Volunteering Management Jobs

We have a huge vision and have begun an exciting renewal at the Guild Church for Workers at St Katharine Cree (SKC) . We are looking for an Operations Manager/Director to join our team.

We are a ‘start up’ church: we try new things, listen and look for the Holy Spirit, and get stuck in. We need our operations to respond to that – and to catch up! We are looking for someone who could confidently set up good operational processes and can problem solve – and is excited about doing this with us in a new, fascinating, and strategic context for mission in the heart of the City of London. You will bring drive, wisdom, and capability to the team in ways which release the creativity of our community and God’s work amongst us.

You'll have a committed and close-knit team alongside you, including our brilliant Administrator, and we don't work on Sundays. If you're at all interested in this opportunity, please get in touch.

Join Different Strokes, a national charity led by young stroke survivors for young stroke survivors. There are 100,000 strokes in the UK every year, and 1 in 4 of these happen to someone of working age or younger. We aim to promote independent stroke recovery and help younger stroke survivors to reclaim their lives.

We are a small national charity that really cares about what we do. We are in an exciting period of growth and are looking to expand our team. We are seeking a passionate individual to support our network of more than 30 autonomous, volunteer-led local groups across the UK.

As our Groups Co-ordinator, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our network of groups.  You will ensure that all the volunteers that run our groups get the support that they require, in areas such as developing group activities, promoting the group and fundraising.  You’ll respect the autonomy that groups have to make their own decisions, while ensuring that they work within the framework of Different Strokes and that they meet compliance requirements.  The ability to communicate effectively is essential, as is experience of working with volunteers. 

The role would be based in our office in Milton Keynes, but require regular visits to our groups across the UK.  There is also the potential for this to be a hybrid role with some home working. 

This is a permanent position for 20 hours per week.  Occasional weekend work will be required.

To apply for this position, please send a CV, a supporting statement which addresses all criteria on the person specification, and complete the equality and diversity monitoring section.

Applications are particularly welcome from individuals who have been personally affected by stroke.

Closing date: Monday 10th February 2025

Interviews to be held w/c Monday 24th February 2025.  Interviews will be held virtually; if you have any accessibility requirements regarding interview please let us know.

About Bluesci

At Bluesci, we believe that everyone deserves good mental health and wellbeing. As we celebrate our 20th year, our services have expanded significantly, but our core values remain the same. Our dedicated staff and volunteers, many of whom have experienced our services, work collaboratively with individuals and their communities to help them achieve their aspirations and wellness.

Bluesci operates across the borough of Trafford from four Wellbeing Centres, offering arts, cultural and volunteering opportunities, social prescribing, talking therapies, and group support. We partner with Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust (GMMH) to deliver Trafford Living Well and with Trafford Libraries to co-deliver library services from two of our centres. Bluesci at Night offers a safe, welcoming space for people 365 nights a year, and we also provide Smoking Cessation Support.

About the Role

We are looking for a passionate and dynamic Centre Manager to lead our Wellbeing Centre in the heart of Partington. This is not just any role; it's an opportunity to make a real impact! You'll be at the forefront of delivering a vibrant service, including Trafford Living Well Service, Smoking Cessation and Social Prescribing services, and a variety of community activities that promote wellbeing and social connection.

As Centre Manager, you'll develop key partnerships with Trafford Libraries, GMMH, and the Trafford Community Collective. This role offers plenty of scope to be creative and to further develop our local offer for Partington residents.

Why Join Us?

• Salary: £32,428

• Contract Length: 12 months (maternity cover with potential to extend)

• Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday with on-call telephone support required every 4th Saturday

• Location: Partington Wellbeing Centre, with some travel to our other centres as required

What We're Looking For

We need a dynamic, compassionate, and committed Centre Manager who shares our organisational values and treats everyone with dignity and respect. The ideal candidate will have experience working with people who have experienced mental health issues and line management experience is desirable. An understanding of early help, social prescribing, and preventative approaches to promote mental wellbeing is also important.

Experience in managing community buildings and venues would be helpful, as you'll be responsible for managing our Partington Centre. The ability to collaborate with local partners is key to our success.

Opportunities and Challenges

This is an exciting time for Bluesci, and this role provides a real opportunity to make your mark and help us develop our Partington Wellbeing Centre. You'll be part of an organisation that values your wellbeing, ideas, and professional development.

The Switch is excited to be recruiting for the impactful role of Alumni Network Manager, building on our work to champion social mobility for young people.

