The Women’s Equality Party is a collaborative force in British politics uniting people of all ages, backgrounds, ethnicities, abilities, genders and beliefs in the shared determination to see women enjoy the same rights and opportunities as men – so all can flourish. WE challenge other parties through our campaigns and policy proposals as well as at the ballot box.

The Members and Supporters Officer will play a key role in building our membership base and ensuring our members and supporters are at the centre of everything we do. They will be the first point of contact for our members and supporters, ensuring they feel valued and supporting their engagement with the Party. This includes working with the Head of Members and Supporters to make sure our branch network is thriving. The Members and Supporters Officer will be responsible for recruiting, engaging and retaining the Party’s members and supporters. They will do this by contributing to and implementing a membership engagement strategy tailored to the diverse needs of our existing members and supporters. This is an exciting opportunity to develop existing and new skills and gain experience of supporting members and supporters of a political party!

We are seeking an enthusiastic and hardworking individual, committed to equality and with some experience of working with a database.  The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, be comfortable with talking to a range of people on the telephone and be able to produce good quality copy for emails, letters and scripts. The successful applicant will be able to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends from time to time, in order to run events with and for volunteers and branch officers. They will have strong relationship management skills and an ability to work on their own initiative.

Job Description - main responsibilities

1. Provide a positive and welcoming first point of contact for members, supporters and members of the public, on the telephone, email, social media and other channels.

2. Use and maintain the party’s database to keep member and supporter records up to date, accessible and accurate

3. Write, set up and send emails to members and supporters

4. Coordinate member and supporter communications, including targeted emails, automated messages, membership packs, postal letters, text and phone calls

5. Undertake member surveys and facilitate focus groups to gather member opinion 

6. Analyse member recruitment, engagement, retention and opinion and provide regular reports on performance against targets, using the database and spreadsheets

7. Support the Head of Members and Supporters on the development and implementation of the Membership Strategy

8. Liaise with Finance and Operations team to ensure members’ finance information is accurate 

9. Support the team to run volunteer, member and branch events and activities, online and in locations around the UK 

10. Work with other team members to recruit, train and engage volunteer members to support the work of the party. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION – ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Experience of membership or internal communications and database management

• Experience of extracting and manipulating data to produce reports

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Knowledge of Data Protection Act and GDPR or the proven ability to quickly gain this

• Proven ability to work effectively as part of a team and able to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends 

• Self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and able to prioritise own workload to meet deadlines

• Organised, methodical and thorough, with an eye for detail

• Able to respond well to tight or changing deadlines

• Confident, fast learner of IT systems. 

• Willingness to undertake training and to develop new skills

• Commitment to equal opportunities and sympathetic to the aims and values of the Women’s Equality Party and agreement to abide at all times by the #WE code set out in our constitution

To be considered for this role, we require:

• an up-to-date CV,

• a statement of interest addressing the specific requirements of the person specification, and saying why you are particularly interested in working for Women's Equality Party

• a completed equal opportunities monitoring form (optional)

Please apply no later than 9am on Monday 9th December 2019. Interviews will be held on 18th or 19th December

We have a simple application process but please be aware that to be considered you must submit both CV and cover letter.

The Women’s Equality Party values equality and diversity, and welcomes applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. Sadly our offices are not wheelchair accessible.

Dogs Trust is the largest dog welfare charity in the UK with a nationwide network of rehoming centres and charity shops. Last year, Dogs Trust centres cared for over 15,000 dogs; we never put a healthy dog down.

The role of the Supporter Relations is primarily to promote the work of Dogs Trust to key audience groups by providing first-class customer care to potential and existing legacy pledgers; this includes carrying out presentations in the community, managing press and social media messaging and responses as well as organising rehoming centre tours and supporter events. They are also responsible for organising the hugely successful annual rehoming centre Fun Days, which currently attract a footfall of nearly 60,000.

The position is based at a Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre, but is part of the Marketing Department. You'll work closely with the Head of Supporter Relations, who is responsible for the team’s strategy and operations, ensuring they are kept updated with all developments and work undertaken.

