The Shift.ms community is at the heart of everything we do. We involve people with Multiple  Sclerosis in all aspects of our work to ensure we truly are ‘By MSers, For MSers’.

Participation of the community is a key organisational priority and we’re looking for a Community  Coordinator to help us build and develop relationships and to engage our community through  volunteering, project participation and social media involvement. 

Why are we looking for you? 
Shift.ms is looking for a highly organised and self motivated Community Coordinator. You will be  responsible for supporting the Shift.ms volunteer network, supporting community engagement  through communications via social media, www.Shift.ms and email, and organising and delivering  internal team activities. 

Who is Shift.ms? 
Shift.ms is the social network for people with MS (MSers). Founded by MSers, for MSers, the  charity supports many thousands of recently diagnosed people across the world as they make  sense of MS. The organisation is currently a team of ten, and the community - www.Shift.ms - has  over 50,000 monthly users from all over the world with 38,000 members. Last year, we worked  with 275 volunteers who contributed over 1,500 hours.   

The day to day
Working alongside the Community team, your responsibilities will include:   

Social Media and Communications 
● Create engaging content and manage the Shift.ms social media channels across Facebook,  Twitter, YouTube and Instagram   
● Supporting delivery of social media takeovers 
● Writing member newsletter 
● Management of Shift.ms presence at community facing events 
● Manage and deliver the volunteer team Ambassador programme   

Volunteer Coordination   
● Supporting the advertising and recruitment of volunteers 
● Arranging and supporting interviews with potential volunteers 
● Providing ongoing support and regular communication with all volunteers at every point in  their volunteer experience 
● Keeping accurate records of volunteers, project activity and volunteer expenses 
● Be the community team liaison for external projects which require community involvement 
● Support the Peer Support Manager to ensure the Buddy Network project runs smoothly   

Internal team support 
● Managing team away days/Christmas party 
● Arranging sending of leaflets 
● Manning the central team inbox 
● Writing Trustee report 
● Managing staff birthdays and work anniversaries 
● Support the reporting of community team KPI's 
● Supporting the delivery of staff wellbeing initiatives   

What you’ll need to bring: 
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
● Experience of project coordination 
● Experience of social media management 
● Experience of working with volunteers 
● Strong organisational, ​time management, and prioritisation​ skills 
● Excellent attention to detail   
● Energy, drive and enthusiasm 
● Ability to build strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders 
● Ability to write, produce and distribute regular content for web copy and newsletters 
● Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends   

Other information
Hours: 37.5 hours a week
Contract: Permanent 
Salary: £22,000-25,000 per annum dependent on relevant experience 
Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, plus public holidays
Office location: Remote working, with travel required to Leeds or London post-pandemic 
Employee benefits: Life assurance, generous pension, committed learning and development  budget for each staff member.   

Application process
To apply for the position of Community Coordinator, please send your CV via the button below by 5pm on Monday 4th January 2021, along with a response to the following question:   
How do your skills and experience make you the right candidate for this role? (maximum 300 words)   

The closing date for applications is at 5pm on Monday 4th January.

Interviews will be held virtually on 13th and 14th January.

Background

The Kindling Trust works to create a fairer, more sustainable society, starting with the food system. Working alongside communities, farmers, policy makers and activists, we aim to create radical social change, addressing problems at their root cause.

In 2016, The Kindling Trust opened their 2nd FarmStart training site at the old plant nursery site in Woodbank Memorial Park, Stockport. Following a community consultation process in 2017, we started working together with local residents and groups, to develop the site into a thriving community food hub.

Current activities include: a range of community events, from gardening to bat walks; our wellbeing programme, offering cookery, gardening and access to healthy veg for people referred via Social Prescribing and other local services; FarmStart training programme, supporting new growers to scale up to market garden production; Volunteering days to support and learn about commercial, organic food production; and opportunities to buy local, organic veg through the Veg Box People veg bag scheme.

You will be joining us during our 3rd year of a 5 year grant from the National Lottery Community Fund, so you will be building and expanding on what the team has already achieved. We now need someone with the experience, skills and drive to take us to the next level; to make Woodbank Community Food Hub both engaging and less dependent on funding over the next two and a half years. 

