Here at Doorstep Library we believe in the power of words to take you places. We are a not-for-profit community organisation dedicated to bringing the gift of books and the joy of reading into the homes of families who need our support. Our Home and Online Reading Volunteers go into homes in disadvantaged areas across London, to inspire a love of books, of stories and storytelling, and to instil a lifelong passion for reading

We are looking for a part-time Team Leader to coordinate two projects per week.  This is an on the ground role and you will be responsible for coordinating up to 10 volunteers. You will be truly passionate about the work that we do to support children and families and you will have outstanding interpersonal skills to build relationships with both our dedicated volunteers and the whole family. You will inspire a love of reading in the children we visit, and be a friendly face for their parents/carers, providing support and information where needed. Seeing so many excited faces when you turn up at the door makes this a very rewarding role! 

Application Deadline: 9am 20th October 2021

Selection Day (online): 27th October 2021

Start Date: 10th January 2022

We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year to achieve their potential. We have thirty-five centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.

We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to take up a permanent role as Centre Leader in an existing centre in London. You will have responsibility for running your IntoUniversity centre, including managing your team, planning and delivering the programme, liaising with external stakeholders and meeting IntoUniversity’s targets for delivery. However, a substantial element of this role is delivering our education programme to children and young people aged 7-18, so you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people, including leading a class of 30 from the front, working with small teams of children and providing one-to-one support.

As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity.

If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Our new Centre Manager will have an interest or background in mental health and psychoanalysis. You will bring skills and experience to the The South London Centre for Psychoanalysis to make sure it is a welcoming, well-managed facility that operates for the benefit of local and psychoanalytic communities.

You can effectively communicate with a wide range of people in a courteous and helpful manner, enjoy contributing creatively to the mission of small organisations and are experienced in managing multiple work streams simultaneously.

About us

The South London Centre for Psychoanalysis (“the Centre”) is a not-for-profit organisation, Community Interest Company (CIC), in its third year of trading and was established by local psychoanalysts concerned to address the provision of intensive psychological services for those most in need.

The Centre meets the needs of local psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and the local community by providing psychotherapy treatment rooms and space for training and events related to developing psychotherapy services.

More than this, it is a hub where psychoanalysts can meet, work together and exchange ideas on developing the practice as a whole.

• Affordable treatment:  Trainees (‘candidates’) from the Institute of Psychoanalysis (IoPA) offer low fee psychoanalysis for the local community.
• Community space: We run weekly playgroups for parents and toddlers of refugees and asylum seekers.  A monthly Psychoanalytical Film Club is running and we plan to launch more public programmes.
• Education centre: We host lectures, seminars, steering groups and specialist training for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, NHS staff and the general public

Main purpose of the role

Working closely with the Board, the new Centre Manager will lead strategic and operational delivery and use their expertise to implement and increase a range of accessible services and educational activities.

This is a part time, 24 hours a week, role initially: 1 - 2 days based at the Centre in Denmark Hill and 8 hours worked as-required, across the week, to keep operations flowing. The capacity to be flexible will be an advantage. You will be required to work some evenings and weekends on occasion. Current fundraising targets for the coming year incorporate plans to extend the Centre Manager to a full time role.

This is an exciting time to join a CIC committed to the delivery of a new culturally and socially driven mission; the Centre of the future will be shaped by the people working for the South London Centre for Psychoanalysis now.

Please read the Centre Manager document here or follow the link to the 10 Windsor Walk website to read more about the role and application process.

Interim Assessment Centre Manager

We have an URGENT vacancy for an Interim Manager to oversee a team of Assessment Workers within a centre for homeless people with chaotic support needs. The Interim Manager will help guide the team through a period of restructure and provide support with intensive complex cases.

This role is to start ASAP and you will be working with a really passionate and experienced team of workers who have the client at the heart of everything they do.

If you are interested in discussing the position further, please apply ASAP!

