About you

You’re a highly organised administrator as well as a good communicator and people-person. Behind the scenes you’re collaborative, efficient, self-motivated and can work well in a team. Comfortable with change and a good all-rounder, you’ll be equally happy organising grantholder events as you are taking minutes or building forms on our grants database.

You’re confident with communications, content creation, social media and are passionate about supporting young people’s lives in music.

You’ll be able to spot places where we can do better, implementing changes to improve our systems and processes.

About the role

Working within our Grants and Learning Team you’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of our grants programme by providing administrative support from application right through to grant reporting. You’ll be helping us to implement lots of exciting new developments in 2020, as we expand the breadth and scope of our work and make our programme more accessible.

As well as administration and systems support, you’ll also be involved in internal and external communications – ensuring that the learning, content and stories we receive are disseminated through a variety of networks and channels.

About Youth Music

Youth Music funds music-making projects across England that help children and young people aged 0-25 to develop personally and socially as well as musically. We work particularly with those who don’t get to make music because of who they are, where they live, or what they’re going through.

Deadline for applications: 10am Monday 6 January 2020

Sustrans, the charity that's enabling people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of the journeys we make every day, is seeking to fill the following key vacancy:

Project Delivery Assistant

(ref: SUS2824)

£19, 735 pro rata per annum

22.5 hours per week - funding to 31 March 2020

Based in Stockton-on-Tees

An opportunity has arisen to assist in the delivery and development one of the most successful behavior change projects in the country. The exciting challenges of this role include supporting the promotion of project designed to promote active travel in communities, workplaces and educational establishments within Stockton-on-Tees.

With a good standard of education, you will have experience of project delivery assistance with a range of partners in a behaviour change or community setting, working with people from a range of backgrounds and have the ability to build strong working relationships with volunteers.  Your enthusiasm will be motivational to others and your good written and verbal communication will complement your good organisational skills.  IT literacy is essential as is knowledge of local cycling and walking infrastructure.  Experience of ride/walk leader standards will be an advantage. You will also be committed to active travel and the promotion of sustainable transport. 

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Thursday 19 December 2019.  Interviews will take place in Stockton on Tuesday 7 January 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.  We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

Salary: £32,850 pro rata (£16,425 per annum)

Part-time: 3 days a week

This highly respected university are looking for a communications professional to join their development team on a part-time basis on a 6 month FTC.

Within this role you can look forward to working closely with your colleagues in the development team to bring additional copywriting capacity. You can look forward to undertaking a wide range of tasks writing fundraising proposals, contributing to promotional materials writing case studies and preparing donor reports. You can look forward to managing their online library of proposals and case studies and help to draft news stories to highlight the impact of philanthropy for the university. You will also contribute content for articles for their monthly newsletter.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced copywriter/content professional
• Have a strong writing ability
• Have a strong stakeholder engagement ability
• Be available in the New Year

If you would like to hear more about this role, then please contact Toby Roberts on the MarComms and Digital team here at TPP Recruitment.

Location: Southwark, London

Position: Family Support Coordinator - Bump to Babe

Hours: 30 hours per week

Contract type: Fixed term for 1 year - maternity cover

Salary: £24,174 - £25,951 (plus £3,470 London weighting) pro-rata

Start time: January 2020

Application deadline: Thursday 12th December at 5pm. Interviews will take place on 18th December.

About us

Home-Start Southwark has been providing targeted early intervention for vulnerable children and families for the past 24 years.  Our team of Coordinators recruit, train and support volunteers from the local community who help families to build on their strengths and increase their potential to make changes to improve their lives.

About the role

This is an exciting role where you will be able to work closely with our fabulous volunteers to deliver professional peer support for struggling families. You will also work directly with families with a range of complex needs to support them to achieve the best outcomes they can. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to continue the development of our Bump to Babe project that supports women through the perinatal period via one to one support and within targeted group activities.