The successful candidate will have experience in a public facing role within marketing, PR or fundraising, a good knowledge of the local area and a passion and committment to the work and aims of Dogs Trust . You'll be a strong communicator with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and the ability to develop and prioritise own workload working well under pressure and to deadlines. A full clean UK manual driving license is essential due to the travel requirement of the role.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We help people directly out of homelessness, and campaign for the changes needed to solve it altogether. We know that together we can end homelessness.

About the role
Crisis’ ambitious Marketing and Communications team is growing, so that we can build large-scale public support for our goal of ending homeless for good. This exciting new role is part of a newly formed digital marketing team, which will manage our digital communications channels including social media, web content and email, to build awareness and understanding of Crisis and drive key audiences to action.

How to apply
To apply, please complete the online application form by clicking 'Apply Now', you will be directed to the Crisis jobs portal. The job description can be downloaded by clicking the 'Vacancy Details' button on the upper right hand side of the CharityJobs advert.

Closing date: Wednesday 11 December (11.59pm)

Interview dates: w/c 13 January

At Crisis we value diversity, promote equality, and challenge discrimination, and we encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team using the contact information on Crisis's careers site.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Volunteer Development Officer, 35 hours per week, £27,297 per annum (including London weighting), home-based, Ealing, fixed term to end of September 2021

This a highly rewarding opportunity for a Volunteer Development Officer with strong project management and volunteer management skills to develop and monitor a ‘whole family approach’ project in the Ealing Borough.  The project will provide a targeted service to families who have at least one child who is 5-10 years old through a volunteer workforce. They will support families from low socio-economic groups to cope with family life and the challenges they face with the ultimate aim of becoming more physically active together. The post is funded by Sport England.

The Volunteer Development Officer will have experience of targeted help to families through the use of assessment and monitoring tools and be confident in the collection and analysis of data that relates to the project.

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. You will also need to have the ability to use your own initiative especially in recruiting families to the programme and possess excellent communication, organisational and administrative skills.

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 principle and practice are also required. Comprehensive knowledge of local agencies, networks and partnerships within the area of family support is desirable.

The post holder will be home based and you will need to have a suitable working environment. Regular travel around the Ealing area and the surrounding areas will be required so a full driving licence and a car or suitable alternative means of travelling are required.

Please visit our website to obtain the job description, full person specification, application form and guidance. Please note that we only accept application forms.

Closing date: Wednesday, 4th December 2019

Interview date: Tuesday, 17th December 2019

Head of Service - Permanent. Full time / part-time (28 – 35 hours ) Flexible working negotiable. 

Come and lead the growth and development of our service. Reach connects people who want to volunteer their professional skills with charities that need those skills. Every year our online service matches a growing number of charities with trustees and skills-based volunteers. This is an interesting and wide ranging role, managing an innovative and successful service with plenty of potential to extend and deepen its impact. 

Reach Volunteering  

Reach Volunteering is the leading skills-based volunteering charity in the UK and the single biggest source of trustees. We help charities to strengthen their governance by broadening the range of experience on their board. We support them to increase their operational capacity and capability by drawing in specialist expertise on a voluntary basis. Since we took our service online in 2015, we have doubled our impact. Last year over 1,300 trustees and volunteers were appointed through our service, and this year we expect to exceed 1,700. We use a service design approach to improve our service and we pride ourselves on being a ‘user-centred’ organisation. 

The role  

The head of service role is a new position. It will bring focus, structure and momentum to our service and add strategic capacity to our team.

You will have overall responsibility for the management of the service, including the staff and volunteer service team. You will be responsible for all (non digital) aspects of delivery, such as managing the staff and volunteer service team, refining policies and procedures, and collecting and analysing performance and outcome data. You will develop and oversee partnerships that increase our engagement with charities and volunteers, or generate income, or both.  

We have a very collaborative culture. You will be working closely with the CEO to agree priorities, with the head of digital, who leads the service design process, and with the head of marketing and communications. You will lead on, or contribute to, specific projects, for example, a programme to increase regional take-up, or a design-led research project on skills-based volunteering.  

