Family Support Coordinator, Full-time, £29,388 per annum (including London weighting), Ealing- Fixed term to end of September 2021

We are seeking to recruit a Family Support Coordinator with strong project management, volunteer management and family support skills to develop and monitor a ‘whole family approach’ project in Ealing.  The project will provide support to families who have at least one child aged 5-10 years old through a volunteer workforce. Families from low socio-economic groups will be supported to cope with family life and the challenges they face with the ultimate aim of becoming more physically active together.

The successful candidate will have experience in the recruitment, training and ongoing management of volunteers and knowledge of the role of volunteers in community projects. Initiative and excellent communication, organisational and administrative skills are essential, together with experience of providing targeted help to families through the collection of data and use of assessment and monitoring tools

The ability to listen with empathy as well as having a high standard of written and verbal communication and presentation skills are essential.  Commitment to safeguarding vulnerable adults and children, as well as commitment to equal opportunities principles and practice are also required. Comprehensive knowledge of local agencies, networks and partnerships within the area of family support is desirable.

The post involves working in the community in Ealing with some work from home so a suitable home working environment is essential. Regular travel around the Ealing area will be required

Family Lives offers an annual leave entitlement of 27-30 days per annum, depending on length of service, a contributory pension scheme and an excellent work-life balance.

Please visit our website to obtain the job description, full person specification, application form and guidance. Please note that we only accept application forms, which need to be returned by email or by post. CVs will not be accepted

Closing date:  Sunday, 8th March 2020

Interview date: Wednesday, 18th March 2020

Join our award-winning Youth Empowerment team at the pioneering Cambridge House charity. 

The Youth Empowerment Coordinator will provide long-term, holistic support to at-risk 16-21-year olds living in Southwark and surrounding boroughs.

Through the delivery of weekly group workshops, personal mentoring, liaising and referring to specialist services, providing employment and life skills support, and facilitating trips and events, the Youth Empowerment Coordinator will help young people to find out what they want in life, overcome barriers, and support them to achieve their goals.

You will need to be confident working one-to-one with young people as well as delivering group workshops and activities over a range of topics. Using your initiative, you will be able to engage participants, adapt to their individual support needs and nurture their development, health and wellbeing.

Strong organisational skills are required in this multifaceted role and the post-holder must be reliable and patient, with the ability to build trust and establish positive working relationships.

Working as part of a newly expanding team, your contribution will be pivotal to the ongoing evaluation and development of the project.

Our ideal candidate will have previous relevant experience (in a paid or voluntary capacity) and:

• Be positive, enthusiastic and friendly
• Be self-motivated
• Share our commitment to our vision of a society without poverty where all people are valued, treated equally and lead fulfilling and productive lives

As an organisation we are particularly keen to ensure that our staff reflect the diverse nature of the community in which we work.

We value diversity and warmly welcome applications from disabled people, the LGBTQ+ communities and people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

We are a Disability Confident employer and will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by person specification.

To apply, email your CV and cover letter (see Recruitment Pack attached)

About FareShare

FareShare now operates 21 Regional Centres around the UK. The majority of these are run by local charitable organisations we call our Delivery Partners. This enables us to be a UK-wide organisation yet also think and behave with local concerns at the heart of our actions. We support 10,943 local charities and groups – our Community Food Members and Associates. Over the past year 19,519 tonnes of food were redistributed by FareShare Regional Centres and FareShare Go nationwide, our charity network serves 924,000 people every week. In 2018 our impact was felt in at least 1,960 towns, cities and villages, helping UK charities and community groups avoid costs of more than £33m and delivering over £70m value to the UK taxpayer.

About FareShare Go

FareShare and the Irish social enterprise FoodCloud have been working together since 2016 in a partnership designed to help UK retailers address the issue of edible surplus food they may have within their stores. This innovative partnership, known as FareShare Go, brings together a technology platform and FareShare’s knowledge of the UK charity food redistribution market.  Using this App we are connecting charities with edible surplus foods. Initially this scheme has been working with Tesco, with a view to roll this service out to all retailers across the UK & Ireland in the longer term. 

Since launching the scheme last year we have already connected over 7,500 charities with over 2,700 stores.

FareShare is looking for exceptional individuals, with the range of skills that will play a vital role in contributing to the success of this innovative programme.  As part of the FareShare Go team you will work with a range of inspiring individuals who care passionately about our mission, and the communities we serve.