The Switch proudly supports a network of approximately 1,500 alumni who are young people aged 18-25, most of whom have been involved in our programmes delivered in their schools. As the Alumni Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in building upon our Alumni Network delivering initiatives, activities and programmes that will empower young people to successfully transition from education to employment.

We have built a dedicated Alumni Portal on which we post opportunities, jobs and other relevant things for young people. You will manage this platform, ensuring it serves as a hub for promoting events, sharing opportunities from partners, and fostering meaningful engagement.

Your responsibilities will include delivering impactful initiatives such as Alumni Career Mentoring, organising engaging events with employers, and developing high-quality digital content and resources tailored to the needs of our alumni. Additionally, you will lead efforts to grow the network by recruiting new alumni and strengthening connections within the existing community. 

This is an exciting period of growth as we aim to expand the network and deepen collaborations with our partner employers. A key focus will be on creating exclusive employment opportunities and additional support initiatives for alumni. We are seeking a candidate with a commercial mindset, capable of identifying opportunities to engage stakeholders, explore innovative revenue streams, and monetise initiatives. We also want to develop our impact measurement systems and strongly believe that by tracking Alumni into the workplace we can capture data that demonstrates the power of our employability programmes.

Details 

• The role sits within the Delivery Team and reports to Head of Programmes and Impact 

• Working hours are typically 9am – 5pm Monday – Thursday, and 9am – 4pm Fridays 

• Working from home (WFH) is typically 2 to 3 days a week

• Flexibility may be required to cover meetings or events outside of these hours and WFH days 

• You may be required to attend meetings at partner offices or attend events in school

• Start date ideally early April 2025.

We encourage applicants who live or have lived in Tower Hamlets and understand the community we serve. 
If you're from Tower Hamlets and interested in the role but feel you don't meet all the requirements, please reach out to discuss how we can support you. Similarly, if you need any additional assistance, we are happy to discuss how we can help once you're in the role. 

Location: Borehamwood Foodbank

Hours: Part-time, 20 hours/week

Salary: £31,200 pro rata (based on a 37.5 hour working week)

Contract Duration: 2-year fixed term 

Reporting to: Borehamwood Foodbank Board of Trustees

Disputes Reconciliation: Trussell Trust

Overall Responsibilities:

·Having overall responsibility for the smooth and safe running of our operations across all premises on a day-to-day basis, working with the staff and volunteers to ensure safe working practices, safe equipment, and effective communication between teams

·Actively overseeing the effective implementation of all Borehamwood Foodbank policies and procedures, especially those relating to Health and Safety and Safeguarding.

·Exploring and developing fundraising strategies whilst forming stronger links with businesses and organisations in the local community. 

·Supporting the Board of Trustees in formulating future strategies and projects

·Overseeing implementation of agreed strategies and projects under the supervision of the Board of Trustees

·Representing Borehamwood Foodbank and its objectives to a high standard to the public, be it by means of answering enquires, accepting donations or promoting our activities

 Managerial Responsibilities:

·Line Manager to all employees at the Foodbank

·Overall responsibility for the safe and efficient running of the Foodbank on a day-to-day basis

·Regular communication and coordination with the Board of Trustees, attending general meetings and board meetings as required

·Carrying out risk assessments across all activities ensuring policies and procedures are being adhered to.

·Acting as the first point of information and enquiries be it by mail, email, telephone or in person and then being able to answer as appropriately or direct the enquires to the relevant person

Office Responsibilities:

·Maintaining the efficient functioning of the foodbank offices, including buying of stationary and other materials as required.  Checking that all equipment is functioning correctly

·Ensuring a high standard of cleanliness

·Reporting any issues that require repair or replacement relating to the premises. Agreeing a course of action and following it up

·Assisting the Treasurer with payments to vendors and other suppliers, petty cash and bank payments if required

·Ensuring all necessary Foodbank documentations (e.g. registration and insurance certificates) are up-to-date

·Coordination of information for regular publication on our website /crowdfunding /Facebook and other Social Media accounts

 General Activities:

·Assisting the Chair and Trustees in their communications with partner agencies

·Attending external Trussell Trust meetings/ training sessions as required

·Liaising with partners and other community groups as required

·Filling in for colleagues as required

Key Skills and Personal Attributes:

