ABOUT US
The Diana Award is proud to be the only charity set up in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales and her belief that young people have the power to change the world. It’s a big mission but there are two things within it that we focus our charity’s efforts on – young people and change.
Throughout all of our programmes and initiatives ‘change’ for and by young people is central. We all play our part to help realise this vision and our team is diverse in its talents and roles. Day-to-day we can be found working out in the community with young people through our anti-bullying and mentoring initiatives, fundraising, managing our valued corporate partners, providing vital HR and communications support, celebrating young people in memory of Princess Diana and plenty more.
We’re not your typical organisation. From the moment that you join The Diana Award, you’re part of our family. Together, we are united by our shared belief that young people can change the world, and, by our values: passion, collaboration, integrity, ambition and unity.
THE ROLE
The The Diana Award’s Mentoring Programme works with schools to target young people (aged 11-18yrs) who are at risk of becoming NEET (Not in education or employment) and who may benefit from having a positive role model. We support these young people by collaborating with local partners and businesses who provide mentors to give them life-changing experiences and insights into the world of work.
The programme places a strong emphasis on social action; in addition to career skills training, mentors and mentees work together to develop a campaign around a social issue that affects their community. This two pronged approach prepares young people for their post-secondary future and instils a sense of active citizenship. Your role is key to the success of our Mentoring Programme as you will be working with our inspiring corporate mentors. You will be responsible for facilitating their induction and training, supporting them on their individual journey's through the programme and ensuring relevant feedback is given for them to share with their employer.
In addition to supporting our volunteer mentors, you will also play a vital role in ensuring that all participants involved in the programme are safeguarded effectively, as Mentoring Programme Safeguarding Lead.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Volunteer Coordination
This role will be responsible for supporting mentors across Leeds, Birmingham, London and Jersey. Travel to those regions will be required for meetings and training sessions.
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Coordinate all aspects of the volunteer mentor journey from attracting businesses and individuals, safe recruitment and selection (including DBS checks), training and ongoing support
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Design and facilitate a high quality bespoke training programme designed for Mentors, both online and face to face
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Act as a central point of contact for mentoring enquiries
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Coordinate communications to corporate partners and mentors about the mentoring programme
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Work with the Programme Manager and Communications Team to promote mentor opportunities across owned channels, and more widely
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Work with the Impact and Evaluation Team to deliver an effective evaluation framework which captures the mentor journey/experience and the impact of the programme more widely
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Develop robust volunteer policies and procedures which comply with Diana Award organisational policies, and current legislation (including risk management, health and safety, safeguarding and data protection)
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Coordinate workplace visits, career days and work experience opportunities for mentees (with support from the wider Mentoring Team)
Safeguarding Officer
Act as Safeguarding Lead for the Mentoring Programme, duties and responsibilities as follows.
Mentoring Programme Safeguarding Lead
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Act as the first point of contact for any safeguarding concerns for the Mentoring Programme, and in the absence of other programme leads more organisation wide, as is required
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Lead on the design and review of capturing informed consent from programme participants
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Ensure all safeguarding issues concerning mentees are responded to appropriately
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Ensure that mentors understand our safeguarding policy and procedures and know what to do if they have concerns about a mentee’s welfare, delivered both through the training programme, and on an ongoing basis
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Receive and record information from anyone who has concerns about a mentee taking part in the programme
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Take the lead on responding to information that may constitute a safeguarding concern, including a concern that an adult involved in the programme may present a risk to beneficiaries
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Liaise with/pass on information to and receive information from statutory agencies where required
General Safeguarding Duties
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Work with fellow safeguarding officers in developing and reviewing The Diana Award’s safeguarding policies and procedures
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Store and retain records according to legal requirements and The Diana Award’s safeguarding policy and procedures
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Be familiar with issues relating to child protection, safeguarding and abuse, and keep up to date with new developments in this area
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Attend regular training in issues relevant to safeguarding and share knowledge from that training with everyone who works or volunteers with or for children, young people and adults at risk at The Diana Award
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Attend monthly safeguarding forum meetings, and other meetings as arranged
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Work flexibly as may be required and carry out any other reasonable duties
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills
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Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication
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Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
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Excellent IT skills, including MS Office Suite
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Excellent public speaking and presentation skills
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Ability to prioritise own workload and deal with competing demands
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Ability to build relationships and work successfully with people at all levels
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Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Experience/Knowledge
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Experience of volunteer management (experience working with corporate volunteers is a bonus)
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Knowledge and experience in safeguarding and child protection (or willingness to undertake training)
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Experience of writing clear, concise and engaging policies and procedures
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A proven track record in designing and delivering effective and engaging training to volunteers
Personal Attributes
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Commitment to and ability to inspire commitment to The Diana Award’s vision, values and mission
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Personal integrity and credibility
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Resilience
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A ‘can do’ attitude
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Commitment to self-development
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Commitment to keeping up to date with key trends/developments in the sector
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Good judgement
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Driven to achieve great results
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Ability to work well under pressure
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Energetic, flexible, willingness to work outside of ‘normal’ office hours
SAFER RECRUITMENT
The Diana Award is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all. This is a responsibility that is shared by all members of staff the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS or equivalent police check.
