We are recruiting!

We are currently recruiting for 1 post:

Community InfoSource Volunteer & befriending Coordinator

Salary: £25,150 per year
Hours of work: 35 hours a week
Place of work: Hybrid: CIS office, currently The Albany Centre, 44 Ashley Street, G3 6DS and at home by arrangement with CIS
Responsible to: Wellbeing Coordinator
Length of post: until December 2024, then subject to further funding

CIS seeks a Volunteer and Befriending Coordinator with experience of developing volunteer programmes and a befriending scheme within a charity setting, and managing, motivating and supporting befrienders assisting isolated people.

The person needs to be organised, able to work well with others in a small team and be committed to a human rights ethos and CIS’s values.

We will guarantee an interview to anyone with lived experience of the asylum system who fulfils the essential criteria of the person specification.

This post aims to provide staff working with volunteers in our organisation with practical support with the volunteer life cycle at CIS. The successful candidate will recruit, train, coordinate and support a network of volunteers.

The role also includes managing the Befriending service offered to socially isolated people in the refugee and asylum community.

Community InfoSource has secured funding, from Henry Smith and the United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Fund for this post. The post is full time, 35 hours a week for a year, until the end of December 2024 and then subject to further funding being available.

A link to the job information is here:
1_cis_volunteer___befriending_coord_advert_nov23.pdf
2_cis_volunteer___befriending_coord_jd_ps_nov_23.pdf
3_cis_application_form_volunteer___befriending_nov_23_blank_document.docx
4_cis_recruitment_policy_explanation___person_spec_for_skills_2023.pdf

Phone: 07306 356 840 if you require any more information about the post

Application notes
Closing date for applications: Monday 27 November 2023 at 12 NOON
Interviews will be held on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th December.

Please send completed applications to: info@infosource.org.uk
with “Confidential - CIS Volunteer & Befriending Coordinator in the heading.                     
Please do not send as a PDF document.

Completed applications forms are required (CVs will not be accepted)

Might you volunteer with us to build your experience?
We are always looking for volunteers - so please get in touch through our Volunteering Enquiry Form if you would like to volunteer.