·Passionate about tackling food poverty

·Non-judgmental and positive attitude towards clients in need

·Strong communicator with clients and Foodbank staff/volunteers

·Good interpersonal skills with the ability to supervise personnel

·Strategic thinker with good organisational skills and problem solver

·Management experience essential

·Ability to identify and delegate tasks

·Identifying individuals to complete tasks

·Willingness to undertake any additional training when required

·Proactive use of our Social Media platforms with proficient IT skills

Volunteer Support Officer

Hours: 30 hours - 34.5 hours per week

​Location: Hybrid working / Leeds, West Yorkshire

Salary: £22,012.02 - £25,313.82

​Contract: 12-month fixed-term contract

DBS: An enhanced DBS check is required for this role

About us

At Epilepsy Action we are inclusive, supportive, and committed to creating a world without limits for people with epilepsy. As we embark on our new 2024-2030 strategy we are excited to welcome you to our passionate, supportive and committed team.

We understand the importance of a work life balance, and that's why we have a number of ways to support our people to achieve this.

By operating a flexible and supportive approach, we empower people people to work in a way that suits them that also meets the need of the organisation.

If you are interested in building a career you can be proud of in an inclusive and ambitious organisation we might have the role for you!

About the role

Our befriending service offers a friendly listening ear, through a team of volunteer befrienders, to people who would otherwise be isolated. The service provides the opportunity for people to talk openly, feel accepted and understood either on the telephone or online.

​In this role, you would be working within our services department, supporting the smooth running of the UK wide befriending service through:

• helping to coordinate and deliver our befriending service across the UK to people affected by epilepsy
• supporting and supervising a designated group of remote volunteers
• delivering positive outcomes for our service users

About you

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to be involved at the heart of service delivery.

​Both our volunteers and our service users are scattered across the UK so you need to be:

• a great communicator, and able to build relationships using the telephone and on-line channels
• passionate about supporting volunteers and service users remotely
• a problem solver with good decision making and organisational skills
• a team player, with the ability to work flexibly. (The role requires some evening work)

​We are looking for people who have:

• experience of working with volunteers/ staff/ customers remotely or virtually by phone or online
• experience of service delivery
• excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrable ability to work with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds.
• the ability to adapt and thrive in a busy work environment
• a professional work ethic: honest, conscientious, self-motivated, and reliable

Interested?

If you are interested in what you have read so far you can either submit your application via our online portal.

Being an Inclusive Organisation

We want everyone in our community regardless of their backgrounds, identities, abilities, or circumstances, to feel valued and respected to participate fully. We know that inclusivity isn’t about numbers; it’s about embracing diversity and ensuring that everyone's voice is heard, needs are met, and contributions are acknowledged.

We recognise that each person’s experiences shape how they think and having diverse representation across the organisation is fundamental to achieving our ambitions.

Despite this we are not as diverse as we would like and we actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, this means we encourage applications from disabled people, and we are committed to interviewing disabled applicants who demonstrate through their application that they meet the essential criteria in the person specification. We want to support you to perform your best so if you require any reasonable adjustments please let us know.

Closing Date: Monday 10th February 2025 @ 9am

Interviews: Tuesday 18th February 2025

Recruitment process: The recruitment process will include a presentation and interview with our panel.

We want to make sure you are given the opportunity to thrive in our recruitment process so we will share an overview of the discussion topics in advance. 

If you want to find out more about what it is like to work with us download a copy of our recruitment information pack or visit our jobs webpage to review our FAQs.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications therefore early applications are advised.

Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) are a national Christian charity working in partnership with local churches to give struggling children a hope and a future. We are looking for a well-organised, relational leader who is passionate about the way TLG enables local churches across the UK to get alongside struggling families in their communities. The Church Relationships Lead will work as part of the national Volunteer Programmes (VP) Team, reporting to the Early Intervention Network Support Manager and collaborating with staff responsible for programme training and development.

This is an exciting time to join our growing VP team to support an increasing number of churches who have chosen to partner with TLG through running the Early Intervention (EI) programme. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and supporting EI Coordinators to effectively run their centres, as well as training new EI coach teams.

TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. TLG is also committed to safeguarding children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds, to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.

Hours: Part Time, 30 hours per week

Location: Homebased with access to Greater London and the South

Closing Date: 18th February 

Initial Interviews: 26th February Online

Final Interviews: 4th March at our National Support Office in West Yorkshire

We are looking for a passionate and dynamic Chief Executive to lead the charity through the next exciting chapter and manage the implementation of programmes that enhance the capacity of voluntary and community organisations across Wiltshire and surrounding Counties.