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Thames Chase Community Forest was established in 1990 and connects 40 square miles of urban and rural landscape on the edge of east London and south-west Essex. It is one of twelve national Community Forests, known collectively as England’s Community Forests.

Thames Chase remains at the forefront of landscape regeneration and its base, at the heart of the Forest, is known as the Thames Chase Forest Centre. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to join a great team, managing and promoting this vital resource.

You will lead the development, integration, and delivery of all public-facing elements of Thames Chase, with the aim of creating an exemplar of the Thames Chase Plan that maximises engagement and support for the Community Forest.

Scope of the role

The role is based at the Thames Chase Forest Centre, home of Thames Chase Community Forest. The Forest Centre is located within the historical Broadfields Farm complex, with the addition of an architecturally acclaimed Visitors’ Centre, built from sustainable resources.

Thames Chase Trust welcomes around 120,000 visitors per year to the Forest Centre complex, which includes the surrounding Broadfields Farm Community Woodland (owned and managed by Forestry England). The Visitors’ Centre is the information hub for the entire Community Forest and includes a shop, café, and public toilets.

The complex also includes a 17th century barn, original stable block, refurbished Education Room, and farm cottages.The latter has been converted into office space principally for Thames Chase staff and the Forestry England Thames Beat team.

You will bring this spectacular place closer to the hearts of visitors, our local communities and our many partners and you will lead on facilities, catering, retail, visitor experience, membership, and volunteer teams.

You will support the Thames Chase Community Forest Director in leading staff and volunteers in developing and growing the income from all aspects of the Forest Centre, to support the work and aims of the Community Forest and provide a quality visitor experience.

You will show initiative in developing the visitor experience through events, guiding, informing, and reinforcing the Thames Chase Plan, brand and values. You will need a proven track record of working with and promoting the natural and cultural heritage of landscapes.

You will be familiar with the use of professional and social media and will need to be an exceptional communicator and an inspiring manager for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable team of staff and volunteers. You will know just how to get the very best out of everyone and to support and motivate the team. There are set targets for income, and you will be responsible for ensuring that your team meets these and the associated KPI’s.

As a member of the Thames Chase Community Forest team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the Thames Chase Community Forest Director to influence the development of the Forest, in accordance with the Thames Chase Plan.

Please note: This role requires weekend and bank holiday working.

How to apply

Applications will comprise a covering letter and comprehensive CV and indicate experience against the detailed criteria outlined in the role. 

Closing date and interviews

23:59 Sunday 24th October 2021. It is likely that interviews will take place during week commencing 1st November 2021.

If you have any queries or would like to discuss this role, please contact: Mary Wright at Thames Chase Forest Centre.

We are seeking an Associate Director for our National Engineering Policy Centre within our Policy and International Partnerships team.

Who are we?

The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together, we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

Why work for the Royal Academy of Engineering?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future, which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference to join our team – is this you?

The role

As Associate Director, you will lead the work of the National Engineering Policy Centre at a hugely exciting time in its development.

You will lead your team to develop and deliver highly influential, evidence-based outputs on a range of policy issues. As an important figure within the Academy, you will collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to integrate work on skills, research, enterprise, and diversity and inclusion into a compelling overall programme. This will combine with international colleagues to maximise the policy impact of our extensive international programme.

You will be a genuine leader within the engineering profession, working inclusively and openly with partners to the Policy Centre to shape and contribute to the Centre’s work and strategy, delivering a programme which carries the authority and expertise of the whole profession.

You will grow the Academy’s ground-breaking work on systems approaches to policy challenges and drive our Policy Fellowships scheme; both areas where the Academy has distinctive and innovative offers and continues to develop new approaches to supporting better policy.

We are looking for someone who can build connections and collaborate across professional boundaries and who will proactively develop and nurture senior relationships with policy makers in UK, regional and devolved governments.

You will be an experienced and capable leader, comfortable with a high profile. You will be trusted by some of the country’s most senior and brilliant engineers, entrepreneurs, researchers and business leaders.

