Community & Volunteer Engagement Officer

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Re-engage Full time

**Community and volunteer engagement officer (London)**

35 per week, flexibility considered. Home-based, with the ability to travel across London

**Salary**: £30,000, inclusive of London weighting

Benefits: working from home allowance, Simply Health cash plan, 3% pension contribution.

Re-engage is a charity that is positive about older age and committed to fighting loneliness so that people can have social lives and friendship groups however old they are. We inspire and enable meaningful connections and shared experiences within communities across the UK for people aged 75 and over facing loneliness and social isolation.

Our core services are: - Social gatherings, predominantly tea parties; Call companions, a telephone befriending service, and rainbow call companions for LGBT+ older people;
Community Christmas, focused activity groups.

Respectful, determined, warm, pioneering, and local: we are Re-engage and we are bringing generations together.

**As Community and Volunteer Engagement Officer (London), key tasks will include: -**

Contribute to the delivery of Re-engage’s objectives by growing and develop our network of referral partners across London to ensure that the work of Re-engage is promoted and offered to people over 75 who experience loneliness.

Promote our services to other partners and agencies that will help to inform older people about our services.

Work closely with our Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Engagement officer and EDIB lead to drive the diversification of our work across London.

Promote the community Christmas directory by working with event host organisations to contribute to the national database of Christmas partners.

Recruit older people and volunteers as required to create, sustain and grow our services across London.

Work closely with the service delivery team.

Collaborate with the communications team to ensure the widest possible publicity for your work through media and social media opportunities, local press, radio, TV, and online forums.

**About you**

If you like being flexible and hands on in your approach, then you should enjoy this role.

You’ll be a part of a passionate team which is responsible for introducing our life-changing services to older people. You’ll be given the tools that you need and then will be tasked with growing and developing your network of referrers, partners, and others who will help you reach what can be a hard-to-reach group of people.

Re-engage is committed to building a team with access to learning and development, made up of people who can work collaboratively and flexibly, and who enjoy being part of creating positive impacts to the lives of older people. The whole team must be committed to Re
- engage’s strategic objectives, values, and our behaviours and ways of working.

**Knowledge, skills and attributes**

**Essential**

Excellent people skills with a proven ability to collaborate with professionals, partners, older people, volunteers and colleagues.

Experience of working across different sectors and developing links with other organisations.

Organised and methodical approach to work with strong administrative and IT skills.

Self-motivated, able to work remotely with mínimal supervision, as well as part of a wider team.

Experience of working to deadlines and meeting KPIs.

Able to engage with older people and attend groups (where needed) across London, when required.

Understanding of, and empathy with, the issues affecting older people who are isolated, and lonely.

Ability to travel across London.

**Desirable**

Minimum 2 years’ experience of community engagement, including online engagement.

Experience of building and maintaining effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders from the statutory, commercial, and voluntary sectors to deliver results.

Interest in learning about loneliness, social isolation, and factors that have an impact on the ageing population.

Understanding of volunteer journey, including recruitment and engagement.

**This role also requires**:
A dedicated place to work in your home.

Sufficient broadband for permanent Wi-Fi access to multiple cloud-based systems.

An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £30,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location



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