Regional Officer - Limavady, United Kingdom - Versus Arthritis
Description
Location (UK): Northern Ireland - Northwest region
Hours: 35 hours per week
Benefits:
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Travel:
Frequently across the region and occasionally to attend meetings/events across UK
Closing date: 23:59, Monday 10 June 2024
Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.
Our Services and Influencing Directorate is a supportive team, passionate about providing high-quality services to people with arthritis, helping people to take greater control of their condition and to make positive, informed choices to live well with arthritis.
We are looking to develop our services in Northern Ireland to be able to offer services to people living with arthritis and chronic pain.
About the role
You will co-ordinate all aspects of the 'Together Versus Arthritis' project within the area, which involves recruiting volunteers, service promotion and building relationships in the community.
You will be responsible for supporting volunteers to deliver services, as well as monitoring and evaluation, so that we can effectively demonstrate the impact the service is making.
The service offers peer-led self-management and physical activity courses both within communities and online. Courses are designed to support people to develop the confidence, knowledge, and skills to live well with their condition.
You will help us to develop and pilot services for young people transitioning from our Young People and families service to adult services.
You will help us to ensure our services reach diverse communities in the Northwest, by co-producing resources, building partnerships and testing ways of working.
About you
If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we'd love to hear from you:
- Experience of delivering services within the voluntary sector.
- Experience of recruiting and supporting volunteers.
- Experience of building and maintaining relationships with local organisations and stakeholders, to develop effective partnerships.
- Experience of service monitoring, evaluation and delivering reports to meet targets.
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal, and experience of presenting in front of groups of people.
- Strong administrative and IT skills including MS Excel and Outlook.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work effectively.
Application deadline and shortlisting
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Interview
Interviews expected:
Thursday 20 June in person - Venue in North West area to be confirmed.
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Pay:
£29,016.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location:
On the road
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