You will need the policy background and analytic skills to ensure the quality and excellence of our policy output. You should have a sincere concern for impact and for delivering public benefit and will drive strong evaluation of our work.

A commitment to diversity and inclusion, which permeates your work and that of your team, is essential.

The role reports to our Policy Director, Dr Nick Starkey, as part of the Policy and International Partnerships Directorate. You will manage a growing team of 12 people plus rolling secondees from academia and industry, with three direct reports.

Company benefits

The Academy offers a fantastic package of additional benefits, including:

• Non-contributory pension scheme
• BUPA cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Subsidised restaurant
• Regular social activities
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Generous holiday allowance
• Wellbeing days and office-wide Christmas leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development

Location

Our light, spacious offices are based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline of 2 days a week in the office.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers page.

Closing date: Midnight on 17 October 2021.
Virtual interviews: 21 and 22 October 2021.

Are you an experienced manager with a passion for delivering high quality services to people with learning disabilities or other vulnerable people? Are you committed to working in collaboration with service users, maximising independence, self-confidence, and integration in the community? Do you believe in creating a homely environment as opposed to a service?

If so, you may be just the person we are looking for to manager our flagship supported living service in Islington!

This is an excellent opportunity to take on a new challenge managing two successful supported living services in Islington comprising 26 service users in total. One of the services supports adults with learning disability, physical, sensory and communication support needs, who require 24/7 support. The other service supports adults with mild learning disability and mental health needs who live independently in their own flats.

This varied and dynamic role will lead on coordination and provision of excellent person-centred care and support to service users, enabling them to live independently in their home and be supported in all aspects of day-to-day living. The focus is for us to provide people with a support that feels homely and personal, as opposed to an institutional feel.

As the Service Manager, you will lead the services teams supported by a strong management team comprising of x2 Deputy Service Managers, x5 Senior Support Workers and a team of over 50 support staff.

You will oversee the development and implementation of care plans designed to provide meaningful choice and a range of activities and support to meet individual needs. You will also contribute to the development of the team and be responsible for encouraging a culture based on respect and dignity for those in need of care and support, providing supervision and clear management to a team of support workers.

The ideal candidate will have experience of leading and coaching a team, supporting people with learning disabilities or another vulnerable client group. Experience of supporting people with high and complex support needs would be an advantage. In return, we offer a supportive environment in which people are encouraged to develop their skills, as part of a well-established and experienced team of managers.

Centre 404 is dedicated to staff development and supervision and we will provide a detailed induction and on-going training and support. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and we are looking to recruit people who share these values. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS check, proof of eligibility to work in the UK and two satisfactory references.

Centre 404 is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Charity ref number 299889.

Hopscotch is an amazing charity working with disadvantaged Londoners and we have an incredible opportunity available.

We are currently recruiting an Employment Development Advisor to help low paid workers, in particular carers, to provide 1:1 Information, advice and guidance, skills development and mentoring/coaching to support them to move into better opportunities. This role will require you to be supportive and understanding, and be able to deal with any issues that may arise confidently. 

You'll have the opportunity to work with council commissioners, as well as leads of health and social care providers.

If you have experience of mentoring/coaching, some knowledge of the Health and Social Care industry and are proactive and committed to supporting individuals who are in low paid work to have better opportunities in life, then we would like to hear from you. 

We have a fantastic team you will become a part of, fully supported with clinical supervision and plenty of training as well as a family vibe for you to slot right into.

Isabelle Terrisson, Head of Programmes, is always happy to speak with you if you have any questions.

Policy Analyst

Circa £30K - £36K pa, plus excellent benefits

London SE1 (hybrid office/homeworking by negotiation)

Ground-breaking policy opportunities don’t come along very often, but the National Centre for Universities and Business’s (NCUB) Policy and Engagement team is potentially offering the perfect role.