About Us
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Department: Witness Service - National
Hours per week: 30 hours
Interview date: W/C 20/08/20
Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015. The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.
Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.
The role
Our trained Outreach Volunteers provide practical and emotional support and information to defence and prosecution witnesses away from courts.
We are looking for someone with an excellent understanding of the voluntary sector and experience in managing volunteers to support our Outreach service.
The Team Leader (Outreach Services) is responsible for the delivery of a pre-trial Outreach Support Service to Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses in a defined geographical area. This involves coordinating the work of Outreach Volunteers to meet witness needs.
The role will also support the Team Leaders (Court Services) and Team Leaders (Volunteer Development) in stakeholder engagement with Witness Care Unit in the allocated geographical area.
We are seeking candidates with the ability to develop and motivate volunteers and with experience of building effective relationships and creating partnerships with key organisations and other stakeholders. The role also requires knowledge of lone working policies and safeguarding procedures and will require occasional travel.
Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.
Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers has secured 3 years’ funding for a skilled Volunteer Coordinator to recruit, induct, train and supervise volunteers. You will be centrally involved in the allocation of tasks and responsibilities and in the supervision and retention of volunteers.
The post holder will play a major role in ensuring that our organisation is staffed with the best and most reliable volunteers, and that they are correctly deployed for the fulfilment of our work supporting asylum seekers and refugees.
The post holder will possess the skills to motivate and inspire volunteers. Excellent organizational skills and the ability to communicate effectively with people from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience is required.
Please read the full Job Description and Person Specification ( attached) prior to applying for this position
The closing date for completed applications is noon on Monday 13th July 2020 with interviews being held on Monday 27th July 2020.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Volunteer and Community Engagement Co-ordinator (Part Time, 12 Month FTC)
Derby, Derbyshire
About Us
Rebuild East Midlands is an innovative charity that supports people who have experienced the trauma and pain caused by human trafficking and modern slavery.
We support rebuilding lives and re-joining the community, we empower and assist and we help survivors overcome barriers they may face.
Our aim is to enable the people we support to embrace a hope filled future free from the reality and fear of slavery.
We’re now looking for a Volunteer and Community Engagement Co-ordinator to support both our volunteer strategy and the community aspects of our work on a part time basis for a 12 month fixed term contract.
The Benefits
- Salary of up to £24,500 per annum (pro rata & dependent on experience)
- 28 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Personal and professional development plan
- Regular supervision
- Pension contribution of 5%
This is an exciting opportunity to positively affect lives that have been damaged by horrific experiences, in-human practices and the worst side of humanity. With tens of millions of children and adults forced into slavery and trafficking every year and only 1% estimated to be freed or able to escape, it is vital that those who get away are supported as much as they require to re-enter society.
Your role will be the vital aspect that ensures communities are welcoming, that there are activities to help with re-integration and there are volunteers on hand to provide the hands-on support at every step.
We’ve got a strong mission to empower, build resilience, help individuals find a sense of belonging, feel understood, learn and become as determined as we are to integrate, recover and grow. If this sounds like the type of mission you could thrive in, we want to hear from you.
The Role
As a Volunteer and Community Engagement Co-ordinator, you will take on a dual role working with both the volunteer strategy and within the community aspects of Rebuild’s work.
Within the volunteering element of your role, you will recruit, train, match and support volunteers to assist individuals who have experienced human trafficking and modern slavery.
The community aspects of your role will include working with local communities, groups, volunteers and organisations to promote inclusion, networking and building partnerships, and organising and promoting activities to promote social inclusion.