You will deputise for the CEO, represent Reach at external events and contribute to thought leadership on skills-based volunteering and trustee recruitment.  

Who we are looking for  

We are looking for someone with the following experience, skills and knowledge.

• Service management: proven track record in managing a service successfully, including managing a team, setting and meeting targets and developing policies and procedures.
• Partnerships: experience in developing and managing strategic partnerships with a range of organisations. 
• Strategic thinking: ability not just to see the big picture, but to join the dots between pictures – to see how links can be made to continuously build success and achievement for Reach, our service users and the wider sector.
• Analytical: Ability to analyse complex data, and draw on your analysis, and insights from our user research, to inform decision making and guide continuous improvement of our service.
• Learning: appetite to learn new skills and ways of working, with enthusiasm to get stuck in at both strategic and nitty-gritty implementation levels.
• Collaboration: deeply collaborative and collegiate in approach, respecting contributions of staff and volunteers, and partners.
• Charity sector experience: an understanding of the needs of the non-profit/charity sector.

Why join Reach 

• We have a collaborative, friendly and supportive culture. You will be encouraged and supported to take risks and to learn and develop, and you will enjoy plenty of autonomy.  
• You will be able to draw on the expertise and enthusiasm of a team that has embedded service design approaches, and be supported by an organisation that has a user-centred mindset. There is a lot of potential to widen and deepen our impact, so you will be able to make a big difference to our organisation and to the charity sector as a whole.  
• You will be joining a small, but well-respected, national charity working at sector level to address key issues such as trustee recruitment, board diversity and organisational capability. This is an opportunity to genuinely influence and shape the future of the sector by supporting key volunteering and governance infrastructure. 
• We can offer flexible working. This role is offered at 28 – 36 hours. Other options for flexible working are negotiable.  
• Other benefits include 26 days annual leave, plus three bonus days at Christmas (plus Bank Holidays); up to six days volunteering leave per annum and pension contributions at 5 per cent.

How to apply 

If you would like an informal conversation about the role before applying, please contact Aman (details on our website) to arrange a phone call with Janet, our CEO.  

We are keen to make our recruitment process as fair as possible, and to reduce bias. We will be shortlisting based on your response to three questions using ‘blinding’ and ‘chunking’ processes, so please make sure that each of your responses to the questions below stands on its own merits and does not rely on information from your other responses.  

Deadline for applications:  9 am, 2 December 
First stage interviews:        9 and 10 December 
Second stage interviews:   16 December 

Please apply via our website

Carers Support Merton (CSM) is a well established and respected charity in the London Borough of Merton with an ambitious development programme of work to support promote and improve the quality of life of unpaid carers from the age of 5 years. CSM has an exciting opportunity for a Volunteer Mentor Co-ordinator to join our friendly team.  The postholder will implement a new mentoring programme for young Carers aged 10 – 17 years.  This role provides an excellent opportunity to lead on the development of a project from scratch with plenty of scope to input your own ideas.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working with children and young people aged 10 – 17 years, and will be able to promote the very best practice particularly in terms of safeguarding.  You will be a good self-starter and have a ‘can do’ attitude.  You will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to recruit, train. inspire and supervise a high quality volunteer mentors.  It’d be great if you come with experience of leading a team of  volunteers.  However, we’d be equally interested if you can demonstrate transferable skills and enthusiasm towards developing expertise in volunteer management. The postholder will be required to work flexibly and predominately when mentors and young people are available, which will generally include after school, early evenings, school holidays and occasional weekends. 

The postholder will be based at our offices in Mitcham but we are able to offer the opportunity for some homeworking.

Carers Support Merton, as an employer, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This includes a commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures. Successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Closing Date:  Monday 16th December 2019 5pm

Interviews:  Week Beginning 6th January 2020

Referrals Officer

You will join us as a Referrals Officer. This role will be responsible, with support from the Senior Coordinator and Manager, for processing new referrals of vulnerable missing people from police and families. Maintaining and building upon best practice within Missing People as a leader in the field. The Referrals Officer is tasked with ensuring that we provide effective, sensitive and timely publicity in conjunction with pro-active emotional support. Working collaboratively with specialists in Family Support, Publicity and Fundraising & Communications to support the families and missing people we are here to help.

