About us

We are a national charity offering information and support to anyone affected by neurological problems. Alongside our well-regarded Helpline and information resources, we are establishing a peer support offer. We believe that peer support services, managed well, can make a significant impact on people’s wellbeing. Having initiated and piloted an online approach, we are committing to building peer support as a core element of our support offer for people with neurological conditions.

About the role

In this role you’ll take the lead on embedding peer support services in the charity, helping us to deliver on our goal of a volunteer-led but centrally-coordinated support offer. You will collaborate with a dedicated group of staff and volunteers, including a peer support officer and a creative self-management practitioner, to progress individual projects as well defining and developing the overall offer. More detail on the structure of our peer support team is available along with the job description.

You’ll hold a view across all of our peer support services, and your primary goal will be to establish a network of trained peer support facilitators. You’ll find interesting and innovative ways to harness the power of personal experiences to support and inspire others. And you’ll monitor performance and evaluate the effectiveness of our offer, with the aim of securing the offer into the longer term.

Specifically, we will ask you to:

• Take responsibility for a roll-out plan incorporating multiple peer support channels – including (but not limited to) online video chats, online forums, and supported self-management activity.
• Recruit, develop and support a network of peer facilitators to operate across our peer support channels, providing training and updates through the year.
• Take responsibility for promotion of our services, as well as recruitment and coordination of participants, through social media and other routes.
• Where required, participate in group sessions or moderate discussions, either to initiate a new topic, to manage a facilitator’s absence, or to monitor performance.
• Set key performance indicators and evaluation measures to ensure intended reach and impact, and to make the case for continued long-term funding.
• Develop and manage key messages about our peer support offer and associated activities, as a subset of wider corporate communications.
• Manage core documentation including the Facilitators and Moderators Handbooks, evaluation framework, and associated policies and process descriptions.
• Ensure that participants’ data is processed in line with internal privacy policies and in compliance with data protection regulations.
• At all times, ensure that robust safeguarding procedures are in place to ensure the safety of participants, facilitators, or anyone involved in peer support groups.
• Identify and promote opportunities for wider participation in our activities, such as acting as a case study, speaking or exhibiting at events etc.
• Identify opportunities to enhance or improve our peer support offer, eg development of face to face groups, condition-specific groups or one-to-one befriending.
• Collaborate with internal teams, volunteers (eg our Facebook group moderators) and other partners to develop a coordinated approach to monitoring/evaluation of support services across the charity’s activities.

About you

Ideally, you’ll come into the role with experience of coordinating peer support services, including through digital channels. You’ll have a background in volunteer management, or significant experience supporting volunteers. In addition to this, you’ll bring:

• Experience of developing and improving services to grow their reach and impact
• Active listening skills, and the ability to establish trust and confidence in people sharing their stories
• Strong facilitation skills and ability to manage group discussions
• Awareness of neurological conditions and their effects on people’s day to day lives and wellbeing
• Knowledge of data protection and online safeguarding
• Knowledge of project management tools and techniques
• Experience with performance measurement and evaluation techniques
• Ability to identify and communicate key messages, and to adapt these for various audiences
• Ability and confidence to build strong relationships and productive partnerships
• Experience with online conferencing tools, in particular Zoom and Microsoft Teams
• Familiarity with customer relationship management (CRM) systems such as Salesforce
• Proven administration, multi-tasking, prioritising and organisational skills
• Experience working with health/care services or charities would be beneficial

We’re interested to hear from you if you can show that you have empathy for, and sensitivity to, people’s personal experiences. We need the people who work with us to be committed to supporting and improving the lives of people with neurological problems. This kind of work may need you to work some unsocial hours where necessary, but this would only be occasional and with advance notice.

How to apply

If you think you’re right for the post, we’d love to hear from you. To apply, please email us with a one-page letter and a 2-page max CV, by 9am on 7 December.

We will be holding first round interviews in the week beginning 14 December. All candidates shortlisted for the first round will hear by 10 December.

As this role involves contact with vulnerable adults, it will be subject to a DBS or equivalent check.

Please note that we will not be able to notify candidates who have not been shortlisted. 

The Vacancy

Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of race, age, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.

The Role

We are delighted that you are interested in the role of Regional Coordinator with Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF). This is an exciting time to join our team, as we work through a significant period of development and growth.

