Youth Work

VICTA is looking to recruit a proactive and enthusiastic Activities & Volunteers Co-ordinator to help deliver our charity’s mission: to empower children and young adults that are blind and partially sighted.

We seek someone who is passionate about supporting others to live life to the full. As the Activities and Volunteers Co-ordinator, you will support the delivery of our activities calendar built around sport, outdoor expeditions, environmental conservation and creative endeavour. As such, you will need to be just as comfortable leading young people through the physical challenges of white water rafting, completing their DofE expedition, or reaching the top of a climbing wall; to exploring their creativity at the hands of a potter’s wheel or a theatrical touch tour.

It is all about helping children and young adults with vision impairments challenge perceptions they have about their own abilities, all the while building friendships and skills that will carry them into a happy and fulfilling future. As someone who finds it easy to build relationships with others and is calm in a crisis, you will have a passion for making a difference and be happy to get stuck in.

The activities you will help to plan and deliver are made possible through our expanding team of dedicated volunteers; and you’ll be key in growing, coordinating and celebrating our volunteer group who are so key to our organisation.

**About VICTA**

**Key duties (for a complete list of duties please contact us to request the job description)**
- Support the Activities Team in shaping the activities calendar
- To devise, plan, organise and ensure delivery of activities, working with venues, associated organisations and budgets. With ownership of planning and delivering VICTA Family Days
- Monitor the feedback, impact and participation
- Provide appropriate support to participants and volunteers on activities
- To support the marketing of Activities to encourage sign-ups and participation
- Represent VICTA to help raise awareness and promote the opportunities we offer
- Monitor, recruit and coordinate the volunteer team
- To devise, plan, organise and ensure delivery of the VICTA’s award scheme for primary school aged children ‘VICTA Young Achievers Award’
- Identify and organise venues to be used for Family Days

**Why work for VICTA**
- Supportive and friendly work environment where no two days are the same and the work is always rewarding
- An additional annual leave day on your birthday
- Training opportunities provided to support your role working with young people (e.g. First Aid/Mental Health/Safeguarding/Sighted Guide Training)
- Days in lieu for weekend working and a supplement for overnight working
- Company pension
- A full clean UK driving licence
- Proficient in using Microsoft programmes, training for specific processes will be given
- Good attention to detail, organisation and planning
- Proficient in maths as you will be managing and tracking budgets
- Creative with ideas for future VICTA activities and programmes
- Excellent people skills
- Beneficial but not required: Previous experience working with young people / youth groups
- Beneficial but not required: Previous experience working with people who have a vision impairment
- Beneficial but not required: Knowledge of working in the charity sector
- Beneficial but not required: Experience in event planning

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

Pay: £24,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 24/02/2025
Reference ID: Activities & Volunteers Co-ordinator