About You
To be considered as a Volunteer and Community Engagement Co-ordinator, you will need at least two years’ experience working with either:
- Individuals who have experienced human trafficking and modern slavery OR
- Vulnerable adults in the community
Your will also need:
- Previous experience in managing, training and supervising volunteers
- Previous experience of co-ordinating, planning and running group work and activities for vulnerable individuals
- Previous experience of networking and building working partnerships with external agencies
- An empathetic and compassionate outlook, whilst being able to maintain professional boundaries with those you work with
- The ability to react effectively to highly pressured situations
A community work or other appropriate professional qualification would be beneficial to your application. Due to the nature of travel within the role, a driving licence would also be an advantage.
Other organisations may call this role Volunteer Co-ordinator, Community Engagement Co-ordinator, Social Inclusion Co-ordinator, Community Outreach Co-ordinator, Vulnerable People Co-ordinator, Community Engagement Officer, or Social Inclusion Officer.
The closing date for this role is the 6th July 2020.
This is a part time role working 28 hour per week
Webrecruit and Rebuild East Midlands are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Volunteer and Community Engagement Co-ordinator, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
Suffolk Wildlife Trust is the leading conservation organisation in Suffolk, committed to achieving the best outcomes for biodiversity on its reserves.
At Trimley Marshes, you will be working on a truly dynamic reserve on the Orwell estuary. It is currently one of the county’s best performing breeding wader sites, and also supports spectacular numbers of overwintering wildfowl each year.
The South East Suffolk and Trimley Warden is a key member of South East Suffolk team and will support the Sites Manager to achieve the successful delivery of conservation management at Trimley Marshes, the wider Trimley Estate, Levington Lagoon and other reserves in South East Suffolk.
You will be committed to recruit, develop and lead a team of volunteers in addition to regular internships to achieve excellent conservation management in accordance with the Trust’s conservation objectives.
You will ensure accessibility and a welcoming atmosphere at all our reserves. Your friendly and engaging manner will help ensure all reserve visitors have a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.
You will be an ambassador for Suffolk Wildlife Trust, seeking opportunities to raise awareness of the Trust’s work across all your day-to-day activities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Department: Witness Service - National
Employment type: Maternity Cover
Contract Duration: 6 months
Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015. The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.
Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.
The role
Our trained Outreach Volunteers provide practical and emotional support and information to defence and prosecution witnesses away from courts.
We are looking for someone with an excellent understanding of the voluntary sector and experience in managing volunteers to support our Outreach service.
The Team Leader (Outreach Services) is responsible for the delivery of a pre-trial Outreach Support Service to Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses in a defined geographical area. This involves coordinating the work of Outreach Volunteers to meet witness needs.
The role will also support the Team Leaders (Court Services) and Team Leaders (Volunteer Development) in stakeholder engagement with Witness Care Unit in the allocated geographical area.
We are seeking candidates with the ability to develop and motivate volunteers and with experience of building effective relationships and creating partnerships with key organisations and other stakeholders. The role also requires knowledge of lone working policies and safeguarding procedures and will require occasional travel.
Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.
Employment type: Maternity Cover
Department: Witness Service - National
Contract Duration: 9 months
Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015. The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.
Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.
The role
We are looking for someone with an excellent understanding of the voluntary sector and experience in managing volunteers.
The Team Leader (Court Services) is responsible for the delivery of the Witness Service within the court environment, through the effective coordination and development of volunteers who support witnesses in their journey through the criminal justice system.
This role is also responsible for developing and maintaining local key stakeholder relationships with a view to enhancing partnership working, maintaining and enhancing service delivery standards and effectiveness.
We are seeking candidates with the ability to develop and motivate volunteers and staff, experience of building effective relationships and creating partnerships with key organisations and other stakeholders.
Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.
Since Engineers Without Borders UK was established over 15 years ago, people and community have been at the heart of what we do and how we do it. We would not be where we are today without the hard work of many hundreds of people who have volunteered their time to build our movement and benefit people through our training and project work, to date this extends to over 67,000 people. We’re now significantly increasing that number annually, so we’re looking for a Community & Activities Officer to join our team and increase our capacity to support our members and wider community to listen, learn and take collective action in support of ensuring engineering serves all people and our planet .
AS OUR COMMUNITY & ACTIVITIES OFFICER YOU WILL:
- Liaise with our community, building and maintaining relationships with and between individuals in our community, including our members, student members and academics.