FareShare’s Strategy & Vision

Vision: We have the vision of a UK where "No good food goes to waste".
 
Mission: To use surplus, fit for consumption, food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting front line charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of food poverty.

Our Purpose: We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.

Our Values: Passion for our cause and the challenge that lies ahead

Ambition to go the extra mile and drive the change that must happen

Respect for ourselves, each other, our volunteers, our partners and

our beneficiaries

Collaboration it's only by working with others that we can be stronger

Focus on providing the best service possible so that we deliver and

achieve the most for our clients/customers.

The Role

As Community Coordinator, your role will focus on the growth and sustainability of the FareShare Go programme; through maximising relationships and adding value to create the best experience for our charity community. The successful candidate will be an exceptional communicator, with an approachable nature who will play a vital role in developing and maintaining charity and retailer relationships, plus raising awareness of FareShare Go across your local area.

The Community Coordinator will work across their designated area, with the following key outcomes

● Charity Welcoming and Engagement:  You will carry out Welcome Visits to new charities and be responsible for ensuring that coverage KPIs are reached and maintained for both new and existing retailers.  Using your analysis of charity needs, plus your knowledge of retailer and store profiles, you will use these visits to maximise the offer to charities, ensuring the service meets their requirements.  

● Community Capacity Building:  As part of the Welcome Visit and building relationships with charities, you will seek opportunities to enable and empower charities to increase their capacity and ability to take more food, more often, to ultimately increase the redistribution of surplus food to those in need.

● Sustainability and Compliance: You will work with your Regional Manager and team to identify stores where re-engagement activities are needed to improve charity coverage and charity compliance.  Liaising with the Central Team, you will work to maximise the amount of food collected by charities with lower levels of compliance, providing face to face interventions as necessary.  You will also be responsible for undertaking annual food safety checks within the agreed timeframe. 

● Retailer Engagement: You will play a key role in maintaining strong retailer relationships across your region. You will take an active role in any meet and greets with retailers, where required. Plus you will be responsible for maintaining regular contact with the relevant retail stakeholders in your region, sensitively dealing with any issues in a professional manner, as and when they arise.

● FareShare Network Engagement: We aim to become ‘one FareShare’. These roles are an integral part of our FareShare network and you will partner closely with the Regional Centre(s) in your areas. You will work on joint initiatives which improve and grow the FareShare community, ensuring that charities have access to the FareShare service which best meet their needs.

● Community Engagement: You will work with your regional team to ensure that we are continuing to build and grow the FareShare community.  You will take an active role in leading community events and networking activities, relying on the Central Team to support you in the organisation of these events.

Person Specification

Essential

● Have exceptional relationship building skills with a range of stakeholders

● Be a strong communicator who is able to engage with a variety of audiences.

● Be confident and assertive in handling difficult situations, whilst demonstrating calmness and professionalism

● Demonstrate strong problem solving skills

● Self-manage your own performance and workload.

● Have initiative and innovative thinking, in order to shape new/different ways of working

● Be organised, with a proven track record of achieving quality results.

● Have a proven ability to create links across teams to share best practices.

● Have strong IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office

● Be flexible about your working arrangements as the role may involve high levels of travel to other areas of the UK.

● Have a valid driver’s licence for the UK, access to your own car and undertake extensive travel across your region.

Desirable Criteria

● Level 2/3 Food Safety training is desirable, but training will be provided.

● Have previous experience working with constituent relationship management (CRM) software. Experience using Salesforce is advantageous.

● Some experience in data analysis and project planning is advantageous

● Be degree educated or have a strong career history doing similar roles in any sector.

● Have some experience of training and managing others

Field based*
The expectations for the ‘field based roles’ are = 3 - 4 days working with your teams/retailers/regional centres/CFAs, either at customer or company sites within your region. With 1 - 2 days working from home.

Applicants must be able to drive and have access to a car and need also to submit a cover letter detailing their relevant experience and suitability relating to the job description.

30 hours per week

£25,641 FTE (£21,978 PRO RATA)

CONTRACT: Until 31st March 2021

This is a varied role and requires excellent interpersonal skills and a positive and flexible approach. You will be working collaboratively with the staff team across the organisation to further develop our volunteering programme

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Further developing our volunteering programme;

• Creating and implementing a volunteer recruitment plan;

• Leading on the recruitment of volunteers;

• Staffing promotional stands at events;

• Maintaining volunteer records;

• Monitoring and evaluating activities and writing reports.