About You

• You will have experience of implementing early intervention and prevention strategies with children & families
• You are skilled in building strong relationships with parents, volunteers and multi-agency partners
• It is desirable you have experience of delivering evidenced-based parenting programmes
• You are able to work proactively with volunteers supporting their practice and enabling their development
• You are accountable and responsible, always doing what you say you will do to high standards
• You are determined, resourceful and confident to deliver the best outcomes for children & families

How to Apply

To apply, please read the guidance for applicants and complete the application form.

Our ambition is to continue to develop outstanding services that meet the needs of our community; if you want to be part of our future, we would love to meet you to discuss this further.

To find out more about this role: Please see the full job description and application form.

To find out more about Home-Start Southwark: Please see our website.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity: Please call our Home-Start Southwark office and ask to speak to Juliet.

Home-Start is committed to safe recruitment as an important part of safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults. Home-Start is committed to Equal Opportunities.

Creative Support is one of the largest, national not-for-profit providers of care and support services.

We are looking for a highly motivated Project Manager to manage a person-centred supported living service in Camden that supports 5 male service users with a learning disability within a high quality community based service.

You must be warm, caring and totally committed to providing high quality, active support which enables people to lead fulfilling lives. You will have previous management or supervisory experience gained in a similar setting and will be a great role model for our staff. You will embrace the opportunity to combine leadership and management with holistic, personalised support, including the provision of dignified personal care. Your role will include:

• Assisting the Area Manager in ensuring that the service meets and surpasses CQC standards and the contract specification.

• Collaborating effectively with service users, their families, friends and professional colleagues to maximise client outcomes.

• Working with service users’ to attain new daily living skills and build on existing ones.

• Supervising a team of around 5 staff members.

Our services enjoy an excellent reputation within Camden and are based in a lively North London location. We enjoy excellent relationships with the multi-disciplinary team and partner agencies. Our hard working staff are committed and well-motivated whilst our local management team is mutually supportive.

You will be expected to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service. This will include working early mornings, late evenings, weekends and bank holidays on a rota system. The service provides 280 commissioned support hours a week at present.

Creative Support is committed to your professional development and offers on-going training and the opportunity to undertake a Diploma in Health & Social Care (Level 4 or 5) and other practitioner/leadership training. We would be delighted to hear from you.

We are looking for someone to deliver our vibrant and exciting society provision at Kingston University, as well as leading and developing brand new opportunities within academic societies and supporting our commuter student experience.  As Societies Development Coordinator, you will be responsible for coordinating administration and financial support to our 90+ thriving societies and enable them to deliver their events and activities across the year. You will also be responsible for developing our group of academic societies so that we can increase the amount of students we are engaging with, from the variety of academic courses available at Kingston.

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about societies and extra-curricular activities and the positive benefit it has on students and the student experience. The ideal candidate will be someone with a strong attention to detail, who is excellent with people and has superb customer service skills, someone who is extremely organized and can understand how to manage multiple projects effectively.

We aren’t looking for someone with years of experience but who has an understanding of how to work in a fast paced, dynamic organisation and understands what it takes to make a vibrant and exciting student experience for Kingston Students. The Societies Development Coordinator will have an excellent knowledge of current themes and issues within Higher Education and students’ unions and has the ability to proactively support sabbatical officers and students to create and develop an outstanding societies provision for Kingston University.

More info can be found on the Union of Kingston Students website where you will find the job pack and application form. Please click 'apply' to take you there.

This is a new and exciting management role which sits between the Reprieve casework team and the development and outreach and finance teams. You will be responsible for managing the delivery and administration of a European Commission funded, 1.35 million euro, multi-country and multi-partner project focused on restricting the use of the death penalty in the Middle East and North Africa. You will also help coordinate the delivery of other complex projects relating to the Middle East and North Africa death penalty work. Depending on your skills and experience, you may also lead coordination of our casework engagement with the UN.

This is a three year, full time post. For full details please see the job description or visit our website.

My client is a European organisation that provides funding to a wide range of enterprises and businesses across the continent. In order to fast track the identification of key initiatives, they had recently invested in the development of a new portfolio approach to their work.