You’d be joining the NCUB at an exciting time in our development as we take on new analytical work and start the process of establishing a new insights service: NCUB Analytics. 

The Policy Analyst will play a key role in the delivery of NCUB Analytics, which will help leaders and policymakers access new and real-time data on the UK’s research talent, capabilities and investments using modern technology in new and innovative ways to develop evidence and underpin policy. 

You’ll also monitor statistical updates, such as the labour market, research and innovation data from the ONS, and data releases by the Higher Education Statistical Agency and UCAS.

You’ll also play an integral role in NCUB’s research projects, supporting the collection and analysis of evidence and recommending existing sources of data, undertaking literature reviews and sharing insights across the team. You’ll also help commission research and analysis from external academics, consultancies and others, and work closely with the Lead Analyst in a number of exciting areas.

This is a busy, demanding role, and the successful candidate will have a degree in statistics or a related subject (or equivalent experience), offer proficiency in Excel and SPSS and/or STATA, expertise in statistical methods and knowledge of social science data sources and the ability to monitor statistical releases.

You’ll be able to identify and interpret statistical trends and relationships, act with initiative, identify interesting research questions and design suitable ways of gathering and collecting evidence. 

The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) is an independent think-tank and registered charity focused on making the UK the best place in the world for universities and businesses to collaborate. We believe that collaboration is critical to tackling many of the greatest challenges facing the world today, from driving the research and innovations that will help make us healthier, wealthier and greener, to delivering the highly skilled, diverse and adaptable workforce needed to drive the future.

For further information or to request a candidate application pack, please contact our retained consultant Julian Smith at Memcom executive, our specialist consultancy.

Deadline for applications: Monday 18 October at 9am.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 26 October. See candidate application pack for more details.

Lead Analyst, Policy & Engagement

Circa £45K - £55K pa, plus excellent benefits

London SE1 (hybrid office/homeworking by negotiation)

Opportunities to develop and lead ground-breaking data analytical work and play a key and role in national policy don’t often arise, but this role offers such an opportunity.

If successful, you’ll join the NCUB at an exciting time in our development as we take on new analytical work and start the process of establishing a new insights service: NCUB Analytics. 

The Lead Analyst will play a fundamental part in developing NCUB Analytics, which will help leaders and policymakers access new and real-time data on the UK’s research talent, capabilities and investments using modern technology in new and innovative ways to develop evidence and underpin policy. 

Specifically, you’ll help to shape NCUB’s research programme and provide the technical expertise, playing a strategic role in growing our analytical capacity and capabilities, and enhancing our reputation for high quality research, innovation and skills analysis.

This is an analytically demanding role, and the successful candidate will offer expertise in statistical analysis, a conceptual grasp of statistical methods and experience of using data to identify and explore new questions.

The role would suit someone who has formal training in statistical or econometric analysis, and we would welcome applications from academia, as well as the private and public sectors. Candidates will be inquisitive and able to act with initiative, identifying interesting research questions and designing suitable ways of gathering and collecting evidence. 

Whilst the Lead Analyst will undertake some research directly, you must also be capable of working collaboratively with others, within the NCUB team but also with our strategic and expert partners, to commission and oversee development of new research.

The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) is an independent think-tank and registered charity focused on making the UK the best place in the world for universities and businesses to collaborate. We believe that collaboration is critical to tackling many of the greatest challenges facing the world today, from driving the research and innovations that will help make us healthier, wealthier and greener, to delivering the highly skilled, diverse and adaptable workforce needed to drive the future.

For further information or to request a candidate application pack, please contact our retained consultant Julian Smith at Memcom executive, our specialist consultancy.

Deadline for applications: Monday 18 October at 9am.

Interviews will be held on Friday 22 October. See candidate application pack for more details.

The Work Rights Centre charity is looking for a confident employment solicitor to supervise the work of a team of employment rights caseworkers, for 3 days a week. If you trust your judgement, have 4 or more years of PQ experience in employment law in the UK, and can see yourself supporting a multilingual team in bringing unscrupulous employers to justice, we want to hear from you.