Job Description:

Main Duties:

1. Co-ordination and development of Woodbank Community Food Hub

• Deliver our 5 year plan to make Woodbank Community Food Hub more financially independent over the next 2.5 years. For example developing income generating activities such as courses, events, sales of organic produce etc.
• Seek and develop new opportunities to secure the future of Woodbank Community Food Hub, e.g. partnership working, funding opportunities etc.
• Co-ordinate the development and improvement of the site to make it as welcoming and productive as possible. This includes overseeing and supporting a volunteer maintenance crew.
• Work with the Wellbeing Co-ordinator to explore opportunities for securing ongoing funding for programme, through, e.g.: Stockport’s Clinical Commissioning Group, Public Health or SMBC.
• Work with the team to promote the Veg Bag Scheme locally and to staff the collection point
• Work with the FarmStart Co-ordinator to maximise the production of organic produce grown on site.
• Facilitate volunteering days at Woodbank, in partnership with the Woodbank Team.
• Respond to the current situation (covid restrictions), finding ways to continue to develop the site and engage people, whilst keeping the various site users safe.

B. Community Engagement:

• Organise a variety of community based events to engage the local community in the site, i.e. biodiversity walks, guided tours of the site, farmers market type events.
• Plan and coordinate training courses to take place at Woodbank
• Engage and develop partnerships with local community groups to increase usage of, and involvement in, the site.
• Recruit and support volunteers and community gardeners involved in activities at Woodbank.
• Attend meetings, community and public events, to promote the work at Woodbank.
• Liaise with the other groups using the site as well as SMBC (e.g. to gain permission for running community events, around health and safety etc.)
• Work towards engaging the various users of the site in the development and running of the Hub in the way that is best for both those groups and the future of the project.

C. Health and Safety

• Co-ordinate the Woodbank Team and other users of Woodbank to maintain the security of the site and the safety of all those who use it.
• Ensure all participants, volunteers and gardeners are provided with Health and Safety information relevant to the site.
• Carry out risk assessments for all activities taking place at Woodbank.

D. Publicity/Marketing

• Produce and distribute promotional materials to advertise upcoming events.
• Publicise events and activities widely through e.g. the Woodbank notice board, regular updates to the Woodbank Community mailing list, local community events & groups, local press, social media
• Write up events for Kindling latest news.

E. Administration:

• Monitor and update all policies and procedures relevant to the project.
• Update and maintain the Woodbank Community database (and others, as required)
• Report to relevant funders

• Create surveys and feedback forms for activities and collate evidence for social impact monitoring

F. Finances

• Manage project budget with the Woodbank Team and our Book Keeper
• Process project expenses.

E.

G.  General responsibilities of this post

• Report progress to Kindling Team meetings.
• Reflect Kindling’s vision and principles, strategy and policies at all times.
• Be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures.

• Fulfil such other duties and assignments as may be required from time to time.

Gunnersbury CIC is a not for profit social enterprise company, established in 2018 to manage the grade II* listed Gunnersbury Park and Museum to provide community benefit to over 600,000 residents across the west London boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow.

Having battled through the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic, Gunnersbury is about to embark on an ambitious programme to reinvent and relaunch our varied portfolio of services and restore the health of our finances.

Responding to the challenges of two lockdowns and the loss of over 40% of our annual income  during the past year, we have already taken steps to successfully enhance our grant application activities, launched our first community fundraising appeal (#fortheloveofGunnersbury) and rapidly developed our fundraising capacity. As a social enterprise we have also responded flexibly to the challenges posed to our established commercial income generation activity, embracing a range of diverse, micro business opportunities, providing pitches for  small scale catering operators and hosting regular, fortnightly markets within the historic grounds of Gunnersbury Park.

We are now seeking to recruit an experienced, creative and entrepreneurial fundraising and business development professional.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering large scale and sustained success in securing grant funding, growing individual and corporate donations and sponsorship and winning public sector commissioning contracts. You will display an entrepreneurial flair and  demonstrate the ability to work in partnership with colleagues, partners and the business community to leverage commercial income opportunities to maximise the generation of income from a diverse range of sources to underpin the delivery of Gunnersbury CIC’s mission.