This role will form a key part in embedding this new methodology including owning documentation, developing and implementing new processes and monitoring progress against pre-determined milestones. Responsible for co-ordinating with a range of internal teams including PMO, operations, evaluation and learning and event management, the post holder will support reporting progress to the Executive Board.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in project management, in particular experience of co-ordinating multiple work streams and initiatives. The ability to work with a diverse range of internal stakeholders and an understanding of event management is also key.

At Depaul UK we are currently have an exciting opportunity for a Nightstop Coordinator to come and join our Manchester team. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £20,859 per annum pro rata + pension and other benefits.

Depaul UK delivers a range of support and housing services around the UK for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We provide services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training & volunteering. We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

In return as our Nightstop Coordinator, we can offer you:

- A friendly, flexible and values-led organisation

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual holiday, including bank holidays pro rata

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

The Nightstop Coordinator role:

The Nightstop Coordinator role is a busy and varied role that involves recruiting, training and managing volunteers, promoting the service to key stakeholders, and supporting young people and vulnerable adults directly. It will include being part of a team delivering an assessment and support service that enables vulnerable and homeless people to access emergency accommodation in the homes of trained and approved volunteers.

What makes this role exciting?

- An opportunity to support vulnerable persons and make a difference in their lives

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

What will ideally support your success in the Nightstop Coordinator role?

- Experience of supervising or supporting volunteers or staff

- Experience of writing, implementing and evaluating Risk Assessments and Support Plans

- Understanding of current legislation that impacts on guests’ access to suitable long-term accommodation

- Experience of selling or marketing a product or service

- Able to demonstrate clear understanding of safeguarding requirements and procedures, following them through to conclusion

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Nightstop Coordinator then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date: We will be reviewing and interviewing on a rolling basis and will close once we’ve received sufficient applications, so we highly recommend you submit your interest as soon as possible. Final deadline date is Thursday 5th December at midday.

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this post. Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

Local Offer Coordinator

Full Time- Permanent Contract 
Salary- Band 1B on Cognus pay scale- £22,636 - £26,406

Full Time Post- 37 Hours

Location: Cognus Denmark Road, Carshalton

Cognus is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that it works with. As such, an offer of employment is subject to safer recruitment practices which includes an enhanced DBS check, two professional references acceptable to Cognus Limited, proof of qualifications, proof of immigration status, proof of personal address and employment history covering 5 years and, fitness to work with children (occupational health assessment). We have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across the organisation.

This post focuses on the development and maintenance of the London Borough of Sutton’s Local Offer and Local Offer website, providing clear and accessible information for children and young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities age 0-25 and their families about the services available to them. If you enjoying working with children and young people, groups and individuals then this may be the role for you.

The successful candidate will have an understanding of the Local Offer, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and be willing to develop their knowledge and successfully complete relevant training.

If you are interested and would like to be considered for this role, please apply providing a copy of your CV and a supporting statement clearly identifying how you meet the competencies detailed in the role description. The deadline for receipt of applications is Tuesday 17th December 2019. Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 6th January 2020.

If you would like an informal discussion about this role please contact Helen Gasparelli, Head of Inclusion - contact details via our website. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join our fast-growing award winning team. Disability Sports Coach are currently recruiting for a Project Officer to be responsible for the delivery of all our services within West London.

Disability Sports Coach is an award winning charity which creates worthwhile sport and physical activity opportunities that have a positive impact on disabled people's lives. We do this by providing coaching, training, events, and community clubs to mainstream schools, special schools, clubs, charities & other professional organisations. Our work empowers disabled adults and children to enjoy happier, healthier lives by providing life-changing opportunities to enjoy regular sport and physical activity.

Reporting to the Partnership Manager, you will support the delivery of all Community Clubs, Coaching, Training and special events in your region. The ideal candidate will be a Level 2 NGB qualified sports coach with a minimum of 2 years’ experience working within disability sports development.

To apply, please follow the link to download the application form. Please note that applications must be made using the application form and applications by CV will not be considered.