Pulmonary fibrosis refers to a specific group of lung diseases thought to be affecting around 70,000 people in the UK. The nature of these diseases all cause hardening and scarring of the lungs, preventing the transfer of oxygen into the bloodstream. The debilitating nature of these diseases has a devastating impact on quality of life and life expectancy.

Pulmonary Fibrosis affects every area of family life. As people become increasingly breathless their need for physical and emotional support becomes greater. Yet there is very little dedicated support available to patients and families. We are determined to change that.

Since APF was set up as a charity in 2013 we have established ourselves as a respected and influential charity. We have grown in impact and scale and our agreed Strategic Plan for 2019-2024 sets out our direction for the coming years.

Support groups form a key part of this. With 75 PF support groups around the UK, reaching 3,000 people, that’s a great start. Now we’re reaching out to 30,000 people who need one.

Patients and families tell us that peer support helps to overcome the fear and isolation that comes with a diagnosis, by providing a warm welcome, information and shared understanding with others who know what they are going through. We are committed to increasing the number and quality of support groups to reach out to more people with PF, particularly through the new challenges and increased risk of isolation brought by Covid-19.

The Regional Support Coordinators are pivotal in enabling this. You’ll help support groups to increase their reach and impact, so they confidently attract new members and raise awareness of pulmonary fibrosis in their area. You’ll help to develop new groups and inspire a network of regional volunteers to raise awareness and support. You’ll develop excellent relationships with health professionals and ways to engage, listen and share the views of PF patients and carers, digitally and, post-Covid, face-to-face, to help shape the future of APF, raise awareness and funding, and ensure that everyone’s voice is heard.

We are a collaborative, hard-working and fun team, with lots of mutual respect and support to reach our goals. In your role you’ll need to demonstrate care and compassion, flexibility and be solution focused. If you believe you have the experience, skills and qualities we are looking for, we very much look forward to hearing from you!

Peer Aid is recruiting!

Opportunity to join this exciting new service as a Peer Aid Co-ordinator. Peer Aid provides integrated peer support within the National Gambling Treatment Service.

Please refer to attached Job Pack. Please send queries, completed application forms and CV's to Matt Blanks, Service Manager

Thank you 

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.

Do you work well in a team and believe in the social model of disability?  Can you build and sustain relationships with customers based on mutuality and peer support?  Do you enjoy managing a varied caseload of people and working in a person centred and empowering way?  Then this could be the role you’re looking for.

We are looking to employ a passionate, motivated individual with excellent communication and people skills to join our Touchpoint Team as one of two Touchpoint Peer Workers. Launched in October 2018, Touchpoint supports people experiencing any form of disability in Barnet to access the services and resources they need so they can live the life they want to live.

As a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation, we aim to work with people as equal partners to support positive change.  You will have your own lived experience of disability, a long term condition or mental health issues, and be able to use the knowledge this brings you to empower other people overcome the barriers they’re facing.

You may have experience in a related role, perhaps in the advice or advocacy sector, but you may come from a different sector, bringing a host of transferable skills.

The role is 35 hours a week. Currently it involves a mixture of home working (due to COVID) and office working from our modern, open plan office in Barnet and Southgate College, Colindale.  The successful candidate will enjoy working in a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation with an enthusiastic and friendly team of colleagues.

To apply, send your CV plus a detailed covering letter explaining how you would use your own lived experience of disability or a long term condition or mental health issue to provide meaningful peer support.

6 month contract, with the possibility of renewal subject to funding.  The successful candidate will need to undergo a DBS check. 

Inclusion Barnet is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) number 1158632.

Manchester Mind believes that everyone has value, something to offer, and that everyone deserves to be supported in their mental health needs and we have a part to play in that.

We do this by providing a range of services across Manchester to young people and adults. A valuable part of this work has been the provision of services to children and young people from our offices in Levenshulme. The holistic mix of services delivered includes advice, volunteering, mentoring, peer support and counselling. An important part of this work is enabling young people to be involved in all aspects of the services, from design and development to delivery.

Our work is guided by our values of:

Openness  |  Belonging  |  Strength  |  Collaboration

The Peer-Led Services Team Leader is a key role in ensuring that young people are involved in a meaningful way that leads to feeling accepted, understood and able to contribute, and to improved mental health outcomes.