Based at the historic grade II* Gunnersbury Park House located in 72 hectares of listed, landscaped park, within easy access of major public transport routes we offer an exceptional working environment. You will benefit from staff discount at the on-site Gunnersbury sports hub and café facilities and the opportunity to join a young multi-disciplinary team of heritage professionals, teaching and education staff, horticulture, community and events specialists. 

If you are keen to use your proven business development and fundraising expertise to support  efforts to restore, conserve and promote access to an exceptional array of heritage assets for the benefit of all our communities we would like to hear from you.

Applications by CV and covering letter

Closing date 31 December 2020

First interviews 7 January 2021

Second interview 12 January 2021

National Events Delivery Manager
Flexible location
£34,688 to £36,729 per annum + benefits
12-month fixed term contract
Full Time

This is a fantastic opportunity to join The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association as the National Events Delivery Manager.

The role
The National Events Delivery Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by managing the implementation and delivery of a portfolio of both Guide Dogs owned events/series of events and the Guide Dogs presence at externally organised events to raise money to deliver services for blind and partially sighted people.

Who we’re looking for
Essential
You will have demonstrable experience in an events management environment, delivering a variety of projects across a variety of channels simultaneously, and also have experience in managing project spend and working with many different internal teams. You will have proven understanding of event management principles and techniques, and of briefing and interpreting analysis, an understanding of statutory requirements around events, and some knowledge of print and production.

Desirable
It would be advantageous to have experience of volunteer management, and of risk management.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to being successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below.

Benefits
This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package anddiscounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

How to apply
Applications can be made using the online application form. You will need to evidence the criteria as set out in the attached job description. As part of our safer recruitment policy, we do not accept CVs for job applications.

Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome, and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from disabled people as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invite to interview for all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

We reserve the right to close adverts early.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

Community-led social action initiatives have been key to providing essential support and mutual resource to residents and neighbours across Hackney through the last 8 months, providing a vital role in the COVID social response. Residents have shown their commitment to providing neighbourly assistance and to utilising their skills and experience to support others. This may have been through established community groups, or new initiatives, but all focused on providing creative solutions to local needs.

We, at Volunteer Centre Hackney, have been providing support and guidance to many of these initiatives, and want to help these projects grow. We are committed to supporting local people to recognise their skills, ideas, and their experience and how they can use these to help others. Over the years, we have supported residents to host their own neighbourhood walking groups, a guerrilla gardening club, community meals, street parties, online wellbeing workshops, and an after-school club. We have linked residents to community organisations such as local youth clubs, to deliver coding workshops, or a theatre club or most recently, a digital buddy project.

We are working on estates and with GP surgeries, to engage local residents to come together to volunteer, to share their skills, to develop new project ideas and to build strong long communities. You will need to be passionate about working with local people, able to work independently and on your own initiative and resilient and confident to keep breaking through barriers, and making things happen.

You will be joining a nationally recognised award winning project, with funding from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund as well as from City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group. 

We're looking for someone who will come and live as part of the Buncton Community. They will manage the day to day running and practicalities of the household, as well as some aspects of administration. They will also provide practical, emotional and spiritual support to the guests largely through their consistency, stability and ability to listen.

Who we are

The Buncton Community was started by One Church Brighton. OCB is a Brighton based church, a diverse and inclusive worshipping community, as well as a wider charitable organisation that runs a variety of different projects. We serve a large and brilliant group of people from all walks of life, working hard to try and alleviate poverty, tackle social isolation, provide routes into employment and anything else we can do to make the world a better place.

About the Buncton Community

Based in an old farmhouse in the Sussex countryside, the Buncton Community is a place of respite, restoration, safety and hospitality for people in need. We are a small, intentional community made up of five guests, two live-in hosts and a group of supportive volunteers. Guests are from a variety of backgrounds and may have experience of homelessness, bereavement, life crisis, divorce, recovering from addiction or mental health issues. They are welcomed into a calm, rural environment removed from chaotic situations and peers, and can live here for up to two years. Opening to guests in September 2020, we are still forming and tweaking exactly how the community works most effectively to support these vulnerable people best, but we have been inspired by projects like the Pilsdon Community in Dorset and believe that we can establish a similar one here in Sussex.

About the opportunity

This is not a normal job! It certainly won’t be for everyone, the demands are great, and the days will be long but for the right person, we believe that it can be a very rewarding vocation.

