Community Support Co-ordinator (Part-Time, FTC)
Location
Kirklees, West Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Community Support Co-ordinator (Part-Time, FTC)
Home Based with travel in the Kirklees area
Overview
Do you enjoy helping people? Are you looking for a role that is truly rewarding? Then we need you!
Together we can make a real difference to helping people in need. Our volunteer-led clubs and branches run across the UK to support and engage people to enjoy hobbies and interests in their local communities, build friendships and remain active.
We’re currently looking for a Community Support Co-ordinator to join us on a part-time basis, working 25 hours per week for a fixed term contract until 1st October 2025.
The Role
As a Community Support Co-ordinator, you will provide day-to-day support to our volunteer-led clubs and branches across the Kirklees area.
Engaging with volunteer coordinators and their teams, you’ll provide guidance and support to our clubs, volunteers and participants, responding to queries, ensuring compliance with requirements and supporting training needs.
You’ll act as the first point of contact for clubs and branches but also liaise with other departments/teams, build important community links and promote our services both within and outside the charity.
Additionally, you will:
- Ensure records remain relevant and up to date
- Ensure documentation, recruitment and compliance requirements are completed
- Measure impact and engagement using KPI data
- Monitor and escalate safeguarding concerns
Working Hours
This is a part-time role, working 25 hours per week. Days worked can be discussed with the successful candidate. This is a fixed term contract until 1st October 2025.
What you’ll need
- Experience of supporting volunteers and working in a person-centred manner
- Experience of using skills to inspire, motivate and influence
- Experience of using standard IT systems, including MS Teams
- An awareness of safeguarding
- Knowledge of basic data analysis techniques
- Great planning and facilitation skills
- The ability to monitor performance against deadlines, milestones and service requirements
- The ability to build effective working relationships
- Excellent communication skills
Applicants should be aware that the post will only be offered to successful candidates subject to pre-employment checks. This may include a criminal records check.
What you get in return
We’re proud to be in the top 25 not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK, based on ratings from Indeed. As a valued employee at Royal Voluntary Service, you will benefit from:
- Salary of £11.11 per hour (subject to pay award in October 2023)
- 26 days’ holiday (pro rata) plus paid statutory Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Ten weeks’ company sick pay (pro rata) following successful completion of probation
- A great pension scheme
- Enhanced Family Leave schemes
- An employee benefits package that gives access to an exclusive rewards website to get discounts and cashback online
- A 24-hour doctor line, financial support with dental/optical and other therapies
- A free and confidential employee assistance programme with up to six face-to-face sessions counselling included
- Extensive online and on the job training to ensure you will succeed in your role
- Opportunities to discuss flexible working
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- The chance to make a positive, lasting impact that changes lives, communities and society
How to apply
Please select the apply button shown to be taken through to the application process. You will need to answer some screening questions as well as uploading your CV. You will be contacted by a member of the team once your application has been reviewed.
Here at Royal Voluntary Service, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be a charity that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective.
Join Royal Voluntary Service and together we can change lives, change communities and change society.
Dates to bear in mind
The closing date for this vacancy is the 5th October 2023.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
Other organisations may call this role Project Support Co-ordinator, Outreach Co-ordinator, Care Co-ordinator, Service Co-ordinator, Community Work Co-ordinator, Activity Community Co-ordinator, or Community Wellbeing and Volunteer Co-ordinator.
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£11.11 per hour
