My Sighted Guide Partnership Officer

3 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom The Guide Dogs for The Blind Full time

**Reference **:002339

**Publication end date **:08/01/2023

**Employment Details**:
**Contractual hours**:
35.00

**Salary**:
Starting from £28,988 gross per annum + excellent benefits

**Vacancy location**:
**Location**:
England, West Midlands, Birmingham

**Vacancy details**:
**Directorate**:
Operations - Midlands & East

**Job Title**:
My Sighted Guide Partnership Officer

**Job Level**:
Specialist Professional

**Contract type**:
Permanent

**External job advert**:
The My Sighted Guide Partnership Officer provides an exceptional person-centric service user experience, enabling people with sight loss to live the life they choose by acting as the champion and technical expert for My Sighted Guide services. They ensure My Sighted Guide sighted guiding services are available, when appropriate, to service users at all stages of their mobility journey.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We recognise that the world looks a little bit different since the pandemic. Therefore, we’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. For this role, there will be opportunities to work from home as well as the office. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

**Diversity**

**Safeguarding**

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

**Essential**
- Educated to post-secondary level with a minimum of 3 GCSE passes including Maths & English at grade C (or equivalent)
- Proven experience of volunteer management, supervision, and development.
- Experience of delivering training to groups and individuals in different formats.
- Recent and relevant experience of working within the children /vulnerable adults’ sector.
- Relevant and recent knowledge of safeguarding practices.
- Demonstrates an understanding of visual impairment issues and service requirements.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong training and presentation skills.

**Desirable**
- Demonstrates an understanding of visual impairment issues and service requirements.
- Demonstrates a knowledge of additional needs.
- Experience of working within the voluntary sector.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the voluntary sector.
- Demonstrates a knowledge of other disabilities.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
How to apply

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**Application Closing Date**:
08/01/2023

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