The purpose of the community is to live with others around an agreed and healthy, rhythm of life. The three pillars of this daily rhythm are Hospitality: preparing, cooking and sharing meals together, Work: finding meaningful and therapeutic work, maintaining the house and grounds of the house as well as getting involved with activities further afield, and Prayer: moments of quiet and reflection, being grateful for the day and asking for help where needed. As many of the guests will have addiction issues, Buncton is a dry house with no alcohol or non-prescription drugs allowed and hosts also must adhere to this policy.

This role of Host is fundamentally about living out this healthy rhythm of life, modelling it for others who might be struggling with multiple issues and then inviting those others into this rhythm. This is therefore not your usual workplace, the key ethos of ‘living with’ others rather than ‘doing for’ others can lead to boundaries between being ‘on-duty’ and being off become blurred and messy, this needs to be seriously reflected upon by anyone considering joining us. All that said, as well as two clear days off, there are the other hosts, an engaged and gifted Board, the wonderful, wider staff team of One Church, as well as a mentor who will all contribute to supporting and encouraging you in this role.

What we are looking for

As we are still in the early stages of establishing the community, we’re keen to find another host who can bring some ideas and drive to the how things are done, helping to shape all we do. The project is rooted in the Christian faith, though the guests may not be followers of any particular faith. Whilst the applicant need not be a christian, it is essential that the successful applicant is comfortable joining in and leading short times of prayer and are positive about the founding principles and values of OCB and the Buncton Community.

Benefits 

• Accommodation, food and living costs are covered as part of the role

• An opportunity to make life better for vulnerable people

• Work with a small team of enthusiastic volunteers

• 25 days holiday (pro rata)

• The chance to be part of a fun and energetic team.

• 5% employer pension contributions on total earnings 

We are looking for TWO self-motivated and community-minded individuals to provide a social prescribing service to individuals over the age of 18 living in the London Borough of Lewisham.

Community Connections Lewisham is a preventative social prescribing project, delivered by Age UK Lewisham and Southwark, aiming to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable adults across the borough of Lewisham. We achieve this through working with both individuals who want connecting to services, and the community groups they access. We support people to find:

• Local community groups and access to social opportunities
• Help with staying active
• Befriending and practical assistance (food shopping, odd jobs, etc.)
• New opportunities for employment, training and learning
• Volunteering opportunities and opportunities for participation in local projects

Community Facilitators take a holistic person-centred approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. They support their clients to tackle the wider determinants of health, such a debt, poor housing and physical inactivity. Community Facilitators strengthen community resilience and personal resilience, thus reducing health inequalities in the borough.

This rewarding role will see you support people on a short-term basis, helping and motivating them to make the changes they want to see in their lives. As well as interacting with the public, you will build relationships with Lewisham's local community groups and services and the wide range of professionals that refer into our project. This means you will get first-hand experience of Health and Social Care practice in London as well as an understanding of the sector and how it works. There will be opportunities to attend meetings and events, including forums with other Social Prescribers - helping you to gain an understanding of the rapidly growing way of delivering support.

We are looking for good listeners and positive thinkers, with exceptional abilities in organisation and administration. If you are passionate about helping those that need it, we want to hear from you.

AUKLS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

For full details please download our Recruitment Pack which includes a Job Description and Person Specification.

Please note that we have two posts available - one Full Time, Permanent position and one Part-Time, 9 month Maternity Cover position.

Closing date for applications – 9am Monday 14th December

**Interviews will take place on Tuesday 22nd December**

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week (although we will consider job share options).

Location: Working from home (due to the pandemic)

Role linked to the Banbury office. Must be able to travel across North Oxfordshire (when safe to do so)

Citizens Advice North Oxfordshire and South Northants is recruiting for a Community Navigator for our Social Prescribing project, to help clients who would like to become more active and find social connections.

Do you have experience in coaching and empowering people? Do you have at least a year's experience in either health and wellbeing or the voluntary sector?

Social Prescribing is a mechanism for linking primary care patients with non-medical sources of support within their community. It attempts to address the social causes of ill health and aims to support patients, who are experiencing loneliness, isolation or inactivity, which is detrimental to their health and wellbeing. GP’s and the health teams, as well as community health services will make referrals. We will also invite self-referrals.

