Community Research and Volunteering Project Officer

35 hours per week (Monday-Friday).

Salary: £31,000 per annum

·        Are you passionate about making sure the community can access and shape health and social care services?

·        Do you have experience and skills in researching and collaborating with a diverse range of people across communities? 

·        Are you dynamic, reliable, highly organised and do you enjoy working with a variety or people on a variety of projects?

Join us in a role that includes community-based engagement and research, and also presenting what our local communities tell us about their experiences of accessing health and social care services and their needs. Topics we discuss and champion with the community can vary, but we are often focused on health inequalities. Recent projects have included speaking to black and Asian women about support as new parents, championing more co-ordinated mental health support for people who experience homelessness. We’re now focusing on support for families awaiting an Autism diagnosis for their child and how people who usually experience barriers to healthcare may be able to more quickly get the support they need. Joining our team this year will also mean you are involved in what we turn to next.

We are looking for a flexible and proactive colleague with skills and experience in three areas:

-        community research and report writing

-        signposting members of the public to support when they call us and designing and leading community workshops

-        and supporting and co-ordinating volunteer involvement and contributions to this activity.

Ideally you will have knowledge, skills and experience that come from living in and/or working within minority communities.

As the Project Officer you will plan, organise and coordinate collecting and reporting people’s feedback on a variety of projects that often require collaboration across our organisation and with other organisations, managing more than one project at once and negotiating the next steps and deadlines. The approach includes designing our work to ensure that the community benefits from taking part, from empowerment to capacity building.

Joining WCA will mean joining a small charity where you can make a big difference. Wandsworth Care Alliance is committed to equal opportunities and applications are welcome from everyone in our diverse community. We value diversity in our workforce and have policies to enable this including our equality and diversity, flexible working and reasonable adjustments. We’re a friendly team with a shared passion for improving health and social care, championing patient and service user voices, and helping the voluntary sector flourish within Wandsworth. If you enjoy autonomy, flexible working, good training opportunities, and an open and inclusive culture, then get in touch. Our offices are set in the vibrant hub of Tooting, in a collaborative working space, and we like to have a social every now and then too because, as much as we love working from home, you can’t beat connecting with colleagues over some delicious food!

Find out more by reading our Role Description and Person Specification by visiting our website where you can also find a link to the application form.

If you’d like to discuss the role before applying, contact Sarah Cook before 18th Sepember 2023.

To apply: Please complete our application form. This includes a section for you to tell us what relevant experience you have relevant to the role description and person specification.

Application closing date: Noon on Friday 20th September 2024.
Interview dates: during the week commencing 23rd September. Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments to attend the interview.