The Volunteer Coordinator is a joint appointment between Merstham Community Facility Trust (MCFT) and the Merstham Mix Café (The Mix). The postholder will provide a single point of entry to volunteering at the Merstham Community Hub (the Hub) so as to maximise our ability to support existing and new volunteers and to expand our offer to members of the local community. This will include, for example, creating opportunities through work placements for hard to place individuals (working with mental health charities and probation) and young people from our local special needs secondary school. 

We are keen to ensure that our volunteers have the opportunity to gain new skills and the Volunteer Coordinator will be developing, with appropriate training providers, a suite of accredited and informal qualifications around food and hygiene, IT skills and communication skills, all of which we believe will help our volunteers into paid work should they chose to move on. 

The post is funded, for 3 years, by a grant from The Big Lottery Community Fund. 

WHEN APPLYING PLEASE ENSURE YOU INCLUDE A SUPPORTING STATEMENT, ALONG WITH YOUR CV, DESCRIBING HOW YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POST.

FAILURE TO PROVIDE A SUPPORTING STATEMENT WILL RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION NOT BEING CONSIDERED.

Charity No 1121420

Job Title: Volunteering Co-ordinator

Reports to: Volunteering Manager

Salary: £24k-£26k pro rata

Hours: 22.5 hours a week

Contract: Permanent

Location: 277 London Road, Mitcham, CR4 3NT

The role is based at Age UK Merton’s office with occasional travel throughout the borough. The role will require some evening work for volunteer interviews and induction.

Job summary

The postholder will co-ordinate all aspects of the volunteer journey from recruitment, selection, induction, training and supervision. You will work closely with the Volunteering Manager to deliver the Merton Befriending Service, which provides 1-2-1 support for some of Merton’s most isolated older adults. You will also support volunteer recognition events and produce volunteer communications.

Key responsibilities of the post:

Volunteer co-ordination

1. Deliver best practice volunteer management across all aspects of the volunteer journey – Recruitment, Induction, Training, Retention, Recognition & Exit
2. Work with the Volunteer Manager and Age UK Merton service departments to recruit skilled volunteers to roles across the organisation
3. Write-up create role descriptions for all volunteer positions across the charity
4. Deliver clear, informative and comprehensive induction processes for new volunteers
5. Support a programme of ongoing training to enhance volunteers’ skills and knowledge
6. Support retention processes through supervision, feedback and ongoing dialogue with volunteers
7. With the Volunteering Manager, develop meaningful recognition opportunities through local, national awards, events and regular communications
8. Deliver the administration of the volunteer journey, including checking applications, obtaining references and overseeing Disclosure and Barring Service checks. At all times ensuring that volunteer records are kept within Age UK Merton’s data protection policy.
9. Capture volunteering data to monitor and evaluate of the impact of volunteering for the organisation and producing reports as required for CEO, Trustees and funders.
10. As above to maintain Age UK Merton’s volunteering database in relation to the role and undertaking any other administrative duties as necessary.

Befriending

1. Conduct home visits to assess clients’ needs and build understanding of their requirements
2. With the Volunteering Manager, match volunteers with compatible service users
3. Provide volunteer support sessions, offering on-going training and support ensuring that volunteers have an excellent volunteering experience
4. Support the collection of quantitative and qualitative data
5. Maintain strong working links with partners to ensure a cohesive approach and smooth working of the partnership to deliver the outputs and outcomes required
6. Manage promotion of the service to outside agencies, especially any groups underrepresented on project outputs

How to apply

You can apply electronically, by submitting your CV and Personal Statement as relevant to the role, which can be returned to us by email or by post.

Please ensure that your supporting statement demonstrates how your experience‚ skills and abilities meet the selection criteria set out in the Job Description and Person Specification.  These can be found in the next section of this pack.

Failure to complete a suitable Personal Statement will result in your application being rejected, please do not just submit CVs.

Please also ensure you complete the equal opportunities monitoring section at the end of your application form.

Please inform us of any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you through our recruitment process.

Completed applications should be returned to us by 12 noon 13 December 2019.

Interview Process

Interviews will take place on Monday 16 or Tuesday 17 December. We will contact you as soon as possible after the closing date to let you know what the interview process will entail.