Who we are:

Wessex Community Action is an independent charity, providing infrastructure support to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector across the Wessex region. Based in Salisbury, we act as advocates for the voluntary sector by connecting, representing and advising voluntary and community organisations. Our aim is to empower organisations and volunteers to deliver positive impact to the communities they serve.

Key responsibilities:

· Strategic Leadership: In collaboration with the Board, the Chief Executive will define WCA’s strategic plan for the next 5 years. Establishing clear deliverable goals, monitoring and reporting on the charities’ impact.

· Change Management: Lead the charity through a period of change as we transition our services and refocus our core purpose and Mission.

· Brand Development: Review WCA’s brand positioning. Aligned to the income and product goals, establish a new brand strategy that clearly represents our position in the voluntary sector.

· Sustainability/Fundraising: Develop and execute a new Income Strategy. Establish a sustainable and diverse portfolio of income generating products that meet the charities expenditure profile and deliver financial sustainability.

· Product development and capacity building: Review & develop WCA’s product offering to improve impact, generate sustainable income and build capacity and capability across the sector.

· Foundation Building: Establish a strong foundation for future service growth. Develop WCA’s operational infrastructure. Modernise WCA’s policies and processes.

· Stakeholder Management: Work closely with a wide variety of key stakeholders across the sector. Identify areas of collaboration, positively influence policy, strengthen existing relationships and ensure WCA maintains its position as the voice of Wiltshire’s voluntary sector.

· Operational management: Direct responsibility of the charity’s core operational processes including financial management, HR, health and safety, compliance, governance infrastructure development and reporting.

· Team Leadership: Lead and develop a skilled and dedicated team who represent WCA

Key Skills:

· Strategy Development: Proven experience developing and executing strategies in the voluntary sector. Including: Brand and product development and successful fundraising expertise.

· Results-Oriented: Strong focus on outcomes, with a track record of delivering tangible results.

· Partnership Building: Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships, particularly with large and complex statutory organisations. Proven success in forming positive relationships with funders, partners, and stakeholders.

· Regulatory Knowledge: Practical understanding of the regulatory environment within which Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations operate.

· Effective Leadership: Ability to provide effective leadership and change management expertise in a challenging and sometimes competitive environment. Experience with cultural and team development.

· Strong Communication: Ability to confidently represent WCA and engage effectively, both verbally and in writing, across all organisational levels.

· Knowledgeable about Funding Sources: Understanding of various funding sources available to VCSEs.

· Organisational Planning: Effectively coordinating tasks, resources, and timelines to achieve desired outcomes.

· Commitment to Inclusion: Demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all.

We are looking for an individual who thrives in a collaborative, team-oriented environment. You are a strong communicator with a commitment to delivering focused results and sustaining inclusion. If this sounds like you, WCA would love you to apply for the role, where we can get to know your skills and experience further.

Wessex Community Action are committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment procedures including safeguarding questions & scenarios within an interview, requesting appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service checks (where relevant), robust reference processes and a relevant probation period

Please note that candidates must be living in Wiltshire and able to be in the office a minimum of three days a week.

Join our retail team as an Assistant Shop Manager at our Dorking shop and support the Shop Manager to maximise shop profit by achieving budgeted income, controlling shop expenditure in line with the shop's budget, and by recruiting and retaining a motivated team of volunteers. You will support the promotion of sustainable shopping and the shop’s social media to increase audience reach, attract customers, donors and volunteer supporters to deliver the Retail Strategy.

Income generation

• To support the Shop Manager to manage the Retail budget to achieve agreed targets:
• Help maximise shop sales by achieving agreed targets both through donated stock and bought in/new goods. This involves proactive stock generation, optimum pricing, processing stock to agreed amounts and stock planning.
• Achieve Gift Aid sales conversion target through maximising new donor sign up and encouraging repeat donations.
• Achieve the shops additional fundraising activities i.e., Christmas appeal sales targets through involving the shops team.
• Maintain high levels of shop presentation by merchandising and housekeeping to agreed standards as set out in the Shops Operations manual.
• Managing the stock levels of bought in/new goods, to include ordering of more stock as and when necessary.
• Assist in holding and attending Fundraising events to promote the awareness of The Children’s Trust.
• Source links with local communities to promote Retail in the community via media and other sources.
• Role involves a degree of manual handling in the sorting and lifting of stock.
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Administration and compliance

