Project Assistant - Bedford, United Kingdom - St John Ambulance

St John Ambulance

Verified Company

Bedford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

What's involved:

Department:

Youth & Volunteering

Salary:

£6,609.20

About the Role

The NHS Cadets project is being delivered by St John Ambulance (SJA) to young people from communities currently underrepresented within the NHS.

Target groups include young people who at risk of becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training), young carers, young people involved in the care system, young people from BAME communities and those who would not automatically consider a career in the NHS.

The NHS project includes opportunities to participate in social action projects and to volunteer within their local NHS trust.

This role will support the development of St John Ambulance's work with volunteers and young people specifically the NHS cadet's programme.

As a project assistant for NHS Cadets you will be joining an experienced and passionate team supporting the Project Manager and Regional Leads to contribute to the development and implementation of this exciting, never been done before project.

You will be working with us to achieve ambitious targets and working towards empowering young people who would not otherwise have been able to pursue health volunteering.

You will get a chance to utilise your creative and innovative ideas when supporting the project

About You

You will have experience of working with young people and volunteers as well as working on several conflicting tasks, and have experience of working remotely and supporting remote teams.

You should have strong communications skills and be able to work well as part of a team.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive:

Competitive salary & pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Health and Wellbeing portal access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
Discounts you'll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date:
To be confirmed
**Application Review Date: To be confirmed