of the wider social care sector is desirable. Continuous professional development will be provided but you must be able to work independently and flexibly to meet the goals and changing needs of the organisation.

You will be based at our friendly Stockport Head Office located in the town centre, within five minutes’ walk of Stockport train station, with the requirement for travel to services.

This year Creative Support is celebrating its 30th year of delivering care and support to individuals across England. You will be part of our Stockport based Head Office operation that has and will continue to work to provide not-for-profit based support that gives everyone the Opportunity to be themselves, the Choice to make decisions over their lives and advocates for the Wellbeing of everyone.

Creative Support is also a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.

We are looking for a full time Centre Coordinator who is passionate about creating a welcoming and accessible atmosphere for older people in a dedicated space. In this role you will ensure the centre runs smoothly on a day to day basis. This entails a range of responsibilities that focuses on engagement and positive member experience. You will need to have the ability to both organise and prioritise own workload and work flexibly and pro-actively.

About Open Age:

Open Age was established in 1993 and we’re now celebrating over 25 years of championing an active life for older people. Each week we run over 380 different activities for older people from our own three centres and over 60 other community venues. From boxing to ballet, baking to blogging - Open Age’s array of activities improve the physical and mental wellbeing of our members, and in doing so address the issue of loneliness and isolation among older people.

We are recruiting for an Activity Coordinator based at our Thornycroft Centre in Pontefract to support the clients of the Centre to participate in a range of activities to reduce social isolation and promote positive health and wellbeing. This role will work with clients and other members of the team to develop the services provided at the Centre and in the community.

Responsibilities of this role include creating a safe and welcoming environment for clients of the Centre; promoting client independence; working with clients and other members of the team to create and develop an engaging and stimulating activity programme at the Centre and in the community; deliver various activity sessions; evaluate activity sessions by obtaining feedback from the clients and use this to improve the sessions.

You will need to be able to assess the needs of the client group and adapt activities to suit and ensure the service and activities are accessible to a wide range of users including those with mobility issues and various disabilities.  You will also look at opportunities to provide outreach services in the community.

You will assist in promoting the services to new clients and ensure that current clients are aware of upcoming activities in the Centre and liaise with other support agencies / individuals working with the client group or delivering activities in the Centre.  You must be able to identify any safeguarding concerns and ensure they immediately reported to the Centre Coordinator.

You will need experience of developing and delivering activities / programmes in a similar setting or in the community; experience of working in a health and social care setting; access to a vehicle and driving license; be well organised with a high attention to detail; an understanding of safeguarding / health and safety when working with the client group; able to maintain confidentiality; have excellent interpersonal and communication skills; a good standard of education including Math and English GCSE (or equivalent); able to use own initiative; and have experience of using a PC with Microsoft Software.

A qualification in health, social care or community work would be an advantage and an understanding of the issues faced by former miners / mining communities would also be desirable.

Job Description

Job Title

Children’s Activities Co-ordinator 

Salary

£20,000 pro rata.

21 hours per week – approx. £11,200 Gross

Plus, travel expenses and pension.

Essential

You will be required to work a minimum of two weekend days per month.

Place of work

Based at Lemington Community Centre, with work throughout the north east region.

Report to

Useful Vision Team Leader

Main Purpose of the Job

To organise, manage and host activities for blind and partially sighted children and their families across the north east, ensuring the events are enjoyable, beneficial and in line with the ethos and aims of the Useful Vision charity.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1

Host activities which support growth of new friendships & skills ensuring they are enjoyable and beneficial to Visually Impaired children and their families. You will be expected to actively participate in the activities supporting families and children. These will range from early years sessions, skills workshops to large family days out.

2

Support and care for VI children, (some multi-disabled children) during Skills workshops, one to one support will be required at activities without parents or carers present.

3

Contribute creative ideas for activities to ensure the production of an enjoyable, informative, and varied programme, in line with the aims of Useful Vision. 

4

Work collaboratively with the team to ensure all pre-event planning is completed including risk assessments, and appropriate communication with facilitators and families, for a professionally run event.

5

Manage & support Volunteers who help at activities in a variety of roles to ensure that families are well cared for on the day.

6

Evaluate activities to ensure they have met their aims and provide this information for compilation in reports, and for future planning.

7

Communicate with the families and the team enabling them  to access appropriate information and advice.

8

Learn and adhere to all Useful Vision policies and procedures, including Safeguarding, Health and Safety & Equality & Diversity.

Special Features

Other Essential Requirements.

• Experience of working with children and young people one to one and in groups.

• You will be required work at least two weekend days per month as well as some after school hours, and evenings.

• Ability to travel independently across the north east region regularly.

• Effective communication skills particularly with children, but also with colleagues and parents.

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan and deliver large family days and skills workshops.

• Good interpersonal and teamwork skills.

• Ability to record, monitor and evaluate your work.

• Good IT skills, confident use of Microsoft Office.

• Willingness to undertake appropriate training

Desirable

• Child Care, youth work, or sports coaching qualifications.

• Events management experience and/or knowledge.

• Preferably has skills and expertise, which can be usefully utilized in the activities programme, e.g., sports, music, arts, outdoor activities, health awareness, IT, dance, drama, cookery.

• Experience of working with vulnerable children and young people who might be difficult to engage and demonstrate challenging behaviour.

• Experience of supporting and working with disabled children.

• Experience of the needs of visually impaired people.

email application with covering letter and CV. Appplications without a covering letter will not be accepted.