As a Community Navigator, you will be a vital and visible community resource, responsible for patient engagement and support and for developing effective working relationships with health care professionals and third sector providers.

We are looking to recruit a caring, dedicated, reliable and person-focused individual who enjoys working with a wide range of people and supporting a team of volunteers to deliver exceptional service.

You will need to have good written and verbal communication skills and strong organisational and time management skills. You will have a commitment to empowering patients using coaching techniques. You will also engage with volunteers to support your work.

As this is an evolving role, we are looking for highly motivated and proactive applicants with a flexible attitude who will be committed to providing patients and carers with high quality support.

Full JD - attached.

Application form - attached.

Extended deadline for receipt of completed online applications : 18th December 2020

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Interviews: w/c 21st December 2020 

About Worcester Community Trust

Worcester Community Trust is a registered charity that runs six community centres in the City of Worcester providing crucial facilities for community use, activities and services, empowering people of all ages. We deliver a wide range of services that make a difference to the daily lives of people in our communities including the socially isolated, the lonely, victims of domestic abuse and the wider community.

We aim to be at the centre of thriving communities and for our centres to be the hub of community activity to achieve our vision of Bringing People Together. 

This is your opportunity to be part of a dynamic team helping the Trust achieve ambitious plans for growth.

The Role

Worcester Community Trust is looking to appoint a Service Manger to lead on our Wellbeing Projects which aim to provide support services to socially isolated and vulnerable people in our communities.

This role will manage three main wellbeing services; the Community Connectors Project, the PLUS (People Like Us) Service and the Snack and Chat project.

These services provide both 1 to 1 and small group support and activities to reduce loneliness and isolation and improve feelings of wellbeing. We bring people together to create peer support networks and to connect people to mainstream professional services, supporting them to become volunteers and invest back into the local community.

Essential criteria:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in managing multiple projects within health and wellbeing services with proven ability to deliver against a range of outcomes
• Experience of managing contracts and SLA’s including performance, compliance, and quality
• Excellent organisational skills with an ability to manage multiple work streams and funder requirements
• An understanding of the complex issues presented by individuals affected by poor health, wellbeing, and loneliness

For a full job description and an application form please visit our website or download below.

Deadline for receipt of completed applications is 09.00am on 8th December 2020

Interviews will be held on 16th December 2020

Are you passionate about diversity, education and empowering young people? Would you relish the opportunity to inspire and create new inspiring pathways for young people into careers that are traditionally underrepresented?

This role encompasses overseeing the development, expansion and delivery of our children and young people’s education project. Delivering an inter-woven programme of activities and visits inspiring futures into various STEAM pathways. Building on our existing offerings to children, the programme will deliver a range of activities spanning coding workshops, Science club, work etiquette workshops, visits to various institutions and a series “Living careers Libraries” whereby participants can meet and connect and be inspired by those in different careers.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to inform, support and inspire the young people as to which pathways they may choose with a particular focus on supporting children from BAME backgrounds into industries where they are traditionally under-represented.

Our perfect candidate for this role would have a strong background in youth work and/ or community-based education, you will be a natural at community engagement and direct delivery as well as project management.

Responsibilities: Programme

• Working with the wider Family programme team to develop a calendar of events and activities that align with Nova’s mission and ethos
• Working with the Head of Community and Communications to ensure the programme is communicated as effectively as possible across all Novas communication channels
• Building on existing and developing new partnerships within the local community spanning charities, housing associations and schools
• Leading on the creation and implementation of the children and young people education initiatives spanning:
  • Coding Club with existing partnerships with Mama Codes & Apple
  • Science Club with existing partnerships with Imperial college and the Natural History Museum
  • English & Maths lessons
  • School based Living ‘careers’ libraries - inspired by The Human Library
  • Developing and delivering workplace etiquette workshops expectations networking and supporting/ identifying work placement opportunities -aged 14 - matching with individual aspirations through our networks
  • Facilitating connections to opportunities – work placements, mentoring etc.
• Engaging participants and promote programme internally and externally

Responsibilities: Evaluation

• Directly engaging partners, communities and people we support to gather compelling case studies demonstrating the impact of our work
• Capturing evaluation from children and young people
• Interpreting data into impact reports for trustees and funders

