Current Vacancies (Paid and Voluntary)

Young Vincentians Team Administrative Assistant

Due to the promotion of the current post holder, we are seeking to recruit a full-time Administrative Assistant to join a small team at the Society’s busy National Office in London SE1.

Admin Assistant - £19,207.50 pa. Full-time permanent role, 37.5 hours weekly starting August 2019.  Excellent staff benefits package

To provide administrative support to the Young Vincentians Team.

Main responsibilities include:

• General Admin duties
• Responding to telephone and email enquiries from external stakeholders
• Overseeing the distribution and stock level of resources, publicity and informative material
• Producing certificates for Youth apostolate members
• Maintaining a youth photo library
• Maintaining and updating information for Young Vincentians Microsite/ social media input
• Creating and maintaining contact database
• Preparing agendas and taking minutes of Youth Team meetings and quarterly Youth Committee meetings
• Booking travel arrangements for YV team colleagues when necessary
• Processing invoices / purchase orders in liaison with the Finance Team

The successful candidate will have:

• At least one year’s experience working in a busy office environment in a similar admin role
• Very good verbal / written skills and excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent IT skills, especially data entry
• Good organisational skills with an eye for detail
• Excellent time management and team working skills
• A flexible approach and able to adopt a solution focused approach to tasks
• An understanding of the working systems of the Catholic Education structure and Diocesan structure.
• An interest in young people / youth work

Applications are invited from individuals who can empathise with the Society’s ethos and work and who have a good standard of written and spoken English.      

For an application pack and further details please contact the Young Vincentians Programme Manager Moira Dawe on 0207 703 3030 or email: moirad@svp.org.uk

Closing date: 12th July 2019     Interviews: w/c 22nd July 2019

Young Vincentian Programmes Support Officer

• You will have a national brief and be involved in supporting the growth and development of our youth apostolates across England and Wales by liaising directly with Young Vincentian Volunteer Development Officers (YVD0s) and Volunteer Coordinators (VCs) working with schools and parishes. 
• You will be responsible for recruiting YVDOs and implementing our YVDO Recruitment and Retention strategy in liaison with the YV Programmes Manager. You will be providing induction and other training for our YVDOs and VCs. In addition you will be coordinating and attending key events, such as cluster Training days, Masses, Youth SVP activity days in liaison with individual Young Vincentian Programmes Officers and the YV Programme Manager .
• You will have a passion for the development of young people within the context of Catholic Social Teaching as well as a genuine empathy for the work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. 
• You will need to have excellent communication, interpersonal / networking skills, very good IT skills,  be highly organised as well as demonstrating  creative flair and the ability to engage, empower and value our volunteers and other external stakeholders.

Volunteer Opportunities (London SE1)

We are currently looking for volunteers to fulfil the following roles at our National Office based near Waterloo, London. We will reimburse your travel costs up to a maximum of £10 per day.

Volunteer Database Assistant (London SE1)

We are currently looking for a Volunteer to assist the Database Officer based at our offices near Waterloo, London.

Maintaining a database of over 10,000 people can be a challenge.  The volunteer database assistant will help with the following:

• Maintaining records
• Entering new records
• Making amendments
• Making phone calls
• Filing documents

If you can spare 1 day or more per week, please complete this volunteer application form and email it to teddyc@svp.org.uk.  

Travel expenses up to a maximum of £10 per day will be paid.

Volunteer Office Assistant – Youth Department (London SE1)

Help young people to make a difference in society with their own charitable works, whilst gaining great experience in a third sector organisation.

Key tasks include:

Providing support in the day to day work of a large charity, in support of its various projects, which includes: answering phones, data input, filing, research, arranging meetings and general admin;

Planning, creating and implementing social media campaigns on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well as emerging social platforms;

Assisting with Fundraising

Other ad hoc duties & office administration.

The position is for a minimum of 1 day a week and starts immediately with a maximum claim of £10. For more information download the following document:

Design Volunteers (Publications) - London SE1

National Office, London

2/3 days per week – 10.00am – 4.00pm

Remuneration: Travel expenses up to a maximum of £10 per day will be paid.

To assist with the production of SVP publications, including:

Annual Report

Friends Newsletter

Staff Newsletter

Other leaflets, flyers and posters

It is necessary that applicants are able to use Quark and Photoshop.

Please contact Ken Madine at kenm@svp.org.uk  for an application or for more information.

Volunteer Opportunities (UK-wide)

We are currently looking for volunteers to fulfill the following roles at locations throughout the country.

Community Shop Volunteers

Locations include: Leeds, Hallam, Manchester, Wirral, Tyne and London

Hours are flexible

Expenses / Tea & Coffee / Staff Discount in SVP shops

Shop volunteers of varying descriptions and skills are currently required at our Community Shops across the country. All aspects of work involved with running a busy Community Charity Shop including: sorting and pricing, stock preparation and replenishment, cash handling and serving customers, merchandising and display, etc.

Collection/Delivery Volunteers

Locations include: Leeds, Hallam, Manchester, Wirral, Tyne and London

Hours are flexible

Expenses / Tea & Coffee / Staff Discount in SVP shops

Collection and delivery volunteers are needed to assist the driver in collecting donations and delivering from the shop. 

Driver Volunteers

Locations include: Leeds, Hallam, Manchester, Wirral, Tyne and London

Hours are flexible

Expenses / Tea & Coffee / Staff Discount in SVP shops

Volunteer drivers are needed to cover and support the regular driver on the van, assist in offering weekend/evening collections and deliveries. Use of own car would be an advantage. 

Electrical Appliance Engineers & PAT Testers

Locations include: Leeds, Hallam, Manchester, Wirral, Tyne and London

Hours are flexible

Expenses / Tea & Coffee / Staff Discount in SVP shops

Electrical appliance engineers and PAT testers are needed to test and/or refurbish white goods and small electrical appliances prior to sale in the shop. 

All of the shop positions listed above are unpaid, but reasonable travel and lunch expenses will be reimbursed and tea and coffee provided as well as staff discount on items sold in the shops. Hours are flexible, with varying shift options, working around when volunteers are available to help. Full training is provided. To apply, email Tony Nolan at tonyn@svp.org.uk for further information.