Successful candidates will have a good understanding of the needs and issues affecting the independence of older people.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 8am on Wednesday 4th March, Interviews will be held on Friday 13th March. Please apply via application form which can be found on our website - we do not accept CVs.

Application

To make an application, please download the acompanying recruitment pack and submit your CV along with a cover letter in Word format, which explains:

• how you meet each of the areas outlined in the Person Specification outlined in the Recruitment Pack and
• why you are interested in doing this job.

To shortlist for interview, we score people based on whether they have the skills outlined in the person specification and the experience relevant to the role they are applying for.  Please include enough details in your personal statement for us to be able to do this. 

We require that you submit your Covering Letter and CV in Word as we will be conducting a blind recruitment process which means that all names and identifying information will be removed from your application before being presented to the selection panel.

The deadline is 10am Monday 25th February 2020. Please submit directly to the email address stated in the recruitment pack.

Groundswell is seeking an experienced individual, with a track record of supporting people to volunteer and get involved in their communities. As our award winning HHPA programme grows, we need to invest in recruiting new volunteers with lived experience of homelessness and ensure that existing volunteers are properly supported and able to input fully into what we do. 

This role will be responsible for working with partnership organisations across London to develop a recruitment programme, including pre-volunteering workshops to help people explore whether volunteering is a good option for them.  The Volunteer Co-ordinator will also be responsible for making sure that we have the right systems in place to support our volunteers and help them develop within their roles. You will be playing a crucial role in a growing and dynamic charity which is committed inclusive solutions to tackling homelessness.

You will be managed and supported by our Director of Advocacy and will work closely with our Project Managers, the Progression Team and our Training Manager. Your work will also be part of our ongoing project to create people management systems that support individuals with lived experience of homelessness to transition into, and maintain, volunteer and paid roles. You will be based in our office in Brixton. The post will support our work across London but learning from the work will be shared with HHPA projects setting up in other areas.

Interviews

Interviews will be held on Monday 2nd March 2020.  If you have not been notified by this date, then please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Coram, the UK’s oldest children’s charity, is launching a major new heritage programme, Voices Through Time: the story of care, and needs an enthusiastic, skilled team to drive it forward. Coram’s archive is extensive, fascinating and sadly, because of its age, deteriorating. Recognising this, and the archive’s importance to the nation, the National Lottery Heritage Fund has made a four-year grant to enable us to

• digitise and transcribe a major portion of the archive;
• promote our heritage content online;
• match creative partners with care-experienced and looked-after young people in a series of arts projects;
• develop a suite of resources based on these activities, to reach out to others; and
• challenge the misconceptions of care by showcasing young people’s talents and ambitions.

We are now looking to build a team to deliver this project and are looking for individuals who are passionate about young people’s progression as well as, of course, heritage and history.

About the role

The Volunteer Coordinator will establish the Story of Care volunteering programme, recruiting and supporting volunteers in a range roles, including remote volunteering. Experience managing volunteers is essential, as is first-rate communication (at all levels), flexibility and attention to detail.

The post holder will report to the Programme Manager – The Story Centre. The role will involve close liaison with the Archivist, Youth Engagement Coordinator and other partners to ensure a valuable and meaningful experience for those involved.

To apply for this role, please click on the apply button to be redirected to our website.

For more information about the main duties and responsibilities of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.

Closing date: 9am, Friday 28th February 2020

Interview date: Monday 9th March 2020

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

We’re looking for a part time excellent volunteer coordinator to ensure the efficient and effective co-ordination and development of our community centre’s volunteer recruitment, recognition, and impact reporting.

The successful candidate will have at least one full year’s experience in a similar role and be able to demonstrate that they’re appropriately skilled, motivated, and definitely a people-person.

This interesting and rewarding role is ideally suited to a well organised diligent professional with a desire to work in a small community-focussed organisation striving to make a big difference to local people's lives. It might suit someone already working in Volunteer Management who'd like a second job.

You need to be flexible, able to work some hours on one or occasionally two Saturdays a month. The ability to take forward ideas and put them into action with minimal supervision is a must. Excellent administrative, communication, and strong computer skills are also essential.