Responsibilities: General

• Encourage and maintain links between staff and volunteers, keeping a good flow of information and communication
• Maintain a general working knowledge of the activities of the organisation
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge
• Undertake any other duties as may from time to time be required
• Provide training for other members of staff/ volunteers when necessary
• Be open and responsive, working in a collaborative way with other staff members to create and implement the systems, policies and procedures outlined above and develop the organisation
• Work within Nova’s Equality and Diversity Policy through personal example, open commitment and clear action, ensuring fair treatment in employment, service delivery and external communications
• Adhere to Nova’s policies and procedures on confidentiality and the management and sharing of information and to work within the established policies and practices of Nova.
• Ensure the maintenance of a safe working environment

Application Process: If this is you, please send us your CV and cover letter. Applications without a tailored cover letter will not be considered. This is a rolling process and we will close the vacancy as soon as we fill the role.

Closing Date: 16/12/2020

Interviews: Week 20/12/2020

Assessment Type: Panel Interview

This will be a key role in the community, helping to ensure that all members are provided the appropriate welfare support they require - both internally and from external agencies. You will build on the existing framework to create a long-term sustainable community care programme, ensuring high quality, pro-active outreach and quick response times – often offering care and support yourself. This is a new professional role within the community and so an ideal opportunity to help us build and develop a first-class provision for someone who puts relationships and care at the heart of their work.

You must have relevant experience in managing various case-loads of this nature. Relevant professional qualification in this field are desirable. Whilst knowledge of the Jewish religion and customs is advantageous, it is not a requirement.

Please see below for a copy of the full Job Description 

Please apply by visiting our website and completing an application form. The deadline is 23:30 on Tuesday 8 December with interviews expected to take place between 14 - 23 December. This role combines home working with some office-based work in London.

We give children the reading skills and confidence they need for a fair chance in life, through our flexible volunteer-led programme. Our Community Managers are vital to the charity as they develop and foster great relationships with schools, where our volunteers deliver fun and engaging reading sessions with our children. We want to reach as many children as possible and Community Managers ensure that our empowered community of volunteers are motivated to continue their support.

Do you want to join a company with ambitious plans to make a social impact?

Each year, eight children in an average class will leave primary school unable to read well. These children often struggle in school, and beyond. Reading isn’t just about books. It’s about reading a road sign, a safety manual, a birthday card. It’s understanding a job application and the prescription that could help save your life.

When a child can navigate words, they can navigate the world. That’s why we’re helping children develop the reading skills they need to succeed by creating flexible volunteering at the heart of our communities. The Bookmark app matches schools with fully safeguarded, vetted and trained reading volunteers in the local community, at the tap of a button. Each volunteer delivers one-to-one reading sessions for a six-week programme with a child who needs extra help with their reading.

We are a small but growing team of hard-working people, who care about what we do. We love to roll up our sleeves, try new ways of doing things, and support each other so that we can achieve our goals. If that sounds like you and you share our vision and values, we'd love to hear from you.

Help us change the story for more children.

Bookmark is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies and opportunity for flexible working arrangements to support team members from different backgrounds.

Job description

Supporting children

• Ensure that we reach as many children as possible by proactively managing the number of reading sessions completed each month

School attraction and engagement

• Attract and onboard new partner schools so that we can reach more children, in line with our school business development plan
• Work with Multi Academy Trusts and other partner organisations to engage with more schools
• Present clearly how we run our reading programmes to schools and answer any queries
• Engage with our current partner schools to ensure that they have an excellent experience and continue to post more programmes with us
• Engage with our current partner schools to reach as many children that need our help
• Act as the point of escalation for schools in your community

Volunteer attraction and engagement

• Support local volunteer recruitment through events and campaigns, and engaging local corporates, universities and other local partners
• Help grow an empowered community of volunteers who can provide regular reading support for more children, more often
• Drive engagement activities to ensure that volunteers help and support each other, facilitating volunteer communication, events, and reward and recognition initiatives
• Act as the point of escalation for volunteers in your community

Stakeholder engagement

• Lead on collaborations and partnerships with other organisations, as required, that align with our vision and values to support more children