Referrals Officer Responsibilities:

- Create ‘missing’ appeals in conjunction with police forces and family members. Effectively and sensitively arrange dissemination of appeals via internal databases and social media etc.
- Advocate on behalf of the missing person and / or family members to ensure publicity level is appropriate.
- Ensure safeguarding and support structures are introduced to family members at the earliest opportunity, working collaboratively with other members of the team to provide a smooth transition between Referrals and Family Support.
- Risk assess all contacts to ensure any safeguarding issues in relation to the missing person or their family members are dealt with effectively. Handle sensitive interactions, deal with crisis intervention situations, assess risk within Missing People policy and consult where appropriate.
- Participate in safeguarding decision-making in consultation with a manager and colleagues. Implement safeguarding procedures to safeguard children, young people or vulnerable adults.

Referrals Officer Requirements:

- Experience of work in a frontline service delivering advice, help or support to vulnerable people by phone or digitally.
- Implementing and / or demonstrable understanding of safeguarding vulnerable adults and / or young people.
- Managing volunteers and an understanding of the importance of supporting volunteers effectively.
- Using social media to raise awareness of causes.
- Working in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to prioritise own workload.

Please ensure you include your CV as well as a Supporting Statement that demonstrates how you meet the criteria listed in the person specification. This statement is crucial to help us consider you for the role, so don't forget to address each criterion in the person specification and specifically highlight any relevant experience and skills you have, and why you want to work at Missing People.

About Missing People:

Missing People is an independent charity that relies on donations. Our Vision is that every missing person is found safe.

Somebody goes missing in the UK every 90 seconds. We are a non-judgemental, highly skilled team of staff and volunteers working around the clock for everyone who needs us. We provide free 24-hour confidential support, help, advice by phone, email, text and online, including the opportunity to reconnect. We also coordinate a UK wide network of people, businesses and media to join the search when someone goes missing.

Location: Mortlake, South West London SW14 7JE

Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract, Flexible working considered, 21 to 35 hours per week, over 3 to 5 days between Monday and Friday. Core hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Occasional Mondays.

Salary: £20.000 to £25.000 pro rata

Closing date: 9th December 2019, at 5.00 pm
First Interviews in person: 16th December 2019
Second Interviews by phone: 18th December 2019 morning
Start date on or after Monday 13th January 2020 (subject to DBS)

You may have experience of the following: Referrals Officer, Publicity Referrals Officer, Marketing, Communications, PR Officer, Vulnerable People, Support Worker, Social Worker, Caseworker, Helpline Advisor, Advocate, Missing Persons Advocate, Appeals, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 90479

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.

Closing date: 9am, 27th November 2019

The ClementJames Centre is an award winning charity that empowers the community to release its potential in one of London’s most disadvantaged areas. Our vision is for everyone in our community to release their potential and live fulfilled lives. We achieve this through four key programmes:

• Employment Support - Helping people to gain meaningful and sustainable employment. We offer tailored advice and support, mentoring and work skills activities.
• Children & Young People’s Education - Helping young people to learn, flourish and achieve their potential. We provide academic support, mentoring, intensive literacy and numeracy support and aspirational activities.
• Adult Learning - Supporting adults to improve their English, Maths and ICT skills. We offer a wide range of Functional Skills courses and intensive literacy and numeracy support.
• Wellbeing & Support - Empowering people to overcome barriers and challenges and to engage with their own wellbeing. We do this through the provision of information, advice and guidance, and wellbeing support and activities.

We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to join our team as a part-time Volunteer Coordinator. The ClementJames Centre benefits from the support of over 100 volunteers each year, who are involved in all areas of our work. Effective volunteer recruitment and management is thus essential to the success of our charity.