You’ll work as part of friendly team taking on a key role in a vibrant and growing organisation, supporting our growth and development and ultimately helping improve our local residents’ lives.

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About Abbey Community Centre

We’re an award-winning small community charity located in Kilburn, North West London, helping local people of all ages to come together to enjoy their lives and where they live more by doing so.

Established since 1976, we provide a warm and welcoming venue alongside numerous social groups, activities, services, and special events in which local residents can enjoy socialising, pursue and expand their interests and hobbies; increase their confidence, skills and opportunities; improve their health, fitness and wellbeing; get information or advice; or volunteer to help make their community an even better place to live.

The centre also provides a home to other community organisations. Currently these include the Henna Asian Women's, and the South Sudan Skills Development Groups.

Local people greatly value the centre and it’s a fun place to work, especially if you thrive on variety and being kept busy!

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Hours of work: Typically 8 hours per week (can be worked over one or two weekdays). To be effective, post holder is required to work some hours on Saturdays, certainly once a month, occasionally twice a month

Annual leave: Pro-rata 30 days annually, plus bank holidays.

How to apply: 

• Email or upload your CV along with your supporting statement in the format advised in the application pack. This is available for you to download from here or from our centre's website.
• Applicants who do not provide their supporting statements in the format advised can not be shortlisted so please do bear this in mind.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Volunteering Services Coordinator - Sussex, Kent & Surrey
Fixed Term (12 Months)
£21,500 - £25,000

The role will involve travel throughout Kent, Surrey, Sussex, primarily concentrated in Sussex where we have existing volunteering services. Some evening and out-of-hours work will also be required.

You’ll support volunteering in South East England through recruitment, training, development of and maintaining volunteers to deliver Macmillan volunteering priorities. Working with colleagues in service teams and pilot programmes, your role is crucial to enhancing the quality of Macmillan volunteering services and the Macmillan experience. 

You will be responsible for raising awareness of volunteering services for people affected by cancer in local communities. You will support Lead Volunteers and volunteers to deliver services to people affected by cancer and to signpost to relevant additional support.

It's particularly important that you demonstrate knowledge of national standards, policies, and procedures relevant to this role including safeguarding and risk assessment processes and experience of coordinating and delivering community based volunteer led services to vulnerable people. A rounded understanding of volunteering in its widest sense is essential.

And what do we offer you in return? We commit to actively developing you and offer benefits including private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous leave, and interest free loans for season ticket and gym membership.

Any offers on this role are made subject to a criminal records disclosure check or equivalent.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society. 

We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any reasonable adjustments required in accordance with the Equality Act. Please contact the Macmillan HR Team if you require support.

Norfolk Archaeological Trust (NAT) is seeking to recruit a Volunteer Co-ordinator who will assist us with transition to a new sustainable business model. 

The Volunteer Co-ordinator will support NAT’s current volunteer base (circa 80 volunteers) and recruit and develop new volunteers to support implementation of our strategy for engaging local communities in support of our conservation and site-management aims. 

We are looking for someone who has extensive experience of community engagement, recruiting and supporting volunteers, developing and working with Friends-type groups; and experience of working in the heritage/conservation sector.

CVs and cover letters via the "Apply online" method please. A full job brief will be supplied on request.

Summary

We deliver a critical type 1 service. We provide events and holidays which offer a unique experience, that gives children, young people and families affected by type 1 diabetes, time and space to gain confidence, share experiences and realise that they're not alone. We don't want people to be defined or limited by their diabetes. We help people not only to manage and control their diabetes but to have fun and live a happy life, just like anyone else. These events are life changing.

Interview Date: 5 March 2020

We would consider flexibility on where this role could be based

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan (on completion of your probation period)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

The Type 1 Volunteer Co-ordinator will work closely and support the Service Team to offer a portfolio of high quality and impactful events across the UK. Reporting to Services Manager, the Volunteer Co-ordinator will be the first point of contact for all volunteers. Type 1 events depend entirely on volunteers in order to run safely and successfully. This role will be instrumental in delivering the Diabetes UK Volunteer Journey, ensuring all elements are adhered to with a view to forming warm, open and professional relationships with volunteers.

