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Are you passionate about supporting refugees and people seeking asylum to rebuild their lives? Can you coordinate volunteers, who are the lifeblood of SHARe Knowsley?
You will be joining a dedicated team of 9 staff and over 40 volunteers, working for a well-respected grassroots charity. As individuals and an organisation, we are committed to welcoming, supporting and empowering refugees and people seeking asylum who live in the borough of Knowsley.
This role will require you to enjoy communicating with new and existing volunteers and have good organizational skills. You will also support the wider organization – especially the casework and community work, so an awareness of this is helpful.
The post is currently 3 days/week, with the opportunity to work flexibly across the week, but would require work on Monday and Tuesday mornings. Please read on to get an idea of the role and who we are looking for.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025
INTERVIEWS: Thursday 23rd October 2025
ABOUT THE ROLE
The purpose of this post is to support an established team of volunteers and recruit and train new volunteers. It is a role that will ensure volunteers remain up to date with training and abreast of information important to giving clear support to refugees and people seeking asylum. (The percentages in brackets give and estimated distribution of time spent in each area).
1. Provide support for volunteers (15%)
- Ensure regular and effective communication with volunteers via a variety of methods: e-mail, letters, newsletters, meetings, telephone, etc.
- Provide volunteers with on-going training and development opportunities
- Ensure volunteers have periodic project review meetings, as well as appropriate social activities
2. Coordinating volunteer activities (25%)
- To have oversight of volunteers at drop in/ English classes ensuring (i. volunteers are available; ii. resources are available at site (e.g. food or clothes for drop in))
- Outreach volunteering such as befriending
- Back office volunteering (e.g. clothes sorting, admin)
- Ensuring that volunteers have appropriate roles and ways to progress
- Respond to any issues that arise that might then require training or reorganising of practices/policy
3. Recruit and train new volunteers (15%)
- Development of volunteer roles and opportunities in response to volunteer, staff and client feedback
- Co-ordinate the advertising, recruitment and assessment processes to ensure equality of access to volunteer roles
- Provide induction training for all volunteers to enable to fulfil their role (including health, safety and safeguarding)
- Ensure that volunteers understand the purpose, importance and process of data collection, case recording and monitoring systems and that they use them effectively where and as appropriate
4. Ensure quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation (10%)
- To develop and maintain volunteer policies and procedures in line with best practice (e.g. Investing in Volunteers)
- Maintain an up to date knowledge of relevant and recognised best practice guidelines, policy requirements, employment law and quality standards in relation to volunteering input and management
- Co-ordinate specific client well-being events on a regular basis, engaging volunteers and other staff to support event development, organisation and delivery
- Maintain written accurate records on volunteer details and activity and other information as required, providing written and verbal reports as required
5. Additional duties relating to post (10%)
- Deliver and arrange access to training for team colleagues in relation to the above, where required
- With the CEO ensure that volunteers operate at all times within the principles of impartiality and confidentiality, in accordance with SHARe Knowsley’s vision, values, principles, policies and procedures
- Engage in relevant external meetings/ networks/ forums as agreed with the line manager
6. For SHARe Knowsley (10%)
- Actively participate in supervision and appraisal, review and planning sessions, team meetings, working groups and staff conferences and other meetings
- Carry out administrative duties associated with the post as required
- Work within SHARe Knowsley’s policies, procedures, guidelines and other agreed documents
HOW TO APPLY Please visit SHARe site and download job pack and complete application form.
ABOUT SHARe Knowsley
SHARe is now a well-respected grassroots charity, committed to welcoming, supporting and empowering refugees and people seeking asylum who live in the borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, as they rebuild their lives. The name SHARe stands for Supporting and Helping Asylum Seekers and Refugees and reflects our core philosophy of sharing our lives with everyone we meet, regardless of their background, story, language, race, faith, gender, or sexual orientation.
SHARe has a team of nine paid staff and approximately forty plus volunteers, focused on delivering high quality person-centred support and advocating for changes in our community that improve the lives of those we serve.
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Employee Benefits:
- 26 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Additional day's leave for Birthday
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme, including access to helpline for partners and dependents
- Flexi time scheme allowing the claiming back of additional hours worked (where appropriate to role)
- Other flexible working options, including working from home (where appropriate)
- Generous contractual sick pay scheme, allowing staff to recover without the worry of loss of income
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Oasis Community Partnerships (Youth and Community)
Permanent, full-time post, 40 hours per week, inclusive of breaks
Starting salary: £51,960 per annum (plus London Weighting for London based staff)
At an exciting and key stage in our journey we have the opportunity for an Operations Director to join the Oasis Youth and Community national leadership team supporting local Oasis community charities across the country.
With accountability to the CEO the Operations Director will be responsible for three key areas of work:
- Lead key elements of policy and systems ensuring the Youth and Community function remains safe and compliant, and that local leaders and other key staff are effectively supported (including line management of People Services).
- Oversee the effective governance oversight for all local charities through a cycle of professional guidance and monitoring.
- Lead the national framework for monitoring and evaluation across activities.
ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT
Oasis neighbourhoods are local places of activity that provide integrated, high quality and diverse services to benefit the whole person and the whole community. The Oasis ethos stems from our Christian roots and is an expression of our character - it is a declaration of who we are and therefore the lens through which we assess all we do. This is encapsulated by the following five statements:
a passion to include everyone
a desire to treat everyone equally, respecting differences
a commitment to healthy and open relationships
a deep sense of hope that things can change and be transformed
a sense of perseverance to keep going for the long haul
An Oasis neighbourhood is a community movement and the joining together of all the work Oasis does in any one place, which could include foodbanks, debt advice centres, family support and advice services, healthcare, youth work, children’s work, alongside other Oasis activities in that community, including formal education through Oasis Academies.
The Youth and Community function of Oasis is responsible for the wider community work that takes place within Oasis neighbourhoods, working closely with the wider Oasis family to outwork our vision. In relation to governance, Oasis Community Partnerships is the national charity, with each local team operating from their own local Oasis charity.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing national organisation, making a difference to communities on a local level, whilst also influencing the national landscape. As part of the package, Oasis offers:
- A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
- A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays)
Please contact us to arrange for an informal conversation to find out more about the role. If you are interested in this position, please send your CV and a covering letter (ensuring you refer to the job description and person spec).
The successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Oasis cannot assist with sponsorship or visas.
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers to application, please let us know.
Completed applications should be returned by 9am on Friday 24th October.
Interviews will take place week beginning Monday 3rd November. (Shorter more informal calls may be arranged the previous week to assist with shortlisting)
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
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