• To ensure adherence to The Children’s Trust policies and procedures, in particular ensuring full compliance of the shops in line with all Health & Safety legislation, Trading Standards, Risk Assessments, Gift Aid, Lottery and all other legal or statutory requirements:
• Assist in controlling shop expenditure through effective cost control of weekly expenses.
• Ensure minimum losses of both stock and cash by following bank and till procedures and safeguarding the property of The Children’s Trust at all times.
• Adhere to all Policies and Procedures including those relating to the compliance with Health and Safety responsibilities, Gift Aid and Lottery.
• Complete all administration to meet the requirements, standard and deadlines for whom this work is produced.
• Embrace the change and development of new technology in the shop, for example The Loop (internal intranet) and Chariot (EPOS till system).
• Timely efficient responses to requests for information including voice and email messages.
• To fulfil any other agreed duties that may at times be reasonably required.

Personnel and Training

• To support the Shop Manager to ensure the Shop’s team are recruited, retained and developed:
• Led by the Shop Manager - provides positive, visible and proactive leadership to the Shops team.
• Assist in managing all employees and volunteers within the Shop in accordance with the aims and values of The Children’s Trust.
• Deputise and be accountable for all Shop Manager duties as and when necessary, in their absence due to sickness, holiday or recruitment.
• Assist the Shop Manager to recruit, induct, support, train and retain team of shop volunteers.
• Attend where appropriate, training courses relevant to the development of the role and Retail Sales meetings if required and cascade information to team as appropriate.
• Assist at other shops if requested and where reasonable.
• Carry out duties in accordance with Trust #Promises.

Customer Service

• To ensure customer care and quality of service.
• Provide excellent customer care through quality of service, dealing with complaints both efficiently and effectively, and having a good understanding of what The Children’s Trust does.
• Support other shops and fundraising colleagues as and when necessary.

Our Learning and Participation department seeks to inspire people to protect the natural world, train the next generation of experts, and extend our reach, ensuring that our Gardens and wider work are accessible for everyone.

This position will play a key role in delivering that mission by supporting and growing our vibrant learning volunteer programme, and contributing to the Operations and Projects team’s work providing effective operational support to programmes across the department.

This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks (DBS), including the Child Barred List.

This role is to work 972 hours per annum, and the working pattern will be 9:15-14:25, Mon-Fri, term-time only (39 weeks a year). 

Our ideal candidate will be well organised, with experience of working with a diverse range of volunteers, and good IT competency. They will have excellent communication and relationship-building skills, and a clear passion for learning and Kew’s mission.

The working hours for this role are 9:15-14:15, term time only (39 weeks a year), with occasional requirement to work outside of these hours. There is a requirement for this role to work onsite.

Interviews are due to take place on Tuesday 11 March.

About Us

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.

We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.

Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi!

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the online portal, by clicking “Apply for this job”.

We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

No agencies please.

The Multiagency Drop-In is a vital space for people seeking sanctuary in Sheffield; it is a place where they find solidarity, support, advice and a place to access vital services.  A way into the structures and systems that they need to access and are entitled to access; something that is more important than ever. 

At City of Sanctuary Sheffield (CoSS) we work to build a culture of welcome and safety for people seeking sanctuary in Sheffield.  We work towards systemic change in the system of asylum and refuge in the UK, recognising that everything people seeking sanctuary experience is impacted by the systems we work within.  We conduct all of this work in solidarity with people seeking sanctuary, ensuring that their leadership capacity is developed and their voices are heard. 

In this post you will have the opportunity to manage, sustain and develop the Drop-In so that people seeking sanctuary feel safe, welcome and listened to in this space.  In doing this you will be an integral part of City of Sanctuary Sheffield, supporting us to work towards our vision and enabling us to do so in a sustainable way.

In this role you will be responsible for:

- Ensuring effective management of the multiagency Drop-in as a welcoming space where people seeking sanctuary feel safe and listened to.  This will involve:

• Maintaining and developing effective relationships with partner organisations attending the Drop-in 

• Managing rotas and use of the space by partners 

• Ensuring all health and safety requirements are met and these are shared with all partners and volunteers at Drop-in 

• Managing and supporting the large and diverse volunteer team who facilitate the Drop-in, working closely with the Volunteer Coordinator to ensure they are supported and developed

• Maintaining systems for monitoring and evaluation of the Drop-in

• Ensuring smooth and safe running of Drop-in session each week 

- Managing and developing relationships with partner organisations.  This will involve:

• Maintaining positive, open and honest relationships with partners using the Drop-in 

• Actively creating new partnerships across a diverse range of organisations to enhance the Drop-In 

- Safeguarding.  This will involve:

• Ensuring systems are in place so that everyone using the space feels safe 

• Recording and following up all safeguarding concerns arising at the Drop-in in line with CoSS Safeguarding policies.