We would like to work with someone who is experienced, dynamic and passionate about being able to develop this element of our service for children and young people.

Position: Peer-Led Service Team Leader (Maternity Cover)

Salary: £29,636

Hours: 35 hours per week

Funding guaranteed until the end of June 2021

The skills and knowledge that are important to us are:

• Being able to work in an open, supportive and collaborative way.
• Experience of working with young people.
• Experience of working with and developing volunteering services.

You can download the application documents from alongside this listing, or from the Vacancies page of the Manchester Mind website. All applications must be received by 9am, Monday 21st December 2020. Interviews will take place in the New Year.

Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services, or had experience of volunteering.

Part Time (17.5 hrs p/w) - Fixed Term Contract 12 months

Stamford Hill Estate Community Centre

Ref: PCO-201

Are you a proactive, driven and compassionate individual with excellent motivational skills? If so then join St Giles as a Pantry Coordinator and you will be embarking on a highly rewarding and career-enhancing position.

About us

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

This exciting opportunity will be based at the St Giles Food pantry, which is located in Stamford Hill Estate Community Centre and works alongside Southern Housing Association serving the communities around Stamford Hill Estate, providing a positive way of supporting those on low incomes. The aim of the Pantry is to help tackle poor diet and overcome health inequalities, by enabling tenants, and those low-income families, through a membership scheme to purchase surplus food at heavily subsidized prices

About the role

As the Pantry Co-Ordinator you will supervise and work in conjunction with volunteer Peer Advisors to provide support to families for up to 6 months, who are based in Stamford Hill Estate and surrounding areas. You will be responsible for the project achieving its overall purpose and key goals which will include but not limited to: managing the day to day pantry, carry out daily and weekly stock checks and re-order, building and managing a team of volunteers and assisting customers to choose their shopping items and to complete simple forms.

To secure this great opportunity:

• Self-motivated and ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Empathy and ability to work with a diverse range of people in an inclusive and proactive way
• Ability to lead, motivate, train and support volunteers
• Have previous experience of working within a retail and customer-facing role
• Have a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
• You must have Knowledge of and commitment to safeguarding practices and policies, and an ability to promote safeguarding among vulnerable clients and colleagues

In return you can expect a competitive salary and generous leave allowance; staff pension scheme, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice & counselling service, season ticket loan, access to clinical supervisions and much more besides.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing date: 11pm Thursday 17th December  Interviews: Tuesday 22 December (interviews likely to be held via video)

Location: Haringey 

Salary: £29,500 - £32,000 per annum 

Hours: Part Time  (15 hours per week) 

Contract: 12 month fixed term contract 

Vacancy Reference: SWA3017

Closing Date: 15th December 2020

Interview Date: 21st December 2020

Solace Women’s Aid is an innovative, exciting, grassroots charity working across London. Our purpose is to bring to an end the harm done through domestic and sexual violence to all survivors, and in particular women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

You will be joining a team of committed and inspiring individuals whose dedication has saved the lives of thousands of women, men and children in the capital. We are looking for friendly and diligent individuals to join our services and help us make a difference.

About the Service

The project will work with a range of women survivors of domestic abuse, including women with no recourse to public funds, supporting them through work readiness and into employment.

COVID-19 has disproportionately affected women in terms of furlough and proposed. The project will include provision of more online and appropriately social-distanced working.

All of the work will be underpinned by holistic support for domestic abuse, developing both support for the women in terms of employment, the creation of a peer support program but also deepening partnerships between organisations to facilitate employment and training opportunities.

About the Role

As a Haringey Peer Mentor Co-ordinator you will:

• Provide holistic support including employment and training opportunities to survivors of domestic abuse 

• Develop and provide the peer mentor strand of the Haringey Employment Project, including training and supervision of the peer mentors

• Recruit, develop and provide peer mentors with support, creating longer term employment goals

• Identify and create effective partnerships with a variety of local organisations including recruitment agencies, colleges, employers, DWP and local community services

• Attend case review meetings, including MARAC where appropriate 

• Work closely with the Haringey Employment Navigator to recruit peer workers to maintain and create employment opportunities for survivors of domestic abuse

• Contribute to collation, monitoring and evidence of service outcomes to ensure coherent target are met

• Champion Solace’s Equality and Diversity and ensuring human rights and equality is the centre of your work

• Be a voice for service user feedback, delivery and shape future development.

