Network Coordinator

1 month ago

Lancaster, United Kingdom Let's BeFriends Full time

**Network Coordinator**

**-Self-employed role with an initial 12-month contract**
**-Flexible hours**
**-Based in the community with ability for some home working**

Let’s BeFriends is a charity set up by the lived experience members of the Lancaster district Homeless Advisory Group. We offer a befriending service for those who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless or who are recently rehoused after a period of homelessness. In order to deliver our service we rely on a team of volunteers who offer quality time to build trusting relationships in the Lancaster and Morecambe area. We have effective referral pathways in place with local authority as the statutory lead for homelessness and with local health services.

In order to grow our team of befrienders we are looking for a Network Coordinator to lead on planning and organising recruitment campaigns and implement initiatives to attract new volunteers. The post holder will be expected to network, build and maintain relationships with various organisations to aid the sustainability of recruitment.

The role can vary each week but examples of the work may include:
**Volunteer recruitment**
- Coordinate a recruitment plan to attract new volunteers
- Develop links and partnerships with relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies
- Promote volunteer opportunities, using different channels to target identified groups
- Design a range of marketing materials in accessible formats to promote Let’s BeFriends and our volunteering programme
- Disseminate marketing materials to a wide range of audiences
- Attend volunteer fairs and community events to promote Let’s BeFriends
- Organise recruitment drives to promote our volunteering programme
- Utilise local and regional networks to promote volunteering opportunities

**Induction Journey**
- Support new volunteers by supporting them to complete online safeguarding training, prepare for Induction Training and set up appointments for DBS checks
- Keep in regular contact with all volunteers whilst they are in training and provide updates on our volunteer database
- Identify and find solutions to any support needs which may help volunteers prepare for active volunteering

**Administration**
- Lead on the active use of social media platforms to widen our reach
- Develop different ways to gather feedback from volunteers and beneficiaries
- Work closely with the Line Manager, Project Coordinator and Volunteer Coordinator
- Ensure feedback and evaluation outcomes are shared
- Create case studies that can be used for promotion and funding
- Attend monthly staff meetings

**About you**:

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to deliver presentations and use influencing skills to promote the service, develop links and foster good relationships with external organisations relevant to the role
- IT proficiency including competent use of social media
- Committed to and work within the values, aims, principles and policies of Let’s BeFriends in which equality and diversity is embedded throughout
- Willing to give and receive objective feedback and challenge constructively
- Able to identify and share best practice

**Interviews to take place - week commencing 2nd October 2023**

Registered Charity Number 1199161

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 16 per week

**Salary**: £12.98 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Lancaster, Lancashire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you have a current DBS check or would you be willing to have one?

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 27/09/2023

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