This varied role will require you to work closely with all our programme delivery teams. You will support them with the recruitment, training and management of our volunteers and ensure that they are adequately trained and feel supported and valued, whether they join us for just one day or volunteer regularly.

You will have at least grade C or above in GCSE Maths and English, and at least a Level 4 qualification in a relevant field or an undergraduate degree. You will also have extremely efficient organisation skills, excellent inter-personal and communication skills and the aptitude and ability to learn on the job. 

If you believe that everyone should have the opportunity to release their potential and live fulfilled lives, then we would love to hear from you.

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The ClementJames Centre is a welcoming and unique place to work and if you would like to visit us before submitting your application please email us to arrange a visit.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. The ClementJames Centre is committed to protecting the health and wellbeing of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff are required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At ClementJames, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. If you require the application documents in a different format please do not hesitate to contact us.

We are proud of the difference we make to the lives of children and young people so if you would like to be a part of this, we’d love to hear from you.

Hours: 35 hours per week. Occasional evening and weekend will be required so we are prepared to discuss flexible working.

Salary: £25000 - £28000 dependent on experience

Location: KEEN London Office, Unit W1, 8 Woodberry Down, London, N4 2TG

About KEEN London

KEEN London’s vision is that every child has the chance to enjoy sports and leisure activities and none are left behind due to disability.

We provide free sports and games sessions with one to one support to disabled children and their siblings. Over 100 families across London are members of the KEEN family and we provide over 6,000 hours of supported care to disabled children every year.

Role Description:

Over the past 5 years KEEN London has grown significantly and we now run our weekend activity sessions over 3 sites in North, South and East London. We have a diverse pool of more than 200 volunteers helping to deliver our services, predominantly by providing one-to-one coaching support to the disabled children attending our activities and games sessions.

Volunteers are central to what we do and we are looking for someone who can play a key role in the future success of our service.

Responsibilities:

Volunteer Management and Training

• Make sure that volunteering at KEEN London is a positive and fun experience.
• Manage the volunteer population to make sure that there are sufficient volunteer numbers to deliver all planned activities.
• Work closely with the Session Coordinators, sharing information and volunteer feedback.
• Communicate regularly with all volunteers, rewarding positive achievements and reinforcing the volunteer agreement and policy.
• Develop and deliver volunteer training so that all volunteers are able to meet their potential and complete their volunteer roles effectively.
• Develop and maintain volunteering policies and procedures and keep on top of any changes in legislation.
• Carry out regular data analysis on our volunteer database, tracking attendance, monitoring volunteering trends and making recommendations on future directions.
• Oversee our Coaches Apprenticeship Programme, supporting young people with a learning disability into volunteering. Monitor the progress of apprentice coaches and liaise with Session Coordinators to develop and expand our Coaches Apprenticeship Programme.
• Conduct termly steering groups with volunteers to gain feedback and insight into their experience.

Volunteer Recruitment

• Develop a volunteer recruitment strategy.
• Attend volunteer fairs and community recruitment events.
• Highlight areas of need within the organisation and conduct targeted recruitment.
• Monitor and maintain our online applications portal.
• Produce and monitor advertisements for volunteers using online portals such as Vinspired, Team London and Universities.

Required Experience

Essential

• Managing and recruiting volunteers
• Working in a youth and/or disability environment
• Data input and analysis ideally using Salesforce or similar CRM
• Previous experience as a volunteer

Desirable

• Designing and delivering training

Required Skills

Essential

• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Able to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people
• High level of proficiency in written and spoken English

Desirable

• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection legislation

Person Specification

If you are passionate about volunteering, this could be the job for you. Our ideal candidate is confident, friendly, enthusiastic, organised and approachable. As the first person a volunteer in KEEN London may meet, the Volunteering Coordinator will be the face of the organisation.

We are looking for candidates who share KEEN London’s values i.e. inclusive; compassionate and supportive; committed to high standards; trustworthy; respectful; accountable and fun.

We are proud of the difference we make to the lives of children and young people so if you would like to be a part of this, we’d love to hear from you.