Beechwood Cancer Care, a charity based in Stockport, Greater Manchester is looking to recruit a Volunteer Coordinator at an exciting time as the charity approaches its 30th anniversary year in 2020. We’re looking for a personable and proactive individual to develop, evaluate and manage volunteer programmes to ensure the volunteering role is rewarding for individuals and for the charity.

Travel across the borough and Greater Manchester will be required in accordance with the duties of the role, e.g. visits to Beechwood Charity Shops, local events, meetings

HOURS: Full-time (part-time considered, min 30hrs/wk)

HOW TO APPLY: If you have the skills, we’d like to hear from you. Please email for an application form.

CLOSING DATE: All application forms to have been returned by Monday 30 December 2019

Nature of the Role:

The Volunteer Coordinator will develop and implement a sustainable cohort of volunteers to support the delivery of the Charity’s core objectives to support those affected by cancer and other life-limiting illnesses.

The Volunteer Coordinator will report to the Fundraising Manager and work closely with other departmental managers. You will implement a cohesive volunteer infrastructure of engaged and motivated volunteers across key business functions.

You will implement a core Volunteer Training Programme to support volunteer roles, development and paid employment opportunities.

Main Duties:

Develop and implement systems and procedures to engage new volunteers into the Charity and to retain relevant information in accordance with guidelines

Implement a sustainable volunteering function which will be ‘future fit’ and meet ‘best practice standards’ as the Charity moves into its 30th anniversary year

Proactively promote and offer advice and information to external organisations on corporate/occasional volunteering

Develop, encourage and co-ordinate a diverse volunteer function, with a specific focus on good communication pathways, recruitment & retention, induction, volunteer training, mentorships, progression pathways

Develop and implement Volunteer Role Profiles, Volunteer Information Packs

Implement volunteer bi-annual reviews

Liaise with the Charity’s department leads to understand what volunteer support is required for each specialism

Ensure all volunteers can undertake the role they will be assigned to and/or put in place core and role specific training to achieve this

Identify, ensure and enable volunteers to access online and face to face training

Ensure the contribution of volunteers and the impact of their support is recognised through reward and recognition activities and in an engaging and creative manner

Organise and attend profile-raising events to attract new volunteers

Attend and proactively participate in external networks and associated meetings to ensure Beechwood is up to date with the national volunteering movement

Attend and represent the Charity at in-house and local community events, to promote the Charity and to promote volunteering and engagement

Administration:

Implement robust systems and processes for the volunteer function

Maintain an up-to-date volunteer database

Interview, screen and attend to all core volunteer administration

Coordinate and facilitate volunteer and service user engagement forums

Be knowledgeable of and remain up to date with key legislation and policy related to volunteering

Prepare monthly summaries for the management team

Monitor and approve the reimbursement of expenses

Person Specification: – Essential

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills (written and verbal)

• Excellent IT skills – to present data via Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF

• Excellent administrative skills and record keeping skills

• Personable and friendly – skilled at building strong and diverse relationships

• Experience of coordinating projects and volunteers (paid or unpaid)

• Ability to demonstrate empathy with volunteers and an understanding of their needs

• Ability to inspire and motivate others

• Ability to deal with information in a confidential manner and respond with sensitivity

• Experience of working across different sectors and agencies

• Flexible and non-judgemental approach to people and work

• An understanding of the sector and the challenges it faces

• Accountable and responsible, always doing what you say you will do to high standards

• Willingness to work outside of regular office hours occasionally and to attend/facilitate volunteer and fundraising events

• A full, clean driving licence and use of a car

Desirable:

• Line management and/or coordination experience

• Senior/high level administrative experience and skills

• Experience of working within dispersed and diverse groups

• Experience of project management

• Good working knowledge of social media platforms and an ability to utilise to engage with stakeholders, both existing and potential

Qualifications/Equivalent Experience:

Senior administration &/or direct volunteer coordination experience

Degree or alternative qualification/experience in relevant area e.g. business and management studies, youth and community work, project management, volunteering