Our current vacancies are listed below and include both paid and voluntary positions.
St Vincent's Tower House Cook
Hours: 9 Hours per week
Salary: £5,000 per annum, pro rata
Location: Tower House, Brighton
Objectives: To ensure the day-to-day running of the café and catering facilities. The post holder will be responsible for preparing and cooking food in line with Food Hygiene Regulations, delivering excellent customer service skills and will contribute to the strategic objectives and targets of the café business plans and Centre.
Experience:
- Minimum 6 months working in a commercial kitchen
- Cash handling up to cashing-up level
- Proven track record working to targets
Please find a link to the full job description here.
The deadline for applications is 24 May 2018 with interviews held on 30th May 2018.
Older Persons Support Centre and Dementia Café Co-ordinator
Hours: Part-time, 3 days per week
Salary: £24,000 pro rata
Contract Type: 12 month fixed term
Location: Tower House, Brighton
Objectives: To co-ordinate and manage Tower House Community Support Centre and Dementia Café start-up. This post will deliver regular sustainable community led activities for older people, including the organisation of lunches and new initiatives to people coming to use the centre. Activities delivered will aim to combat isolation and loneliness and promote wellbeing and healthy living, addressing people’s dementia, social and practical needs as appropriate.
Education/ Skills/ Experience:
- Educated to a degree level
- Excellent verbal, listening and written communication skills
- Ability to co-ordinate and manage support centre setting and all activities that take place within this setting
- Ability to manage own workload and proven time management skills
- Ability to comply with confidentiality and data protection policies
- Good level of IT skills and ability to complete written report
- Interpersonal skills – communications with individuals and groups
- Group work skills – organising and evaluating activities
- A clear understanding of the issues effecting older people, including those living with dementia
- First-hand experience of organising and delivering support centre activities.
Please find a link to the full job description here.
The deadline for applications is 24 May 2018 with interviews held on 30th May 2018.
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.