Application

If you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, please send us your CV.

If your background and experience are of interest to us, we’ll ask you to complete a short Application Form which will focus on your specific experience or working with volunteers and running volunteer programmes. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to come along and observe one of our weekend activity sessions.

All applicants must have existing Right to Work in the UK.

Deadline for applications is Midday on Friday 29th November 2019.

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families supports distressed children and their families through innovative therapeutic practice and research, training and promoting awareness of mental health issues. In April 2019, the Centre opened its new Centre of Excellence located in King’s Cross.

This post will work as part of a small HR team, providing an efficient and proactive HR and payroll service across the Centre. The role requires you to work with limited supervision so experience of working in a busy HR team is essential. Candidates must have strong hands on experience of working with HR systems; knowledge of CIPHR would be an advantage. You will be the main point of contact regarding the DBS application process so a good working knowledge of clearance levels and acceptable documentation is also required. The post-holder must have a calm, organised approach to a varied workload.

Please note the successful candidate must be able to start by 20 January 2020, at the latest.

The post-holder will be based at the Anna Freud Centre, 4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH.

The Centre values diversity and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Please email Recruitment if you require assistance or experience difficulties in applying.

Contract duration

Permanent

Closing date for applications

Midnight, Thursday 28 November 2019

Notification of interview

Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Wednesday 4 December 2019

Please note: due to volume of applications expected, we will be unable to notify unsuccessful candidates

Interviews

Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed

How to apply

Please visit the vacancies page on our website to submit an application online or click on the apply button below to be redirected.

OxFizz is a social enterprise that exists to bridge gaps in the UK’s education system, ensuring all students have fair access to top universities.

We know that even when they achieve the same grades as their peers, disadvantaged students are less likely to win places at top universities like Oxford and Cambridge. We exist to level this playing field – running a free programme of support to help the most disadvantaged students build the knowledge, skills and confidence to make successful applications to competitive universities.

We achieve this on a cross-subsidy, partnership model, working across the education sector. Where families and schools are fortunate enough to be able to pay for our services, we charge a fee. This work allows us to generate income, and crucially expertise, to make the same services available free of charge on our Access programme. We deliver this programme in partnership with some of the sector’s leading Access organisations, such as The Access Project, Villiers Park, IntoUniversity and Target Oxbridge. 

Volunteering is a fundamental part of this social mission. All our student support is delivered by a network of 150 volunteers. These volunteers are recent graduates, from Oxford, Cambridge and other top universities. We recruit, train and support our volunteers to deliver workshops, tutorials, and 1-1 practice admissions interviews with our students. This support largely takes place at weekend events in London and the South East, and at our Oxford-based summer school.

Our Volunteering Coordiantor role is a varied one and combines:

• Co-ordination of the volunteer recruitment and training process; 
• Strategic thinking about our volunteering offer; 
• Day-to-day management of volunteer communications and engagement;
• Event planning and delivery; 
• An active role as the external face of OxFizz to critical stakeholder groups.

You will plan for and deliver the recruitment of volunteers to support the delivery of our educational services. You will ensure each stage of the volunteer journey is smooth – from initial enquiries and sign ups, to induction and training, being matched with their first students, to delivering support at events, to reviewing and celebrating their success. You will motivate and mobilise volunteers to give their time to support our students.

The qualities that we are looking for are: 

• Passionate about university access for students from disadvantaged backgrounds; 
• Well-organised; 
• Strong inter-personal skills; 
• Takes responsibility for own work; 
• Data-informed. 

This role will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Application deadline:            Midday 29th November 2019      

First round interviews:           5th and 6th December 2019

Second round interviews:      10th December 2019

For a full application pack and information on how to apply, please see the attached document.

Volunteer Coordinator

Have you got what it takes to support prisoners and their families?

Our client is a highly respected independent charity, which together with its subsidiary, Futures, works across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services, providing practical and emotional support to prisoners’ children and families, to prisoners, and to ex-offenders.