About You

If you demonstrate commitment, innovation, passion, non-judgemental and collaboration, you’ll thrive in our diverse feminist team of professional women. 

Ideal candidates will:

• Have a sound understanding of practical, emotional, social and economic issues affecting survivors of domestic and sexual abuse.

• Have a proven track record of employing and supervising volunteers or peer support workers including some delivery of employment and skills training workshops 

• Have in depth knowledge and confidentially advising on a range of options including safe housing, criminal justice, civil remedies, income maximisation and employment & training

• Have sound knowledge of adult and children safeguarding

• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Have a sensitive and non-judgemental approach when working with vulnerable clients

• Be experienced in risk assessment, management and safety planning

• Have the ability to have enhanced DBS

In return, we offer great employee benefits including three per cent employer pension contribution, generous holiday entitlement and a focus on learning and development.

Mind in Brent, Wandsworth and Westminster are looking for a team of Activity Coordinators to join our new Floating Support service in Wandsworth.

Reporting to the Support Lead in the new team, Activity Coordinators will have a caseload of service users living in the borough of Wandsworth. You will be working with these service users to enhance their daily living skills so that they can live independently in the community. You will also be working on developing support plans and risk assessments and working with other service providers and health agencies involved in their care. This is a great entry level opportunity for people who want to work with vulnerable adults and make a difference to their communities.

We are a friendly and growing charity that is passionate about delivering services to improve people’s mental health. Whilst experience is not essential, you will be committed to improving well-being and having a positive impact on people’s lives, impacts that can be demonstrated through practical outcomes.

Please email your completed application to the email address provided on the application form as we do not accept CVs.

Application Deadline: 11:00am Wednesday 16th December 2020

City & Hackney Carers seek a warm and experienced individual to coordinate our Parent Carer Support Service. The postholder is responsible for supporting carers of children with additional needs, providing emotional support, advice and information on welfare benefit entitlements and facilitating peer support and information groups. The post involves home working with travel to and from meetings in Hackney and the wider London area as needed.

This service is supported by the Mercer’s Charitable Foundation and London Catalyst

Purpose

THET is an international health charity which sits at the heart of a network of UK institutions working with partners in Africa and Asia. These include hospitals, professional bodies, diaspora-led community groups and small charities. Together, we are very actively responding to the direct and indirect challenges of COVID-19.

THET is now looking to broaden and develop this network by strengthening the capacity of UK institutions to engage in global health work. We will do this by developing and delivering a comprehensive capacity development programme, using participatory workshops and online tools and resources. The programme will deliver demonstrable improvements against quality assured standards, of the capacities of participating organisations, their partners and beneficiaries.

The Training Coordinator will drive this work, drawing on their own expertise in capacity building and online training, supported by THET’s Policy and Learning, External Engagement and Grants Management Teams.

The successful candidate will be joining THET at an exciting period of growth for the charity as we seek to capitalise on renewed UK Government support for this approach.

About THET

Today, one billion people will never see a qualified health worker in their lives. 

Since 1988, THET has been working to change this. From reducing maternal deaths in Uganda to improving the quality of hospital care for injured children in Myanmar, we work to strengthen local health systems and build a healthier future for all. 

We do this by leveraging the expertise and energy of the UK health community, supporting Health Partnerships between NHS institutions, Royal Colleges and academic institutions in the UK and those overseas.

In the past ten years THET has reached over 100,000 health workers across 31 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia in partnership with over 130 UK institutions.

You can learn more about our work on our website.

Accountability and working relationships

This role will report to the Policy and Learning Manager but work very closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning(MEL) Adviser, Grants Officers and colleagues in the External Engagement Team.

