Below we have our current opportunities.
Join the Salford CVS team and help to make a difference in Salford!
For any questions please email recruitment@salfordcvs.co.uk
- Active Communities Development Worker
Active Communities Development Worker
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (core hours between 8-6 Monday to Friday, although this role will require some evenings and weekend work, in line with the role. Please feel free to get in touch with us at recruitment@salfordcvs.co.uk if you would like further details).
Grade: NJC Point 23 - 25 - £32,076 - £33,945 per annum
Contract: Fixed Term Initial 12 months contract (continuation subject to further funding)
Deadline: 22nd October, 12 noon
Interview Date: Tuesday 5th November 2024
Job description
Salford CVS delivers a range of projects and services that build resilient communities and encourage local people to be active citizens.
The post holder will primarily work on our Volunteering and Emergency Response activity, including the development and delivery of Salford CVS’s own volunteering programmes. We anticipate that, while it will fluctuate throughout the year, the post holder will spend roughly half their time on Emergency Response related work, and half their time on volunteering related work (although both areas overlap).
Recruitment, selection and management of Salford CVS volunteers
We recruit and manage a pool of volunteers ourselves, deploying them to support a range of community initiatives. These include:
- Emergency Response
- General community response (for example immediate and temporary service user needs)
- Salford CVS projects (for example our Family Hubs work, or Age Friendly Salford)
- Ad hoc requests, such as arts and culture events
Many of our CVS volunteers came onboard during Covid, and we want the Active Communities Worker to proactively develop that pool of volunteers further, whether that’s active recruitment, regular communication, or further integration into our strategic work.
Support for wider volunteering projects
You will support other volunteer-related projects outside the management of our own volunteers, for example the development of our Employer Supported Volunteering brokerage offer. This will often involve working alongside the Volunteer Centre.
In general, you will proactively consider how we develop and enhance our volunteer and active community practices across all our volunteer projects, keeping on top of trends to ensure we are at the forefront of active community development.
Emergency response
Salford CVS has an established and positive role in supporting the resilience of communities in a Civil Contingency Emergency both in Salford and on a Greater Manchester footprint in the following areas:
- Humanitarian Assistance during an Emergency Response. Our role is to mobilise our trained Emergency Response volunteers, VCSE organisations, establish reception centres and manage spontaneous volunteers on behalf of Salford City Council
- Extreme Weather communication via our Trusted Voices Network
- Representing Salford CVS on the Salford Neighbourhood Resilience Forum for several meetings a quarter
The successful applicant will be performing all of the above duties and will work with a wide range of partners including the local authority, health, police, housing providers, VCSE sector and our Salford CVS volunteers.
Overall, we are looking for someone who:
- Can work at various levels, including operationally on the ground
- Is willing to be flexible and able to work outside office hours when we are called to respond to emergencies
- Enjoys and is good at coordinating and multi-tasking in a sometimes challenging working environment
- Enjoys proactively developing things, bringing new ideas to the table
- Will enjoy working within a team of dedicated, friendly people who believe in making a difference
- Will engage and build relationships with our volunteers, VCSE organisations and partners to further develop our work
- Is passionate about the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. In particular the role it plays in supporting people and communities to become more resilient and active
- Someone who loves the city of Salford and the people who live and work here – a person who wants to make a difference every day
If that sounds like you – then we want to hear from you!
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Ben Fowler, Active Communities Manager, contact: 0161 787 7795, email recruitment@salfordcvs.co.uk