Position: London Volunteer Coordinator
Location: London
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £26,000 per annum
Benefits: Generous holiday entitlement and other benefits

Closing date for applications: 24th November 2019

About the role:

To be a big part of our clients 5 year vision to mobilise 1000 volunteers, enabling them to provide more support to prisoners and their families. Therefore you will act as the strategic lead for recruitment of volunteers and student placements to support  services across the London region, including prison and community based services to help build stronger families, reduce the risk of gar. To be the key contact for promoting volunteer opportunities, and supporting applicants through the recruitment process (including interviewing, training and conducting background checks) whilst guiding local managers in best practice with regards to supporting and supervising volunteers. To work closely with services staff to ensure that there are a supply of volunteers across a number of roles in order to support service delivery.

About you:

You will act as the key contact for volunteer recruitment in London for all of Pact’s services. You will offer a friendly and welcoming point of entry to volunteers looking to volunteer with Pact across the region and ensure that volunteer roles are clearly defined and advertised in appropriate, accessible places. Volunteer roles will include play, catering, helpline, be-friending, court services, family casework and visits support. Furthermore, to act as the point of contact for both structured and responsive volunteer comments, concerns and feedback, and to use this to continually improve volunteers’ experience. As well as, supporting the Pact team with the organisation and facilitation of volunteer events and initiatives.

What our client Offers:

They offers a range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling, generous holiday entitlement, cycle to work scheme, free eye care vouchers and pension. You will undergo a thorough induction and training programme and be supported by a friendly, enthusiastic and committed team.

You may have experience of the following: Volunteer Coordinator, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Trainer, Volunteering, Recruitment Officer, Volunteer Recruitment, Volunteering Coordinator, Voluntary Sector, etc.

Ref: 90234

Hertfordshire Mind Network is recruiting for a Volunteer Coordinator to deliver the Hertfordshire Complex Needs Service.

Job Title: Volunteer Coordinator
No. of Hours: 37.5 hours per week (18 hours per week considered for the right candidate)
Salary: £18,336 to £22,500 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Base: Welwyn Garden City (expectation to work across Hertfordshire)

Purpose of Post:
To work as a key member of the team in delivering the Hertfordshire Complex Needs Service and alongside Hertfordshire Mind Volunteer Coordinators to ensure volunteers receive appropriate training and support to deliver services.  To lead and develop a team of volunteers within the service to deliver high-quality person-centred services as directed by the Team Leader and Operations Manager in line with Business Plan. To ensure Hertfordshire Complex Needs Service vision and values are embedded in the team.  To ensure all statutory requirements of the service specification are met. The Hertfordshire Complex Needs Service is a partnership contract between Turing Point, Herts Young Homeless and Hertfordshire Mind.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and confident individuals with excellent communication skills to recruit, train and supervise volunteers working within the complex needs service by providing group support or 1-1 peer mentoring. We are looking for individuals to join our team and help shape this effective and impactful mentoring service. The successful candidates will be passionate individuals with positive attitudes to build a diverse and committed team of volunteers with a broad range of skills and expertise.

The service offers a range of support to promote personal recovery and independence to people living with Complex Needs, these services include:

• 1:1 outreach support from dedicated Keyworker/co-worker providing solution-focused support with practical issues including such as finances/housing/employment.
• Crisis Planning – promoting self-management through individuals building an understanding of their own triggers/coping strategies.
• Active Referrals/Signposting – working with individuals to identify resources/services to meet their needs and providing appropriate support to access these effectively.
• Group-work – delivering courses that support self-management recovery, including: Mindfulness/Assertiveness/Keeping Well/Stress Management/Problem Solving/Crisis Management.
• Peer Support – Strength-based approach concentrating on the inherent strengths of an individual to aid recovery and empowerment.
• Extended dual diagnosis support
• Whole family approach

Closing date for applications: Thursday 28th November 2019
Interviews: Thursday 12th December 2019

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to the Herts Mind Network website where you can download the Application Pack.

An approved Enhanced DBS check is required for this post

Hertfordshire Mind Network is an Equal Opportunity and Mindful Employer.

No agencies please.