Main duties

Our employment rights team includes three full time and three part time advisers. They are well trained and experienced, and have recovered over £113,000 in unpaid wages and fees to date. But none of them hold a legal qualification yet. We are looking for a legally qualified colleague to:

• supervise complex casework across the team;

• manage their own caseload, advocating on behalf of and representing our clients before tribunals and other courts, instructing and working with counsel in cases in the higher courts, as required;

• Use their expertise to develop the profile of the organisation by preparing public legal information, identifying important policy changes, and participating in media interviews as required.

Person specifications

We seek to appoint a colleague who trusts their employment law experience, judgement and voice, and who shares our mission to end in-work poverty by helping vulnerable workers find justice. In summary, we’d like you to have:

• 4 years PQE in the UK;

• A record of supervising casework;

• Excellent case management skills, demonstrating an ability to quickly gather case facts, draft good case summaries, plan actions accordingly;

• Excellent client management skills, including courtesy, professionalism, an ability to set realistic expectations and keep the client informed of case progress.

Please download the job description for complete person specifications.

Why join Work Rights Centre

We’re a vibrant, multilingual team of frontline advisers, researchers, and communications professionals, who make a mission of ending in-work poverty. As a small organisation we constantly train, learn from, and work closely with each other, and foster a culture of excellence powered by mutual help. We accommodate flexible work, and 28 days of leave + winter holiday break.

Senior Policy Manager

Circa £50K - £60K pa, plus excellent benefits

London SE1 (hybrid office/homeworking by negotiation)

The Government is shortly going to lay out its plans for the UK to become a Science Superpower – an ambition that will only be achieved through greater collaboration between businesses and universities to unlock innovation, drive research and develop the skills needed to drive opportunity and rebalance the economy.

As the collective voice of our members, The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) plays a key role in this by bringing together the UK’s universities and leading businesses.

We are looking for a Senior Policy Manager to lead our policy work at the forefront of shaping policy related to business-university collaboration, and this is your opportunity to significantly contribute to one of the most important policy agendas of our time.

Working with NCUB’s network of business and university leaders you’ll understand what it will take to encourage and enable more collaboration. This is critical to drive recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, to realise the social and economic benefits of a more research-intensive, innovative economy and to tackle some of the greatest global challenges. 

The role calls for an experienced and ambitious policy expert, with an established reputation for gathering and interpreting evidence to develop impactful policy recommendations. You will be curious, engaging and capable of managing both longer-term research projects, as well as more reactive policy work. 

You’ll work closely with Government and UKRI to highlight and address barriers to collaboration, so you’ll be a confident and engaging communicator, able to work across businesses, universities and stakeholders to build a collective voice and drive genuinely transformative recommendations. Furthermore, you’ll have the ability to convey complex issues with clarity and to make a strong case for change.

Adept at gathering and communicating evidence effectively (including interpreting, explaining and presenting statistical evidence) you’ll also be skilled at producing high quality outputs aimed at a senior and strategic audience.

The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) is an independent think-tank and registered charity focused on making the UK the best place in the world for universities and businesses to collaborate. We believe that collaboration is critical to tackling many of the greatest challenges facing the world today, from driving the research and innovations that will help make us healthier, wealthier and greener, to delivering the highly skilled, diverse and adaptable workforce needed to drive the future.

For further information or to request a candidate application pack, please contact our retained consultant Julian Smith at Memcom executive, our specialist consultancy.

Deadline for applications: Monday 18 October at 9am.

Interviews will be held on Monday 25 October. See candidate application pack for more details.

Criminal Justice Team Leader

Location: Islington

Salary: £29,000-£34,000 annum

Application Deadline: 17 October 2021

Job Summary

Criminal Justice Team Leader – Better Lives Islington

The Service

This is an exciting opportunity to support to join an established service in Islington. We work in partnership with Camden & Islington Mental Health Trust (C&I) and Humankind to deliver an integrated substance misuse service in Islington.