Main responsibilities

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1. Assisting in the development and delivery of a strategy to effectively engage UK institutions with the potential to engage in global health activity by working closely with the Policy and Learning Manager including:

• Identifying and engaging with external stakeholders who could benefit from capacity building support
• Develop call for proposal documents

2. Lead on the development of capacity development project tools in partnership with the Policy and Learning and Grants Management teams, including:

• Create an online syllabus and effectively and efficiently manage online training courses
• Develop learning materials which we will be delivered through online training
• Call for proposal  documents that will solicit applicants to support development of webinars

3. Deliver online training to UK institutions

• Lead on delivery of online training in conjunction with Health Partnerships using online learning sets
• Work with the External Engagement team on the use of digital platforms and integrating online learning materials

4.Facilitate virtual networking and peer to peer support

• Create an atmosphere that promotes the development of a sense of community among participants
• Effectively use selected technology to support online learning, helping participants identify and use appropriate learning techniques and identify strengths and areas of needed improvement
• Facilitate networking events for UK institutions
• Develop reciprocity and cooperation among participants which encourages peer to peer support    

Person specification

 Qualifications 

• Degree level (Essential)

• Qualification in education and/or training( Desirable) 

 Experience

• Developing and delivering capacity development initiatives and training (Essential)
• Confidence using digital communications (Essential)

• Experience of contributing to a Health Partnership / links programme (Desirable)
• Experience of global health and international development (Desirable)
• Knowledge of the UK health community (Desirable)

Knowledge

• Training and education experience (Essential)
• Health Partnerships (Essential)

Skills & Abilities

• Training skills(Essential)
• Digital Communication skills (Essential)
• Communication skills (Essential)
• Ability to assimilate information (Essential)
• Teamworking skills - collaborative (Essential)
• Cultural awareness (Essential)
• Adaptability (Essential)
• Self-starter (Essential)

The full Job specification is  also attached

To apply for this role please send your CV and a cover letter  by midnight 7th December.

Interviews will take place in the week commencing 14th December. THET is an equal opportunities employer.

This post is UK based. Non-EC nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK. 

Richmond Borough Mind is a vibrant local charity that has been supporting and providing services for adults affected by mental health problems and their carers for over 60 years. 

Our out of hours crisis service, Journey Recovery Hub, has been running since December 2019. The service provides support to those suffering from mental health problems, aiming to prevent escalation, reduce isolation, increase independence and self-management and improve mental health and wellbeing.

We are looking for an individual who is a highly motivated team coordinator, with knowledge and experience of supporting vulnerable adults and using the recovery approach in service provision.

The successful applicant will have clear project management skills to support our flexible approach to delivering crisis interventions moving forwards.  You will also be a motivating and inspirational leader, and be skilled at encouraging and supporting your team of staff and volunteers to deliver effective person centred support for our clients.  You will be enthusiastic and self-motivated, and must be able to work on your own initiative. 

You will be required to work across both Hubs locations and/or remotely, over evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays if/and when required.

Richmond Borough Mind values diversity and difference.  We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly individuals with lived experience of mental health problems.

Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS

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**

Summary

In 2021 we are launching a new project called Together Versus Arthritis. Together Versus Arthritis will pilot ways of helping Versus Arthritis to reach more people, create new local peer-support groups, bring in new local insight, raise awareness, fundraise, campaign and to network people we are engaged with together in local areas.

One of our 6 pilot sites across the UK is Haverfordwest and we are looking for an organised and enthusiastic individual with strong networking skills, This new, exciting position is for someone who is self-motivated, has experience in volunteer support and a good understanding of Haverfordwest.

This is a great opportunity to make your mark in a dynamic and evolving charity and to make a positive impact on the lives of people with arthritis in Haverfordwest.

About the role

This is an 18month Fixed Term Contract

Travel: Frequent travel within Haverfordwest. Occasional travel to our offices in Chesterfield and London

The role sits within the England team but is a key part of a broader Together Versus Arthritis team, working with colleagues across the UK and all Directorates to make the project a success.

You will be responsible for building strong, positive relationships with people with arthritis, our existing volunteers, community and voluntary organisations and health and social care partners in the city. You will work closely with other teams to identify, recruit, train and support volunteers.

You will have the opportunity to develop and shape our work in Haverfordwest and play a key role in helping us to understand what works and doesn't work during the pilot phase. This vital information will help shape the future of our local delivery.

Key requirements

Our ideal candidate will be someone who has excellent interpersonal and communication skills, can lead and motivate people and has:

· Significant experience of identifying, recruiting and supporting volunteers

· Experience of working collaboratively with external partners

· Proven experience in developing and managing relationships with diverse communities.

· Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to structure your days and manage competing priorities

· Motivation, with the ability to work on your own initiative and be adaptable to change

How to apply: please click on the 'Apply on Website' button to access the full application details.

Email your completed application by 12 noon on Thursday, 10th December 2020