- Additional duties 

• The context of our work is constantly changing.  Additional duties that reflect the changing needs of the organisation may be required. 

There are about 2,000 LGBTQI people claiming asylum in the UK every year because of their sexuality, gender identity or intersex status. When they come to the UK, they are still not safe. They are often abused in refugee accommodation by other refugees who come from the same or similar countries to the one they are escaping; they become homeless and depressed; and they are rejected by their ethnic community and live in poverty.

The job involves coordinating our online and offline activities, providing admin support to the team in running Micro Rainbow’s programmes and weekly events and administering day-to-day financial transactions.

The ideal candidate is passionate about equality, has excellent coordination, IT, attention to detail and administration skills.

Winchester City Penguins Swimming Club  (WCPSC) based in Hampshire is looking for a CEO who will report to the Board of Trustees. We are looking for an inspirational leader to support the Charity's strategic direction and for the day-to-day management of the Charity, including operations, line management and membership relations

WCPSC is a registered charity which exists to create opportunities through swimming. We have been teaching Winchester to swim since 1901 and have been at the heart of creating swimming opportunities ever since. Over recent years WCPSC has seen significant growth in its lesson’s programmes and the number of swimmers competing at county, regional and national levels.

Almost uniquely among swimming clubs, we run a community outreach programme which aims to ensure inclusive access to swimming for all. We believe swimming is a fundamental life skill, which increases individuals’ safety near water as well as developing confidence, dedication, and responsibility. Through our community programme we run a series of local projects to increase accessibility to swimming regardless of ability or background, with our aim to ensure that all children leaving primary school can swim 25 metres.

Affiliated to Swim England, and as a Swim Essentials accredited club we are recognised as having high standards of governance and operation. We are governed by a board of elected Trustees with day to day running driven by a dedicated management team and supported by a huge number of volunteers who ensure we can offer a broad range of provision. WCPSC operates from four pools situated in and around Winchester at Bar End our new 50m pool, King’s School, St John Moore Barracks (ATR) and Oaklands Community Pool.

About the role
The CEO is a pivotal role at Winchester City Penguins Swimming Club. We are looking for an inspirational leader who together with the Board of Trustees, will set the strategic direction of the charity.

As CEO, you’ll have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the charity, working with the staff and volunteer team to manage the clubs lesson programmes, community, and competitive swimming squads.

To be successful in this role you will:

• • Primarily:
    • Lead and be seen as a leader with outstanding communication skills with the proven ability to positively influence.
    • Possess clear organisational and management expertise.
    • Possess excellent financial and budget management skills.
    • Have a full understanding of the requirements, both in terms of financial and regulatory matters, of running a charity.
  • Secondarily: 
    • Form excellent working relationships with relevant local groups as required in support of the club strategy.
    • Preferably have swimming or sports industry experience.

The Hepatitis C Trust has developed projects nationally whereby peers use their lived experience of injecting drug use and hepatitis C, to provide education and training to service users and staff in drug and alcohol, hostel and homeless services, increasing hepatitis C awareness, access to testing and referral to treatment, for people living with hepatitis C.

Do you have experience of working in drug services and with volunteers?

Have you been affected by hepatitis C or have you supported anyone who has hepatitis C?

This project has been commissioned in partnership with Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council to focus upon the community of Sefton and work in strong collaboration with the local substance misuse provider in this region. We are looking for a passionate and skilled peer lead who has excellent communication and organisational skills.

Working under the guidance of the Peer Programme Manager for Cheshire and Merseyside, this post will continue the development of the project, recruiting and coordinating peers across Sefton, with a focus on supporting the local substance misuse services. Working in partnership with hepatitis C clinical teams, outreach services and homeless service providers, the post will coordinate delivery of educational workshops, hepatitis C testing in community settings and ensure that service users are referred and supported through hepatitis C treatment and care. 

This post will require extensive travel across the region it is desirable that the post holder has a clean driving licence and their own vehicle for work related travel.