Ideal Candidate

• A recent graduate, or have relevant work experience
• Ability to communicate and engage with a diverse group of individuals e.g. HCPs, Volunteers, PL of effected by diabetes
• Managing conflict and having difficult conversations producing effective outcomes.
• Highly motivated, solution focussed and resilient
• Highly organised and efficient with strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
• Fully competent in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Available for occasional out of hours and weekend working (5-10 weekends per year max)

Are you a highly experienced coordinator with a history of managing volunteering and/or mentoring programmes and working with highly vulnerable people in a cross-cultural environment? Refugee Resource’s mentoring services for refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants have never been more in demand, and we are looking for an experienced manager to coordinate our well established mentoring programme and to administer the journey for our volunteers across all of our services.

You will have substantial experience of working in this field, excellent interpersonal skills, organisational ability and experience of dealing with a wide range of people. You will provide guidance on volunteering/mentoring to the organisation and will have empathy with refugees and asylum seekers and the issues that they face.

Independent Visitors Co-ordinator

Fixed term contract until 31st October 2020

14.8 hours per week

£9,355 per annum (plus allowances)

Location Check Point Torbay - Torquay

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our children and families directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country.

We are currently looking for an experienced volunteer co-ordinator, with a knowledge of looked after children, to join our dynamic, ambitious team.

A key part of this role will be your ability to facilitate recruitment, selection and training of independent visitors. In addition, provide ongoing supervision and support to independent visitors.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-Substantial experience of recruiting, training and supporting volunteers in a similar setting

-Significant experience of working with children and young people

-A relevant Child/Youth/Social Work qualification or substantial relevant practice experience

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.

The closing date for applications is midnight on the 15th March 2020.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 23rd March 2020

Street League work with young people, progressing them into employment, education and training by engaging them through football, fitness, dance fitness and rugby. We specialise in helping our participants (16-24 years’ olds from disadvantaged areas) progress from our unique sport/fitness and education programmes into sustainable employment, education and training. We are now launching sports & fitness programmes aimed at engaging more people in physical activity initially across Greater London & Surrey.

We are a growing organisation and currently operate across the UK in 14 regions, including Greater London, the North West of England, West Midlands, Yorkshire and extensively across Scotland.

We are recruiting a Sports Coordinators in the west of London. The Sports Coordinator will be responsible for the delivery of Street League’s programmes, in which you will deliver a range of engagement activities to a group of Street League participants focussed on sport, fitness, personal development and wellbeing.

The post involves outreach work and you will be responsible for recruiting participants and sustaining them on Street League’s programmes to ensure delivery targets are met. You will maintain partnerships with referral agencies and develop further partnerships with stakeholders to ensure suitable future opportunities for our participants. Monitoring and reporting are essential to this role. Local knowledge across Greater London is essential.

All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure Check.

Street League is an equal opportunities employer.

deafPLUS is a charity which supports integration and equality between D/deaf and hearing people in all areas of life. We provide services such as advocacy, employment, equipment, information and advice across 7 centres around the UK, as well as a national adviceline service.

We are now seeking to appoint to the exciting role of Independent Living Coordinator within our Personal Assistant service, which we call Youchoose.

This role focuses on the delivery of deafPLUS’ direct payments support service. This is a scheme which enables people to receive funds from the council to pay for their personal care and support, for which they would have been assessed and awarded funds to meet these needs. Youchoose providing support for individuals with personal direct payments and enable them to manage their choices and decisions for services they require and want.   

The independent living coordinator role will be responsible for the following tasks, line-managing Youchoose personal assistants, account management, delivering support, information, and advice This role is providing support to empower people with a sensory disability to access and manage their personal direct payments as independently as possible.

The post-holder will work as part of a team to promote, extend and develop the scheme to enable more people to have personal budgets and self-direct their support.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the health and social care sector, particularly in relation to individualised budgets. Essential skills required for this post are good communication, excellent literacy, numeracy, IT and presentation skills.

Knowledge of the direct payments scheme will be an advantage, although full training will be provided.

Employment benefits include 25 days (pro rata) annual leave, 8 Bank holidays (pro rata) and paid festive closures in December. Opportunities for training and professional development to become a registered manager will be provided. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We particularly welcome applications from Deaf people and those who have personal experience of disability issues, as well as all sections of the community.

Please note that the closing date for applications is Monday 2nd March 2020 at 12pm (noon) and interviews will be held on Thursday 12th March 2020.