- Support the key administrative processes associated with our community activities and programmes.
- Maintain and update records of community activities for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
- Coordinate our presence in universities.
- Facilitate engagement of our youth outreach initiative.
- Support in the delivery of the Engineering for People Design challenge.
- Support with the logistics, participant registrations and preparing the resources for events.
- Support the running of analytics and evaluation of results.
- Support with building a database based on relevant criteria and then take over management of this database to respond to and manage speaker requests throughout the year.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
We value a positive working environment for everyone on our team. We therefore expect all staff to demonstrate the following characteristics: passionate about our purpose, creative, team player, respectful, inquisitive, professional, open and dependable. We expect this of new hires and you can expect this from your team mates. You can expect support throughout your time with us, including an induction, regular feedback, weekly team meetings and peer nominated recognitions.
TO APPLY
Please read the full job description and person specification for furhter details egarding the role and our organisation, then send a CV (two pages maximum) and a covering letter (up to two pages) with the job title in the subject line. Please outline clearly in your covering letter:
- Your reasons for wanting to join the team at Engineers Without Borders UK
- How you meet the role description and person specification
- Your availability to be interviewed during the week of 3 August (virtually and/or in London)
- Your eligibility to work in the UK
- Where you saw the role advertised
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Engineers Without Borders UK is committed to selecting candidates for employment based on aptitude and ability, irrespective of gender, race, ethnic origin, disability, nationality, sexuality, religion or belief, marital status or social class.
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Victim Support is looking for a part-time Service Delivery Manager based in Kent.
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.
The main duties of this role will be to provide an effective and high quality service supporting victims of crime, ensuring that volunteering is at the heart of service delivery by managing and supporting volunteers who will support victims of crime, developing community engagement, directly support victims of crime and ensuring service delivery and performance standards are maintained at all times.
The role is 15 hours per week working Monday and Tuesdays and attracts a salary of £8,160 per annum (FTE £20,400 per annum).
Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are outlined in the person specification under essential and tested area. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.
If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.
If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.
Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.
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ACORN is looking for two Community Organisers to build power in Birmingham (x1 position) and Leeds (x1 position).
ACORN is a mass membership organisation – is a vehicle for collective action. By taking action on issues, we build the hopes, expectations and experience of our members and the communities they come from.
Our organising is premised on two simple truths: problems affecting working class communities – from unhealthy, unaffordable and insecure housing, to cuts to public services – stem from a lack of power; and the most effective means of building power is for people to get organised.
About the job
As a Community Organiser with ACORN, you will be responsible for recruiting, supporting and working with members to take action on issues affecting them and the communities they come from.
ACORN is a union in the community. Like any union our members pay membership dues so that they can have a sustainable independent organisation to fight for their interests.
You will be the organiser for ACORN in your respective city. Your daily work will involve:
- Recruiting individual ACORN members through door knocking, social media and other means.
- Managing organising drives to build new and maintain existing ACORN branches, groups, teams.
- Identifying issues of common concern at the neighbourhood and wider level;
- Identifying and supporting potential leaders to enable them to take on leadership roles in the organisation.
- Supporting elected leaders to enable them to carry out their roles.
QUALIFICATIONS
No formal qualifications are necessary. We’re primarily looking for someone with a strong work ethic with good listening skills and the ability to motivate others.
*Applications from women and/or people from a BAME background are strongly encouraged to ensure our workforce reflects the communities we service as much as possible, and to help us meet our commitments to diversity and inclusion.
Experience, skills and abilities
The successful applicant will have:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to recruit dues-paying members to ACORN
- The ability to support the development of groups and teams
- The ability to motivate people
- The ability to work independently and manage a team of volunteers
- The ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment and be detail-oriented
- A willingness to work sometimes long and irregular hours, including evenings and weekends, usual working hours are between 12-8pm
In turn, ACORN is committed to investing in the continued professional development of our organising staff. Training and support will include:
- First week: ACORN Foundations of Community Organising training (5 days)
- First 3 months: Weekly 121 management supervision; daily recruitment practice with fellow organising staff; weekly group team call; on-call daily management support.
- After 3 months: bi-weekly 121 management supervision; daily recruitment practice with fellow organising staff; weekly group team call; on-call daily management support.
- Additional ongoing training opportunities where identified.
Salary
£16,926 – 19,000 pa dependent on experience and level of responsibility.
For a full job description, person specification and application form, please visit our website.
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