Regional Officer - North West England

Location (UK): North West England
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Travel: Frequently across the region and occasionally to attend meetings/events across UK
 

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 the North West of England to be able to offer services to people living with arthritis and chronic pain.

About the role

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 North West, by co-producing resources and testing ways of working.

You will co-ordinate all aspects of the Versus Arthritis service, including recruiting volunteers, course 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.

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you.

To be successful in the role, you will be committed to the Versus Arthritis values and behaviours as well as having:

• Experience of delivering services within the voluntary sector.
• Experience of 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 Microsoft Excel and Outlook.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work effectively.

You must be based, and hold the right to work, in the UK to apply for this position.

Application deadline and shortlisting 

• We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of this date.  
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

We do not wish to receive contact from agencies or media sales. 

Interview

Interview dates to be confirmed.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee you will be offered an interview if you disclose a disability and demonstrate sufficient evidence within your application that you meet the essential criteria for this role. We will also make any reasonable adjustments you may require for your interview.