The post holder will manage the Criminal Justice Team and will be responsible for the further development and delivery of the Better Lives criminal justice offer.

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, and caring Team Leader who will be responsible for providing day to day operational management of the criminal justice team.

The post holder will be integral to ensuring a high-quality service that promotes recovery and increase opportunities for the Islington population to achieve sustainable recovery and, holistically supporting service users to enter and move through the recovery focused service. You will contribute to the creation of an outcome focussed culture as well as participate in a learning culture for all that consciously celebrates and engages with diversity. 

The Role

Key role responsibilities:

• To ensure staff have the appropriate support (supervision), training and guidance they need to carry out their duties.
• To support staff team in their case management and provide practical solutions were appropriate
• Support with the services achievement of performance targets. Contribute to the achievement of overall service and WDP objectives and Key Performance Indicators and contractual obligations are met
• To work in partnership with hostels, hospital, GP and other service providers to provide seamless and holistic care packages for service users
• To provide coordination of Criminal Justice practitioners, focusing on engagement, treatment and case management
• Improve access into treatment
• Establish satellites in locations such as sexual health clinics, GPs, pharmacies, hostels, day centres, JCP+, Probation in order to engage potential service users
• Ensure delivery of Drug and Alcohol Arrest Referral from Islington Police Stations, Thames Magistrate Court and Prison Link work

 Conditions

• Salary band of £29,000-£34,000 
• Permanent 
• 37.5 hours per week

Location

The role is based primarily at our Seven Sisters Rd site but flexibility to work across sites will be an expectation.

Why Should You Apply? 

• Exciting and innovative field
• Excellent training opportunities
• Strong performance culture

Interested?

For an informal chat about the role, contact, Helena Jones, Service Manager or Eleanor Lyden-Vieten, Service Development Manager (contact details on our website).

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 17th October 2021 at midnight

Interviews will take place commencing 18th October 2021

Interviews are likely to take place via Zoom or Teams, to support social distancing.

WDP and Our Values

WDP is an innovative behaviour change charity.  We facilitate long-lasting transformation in people’s lives to improve health, wellbeing and social integration.  We work across the fields of substance misuse, young person’s support, employability, sexual health and inpatient services.

All staff are required to work to WDP’s four values:

• Entrepreneurial
• In partnership
• Strong belief in service users
• Community focused

Additional information

Diversity and Equality

• WDP are a committed equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from disabled candidates, and those from minority ethnic backgrounds.

Safeguarding

• WDP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

DBS

• All posts are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check prior to the confirmation of any job offer.

We are recruiting for a caring, passionate Activity Leader to join our incredible team. 

The Activity Leader will be responsible for developing and delivering our popular Love Later Life programme, which gives older adults in Merton meaningful opportunities to connect, stay health and keep active. You will be part of an enthusiastic, caring, dynamic team of staff and volunteers and take responsibility for delivering activities designed to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for older people across Merton’s diverse community.

Key Responsibilities

Love Later Life

1. Support the development of and deliver the Love Later Life regular programme of activities, particularly craft, games and social clubs – including bringing new ideas for activities
2. Welcoming new clients to the centre, introducing them to other clients, staff & volunteers
3. Maintaining contact with clients and their support networks by phone and email to support welfare and encourage ongoing engagement with the Love Later Life programme
4. Supporting volunteers to deliver a range of social activities
5. Support the administrative functions of the programme, including collecting, counting and recording income

Love to Lunch

1. Ensure that the Centre is set-up each day for Love to Lunch including tables, chairs, cutlery and refreshments
2. Provide rolling support and cover for Love to Lunch where required, including food preparation support, food service and clear up
3. Adhere to food hygiene processes, record completion and undertake training where required

Equal opportunities

Age UK Merton is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. We strongly value diversity, promote equality, and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds and people with lived experience of disability.