Community Participation Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - CAFOD

CAFOD

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Starting Salary:
£37,488 - £39,071 p.a.

Contract:
Permanent

Location:
Hybrid working with a minimum of 40% of your time in the Oakwood Office or full-time office work

Job Profile

CAFOD's work in the Catholic community of England and Wales is to inspire and resource Catholics to participate in the Church's mission to overcome poverty and injustice in partnership with CAFOD.

The main purpose of this role is to recruit and support a team of committed, inspired and well-resourced volunteers working in parish and school communities to enable and equip Catholics to connect and understand, give, act and pray.

Each Community Participation Co-ordinator is responsible for the participation of parishes in CAFOD's work, enabled by the work of a well-managed team of volunteers within a diocese or dioceses within the regional team

The Community Participation Co-ordinator (CPC) is part of a regional team working across a group of dioceses and whilst having a primary focus on one diocese, is responsible for the results of the regional team plans in relation to volunteer recruitment and retention and parishioner participation.

The role will be based at the CAFOD Westminster Volunteer Centre at the Catholic Church of Christ the King, 29 Bramley Road, London, N14 4HE, although it is expected that the post holder will be mobile and flexible to meet volunteers, clergy and other stakeholders as required.

The post holder will also be meeting with other regional team members as required both virtually and face to face.

The role requires a willingness to be adaptable to support the work of the regional team, deploying skills, knowledge and at times activity in other parts of the regional team area.

This is likely to require some additional travel (which would be reimbursed by CAFOD). The post also requires weekend and evening work.

CPCs are accountable for delivering CAFOD's annual participation plans locally across England and Wales.

This focuses on growing parish participation through increased number and activity of parish volunteers and the development of volunteer co-ordinators.

The plan is also focused on enabling parish communities to expand the breadth of their participation.

Through greater numbers and activity of schools, volunteers and volunteer co-ordinators, more schools will be visited by a CAFOD volunteer.

The post, which is full time (35 hours per week) reports to the Community Participation Manager for the South East region.

Key Responsibilities

Delivering participation plans

Share accountability for delivery of annual participation plans for the region (a group of dioceses) with a primary focus on one diocese, and for fundraising, education, campaigns, media targets, as delineated by the participation plan for the region. It is anticipated that the role will have an 80% focus on parish communities and a 20% focus on school communities
Contribute to the development and delivery of a regional plan across a number of dioceses (6) in support of the annual participation plans and appropriate for local contexts
Achieve targets for increasing parishioner and children & young people participation primarily through recruitment and retention of volunteers
Produce monthly reports on recruitment, activity, development and retention of parish and schools and youth volunteers
Closely monitor parish participation activity

Managing volunteers

Be the local volunteer manager in a specific diocese or dioceses
Hold the relationship with a targeted number of volunteers in order to achieve the annual participation plan in the region
Contribute to increasing the number and activity of parish and school volunteers and volunteer coordinators in line with the regional team plan
Contribute to development of volunteering opportunities especially the growth of volunteer coordinators
Match the offers, skills, experiences, and expectations of volunteers with opportunities and needs in relation to CAFOD's plans for parishioners and children & young people
Coordinate and support the work of a number of volunteers working in partnership with CAFOD to deliver CAFOD's programmes of work within parish and school communities
Ensure each volunteer is appropriately inducted, briefed, trained, and resourced
Increase and ensure volunteer retention through induction, support, affirmation, and effective management of the volunteer throughout their involvement with CAFOD
Organise volunteer briefings and training opportunities to be delivered either by national programme teams or self or members of her/his regional team
Record and update volunteer records on the database

Managing relationships

Build and maintain key relationships including with priests and others within a diocese as determined in the regional plan. Be point of contact with local Bishop.
Build and maintain effective working relationships with diocesan press and be a point of contact for local broadcast