General responsibilities

• Meet KPI targets for number of reading sessions delivered, and numbers of active schools and volunteers
• Gather and share local stories and case studies with the central Marketing and Communications team, to help tell our story
• Lead on projects, as required, in order to improve and expand our services
• Continually seek opportunities to improve the volunteer and school experience
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve Bookmark’s processes across all areas
• Input and maintain accurate and up-to-date information on our systems, including Salesforce CRM and SharePoint
• Ensure that all activity helps to build Bookmark’s brand and is always brand compliant

Person specification

• Passionate about our vision and mission
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including strong presentational skills
• A strong focus on safeguarding and a child-centred approach
• Ability to facilitate challenging conversations in a professional manner
• Friendly, inquisitive and helpful mindset 
• Enthusiastic, professional and positive, with a strong desire to learn
• Experience working with or in schools is preferable
• Adept at positive stakeholder engagement across a variety of audiences
• Service delivery focussed with a desire to achieve targets and objectives
• Strong time management and organisational skills 
• Structured problem-solving approach with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and contribute as part of a team
• Ability to travel locally for business and work flexibly
• Flexible mindset to working in a busy organisation; willingness to adapt
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (particularly Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
• Technically literate with ability to support less-technically minded stakeholders
• Salesforce and / or SharePoint experience desirable

Bookmark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being and welfare of children and requires everyone associated with Bookmark, including all trustees, employees, and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the role, including references from past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks. Bookmark is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all sections of society and communities we operate in. 

East European Resource Centre is looking for a driven Community Giving Coordinator to develop digital individual giving and community giving platforms.

Deadline: CLOSED

Details how to submit an application: send CV with a short explanation how you meet requirements of the person specification using your skills and experience. Details are included in the job pack attached.

You will develop digital giving tools as well as community giving platforms in order to maximise income for our mission but also to use individual giving as a tool to increase outreach to new audiences and further promote the mission of our charity.

This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with experience in individual giving fundraising, community fundraising, digital marketing or sales who wants to have tangible impact on lives of the most disadvantaged and marginalised Eastern Europeans! You will be a team worker and excellent communicator able to look beyond donations to real promotion of our work through fundraising asks.

We encourage candidates with lived experience of migrating from Central and Eastern Europe or Central European diaspora in the UK to apply for this position.

East European Resource Centre (EERC) is an independent charity that has been providing advice and support to disadvantaged Eastern European migrants since 1984. Since the 2004 / 2007 EU enlargement, our core user group comes from the accession countries. Our mission is supporting Eastern European migrants who experience poverty, exploitation and social exclusion in order to help them to make choices about their lives and realize their potential as equal members of communities. This position is an opportunity to help to fund our vital services and expand our reach to new audiences.

Are you committed to improving lives for vulnerable people?  

Community Connections Lewisham (CCL) is a preventative social prescribing project, delivered by Age UK Lewisham and Southwark, aiming to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable adults across the borough of Lewisham. We achieve this through working with both individuals who want connecting to services, and the community groups they access. We support people to find:

• Local community groups and access to social opportunities
• Help with staying active
• Befriending and practical assistance (food shopping, odd jobs, etc.)
• New opportunities for employment, training and learning
• Volunteering opportunities and opportunities for participation in local projects

Partnership Coordinators hold a key role in the effective delivery of the project, driving it forward through their work. A varied role, Coordinators support vulnerable people directly over the phone and face-to-face, while also being responsible for relationships with our Key Partners across the borough. This ensures a healthy mix of public and professional-facing duties.

We are looking for somebody who is comfortable talking to a wide range of professionals as well as members of the public by telephone, letter and in person. You will be the point of contact for CCL which involves taking referrals by telephone and email, processing them in line with our systems and making onward referrals. The onward referrals we make will be to our Key Partners, the relationships with whom you will build and maintain.

This is a busy and rewarding role giving you the opportunity to make a real difference.  There will be the opportunity to attend events, forums and meetings to broaden your understanding of Health and Social Care and build experience working in the voluntary sector.  You will also be working closely with our other teams in both Lewisham and Southwark.

AUKLS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

If you are a good listener, a positive thinker, strong at multi tasking and passionate about supporting people that need help, we want to hear from you.

For full details please download our Recruitment Pack which includes a Job Description and Person Specification.

Closing date for applications – 9am Monday 14th December

**Interviews will take place on Monday 21st December**