Charity / Voluntary Volunteer Jobs

Single Parents Wellbeing is a peer led, compassionate and connected approach to being in a single parent household, improving the mental wellbeing of single parent families. Being part of a single parent household, the challenges are unique, diverse, and often emotionally charged. At Single Parents Wellbeing (SPW), we prioritise a compassionate and positive approach to support these unique challenges of single-parent living. Thrive: An Ambassador Led Initiative, is an exciting new, 3 year project funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and; in partnership with Mental Health Foundation. In this 3 years the project aims to: Grow, develop and sustain the volunteer offering in SPW Improve the mental health, confidence and self esteem of single parents through a corproduced volunteer offering Improve knowledge and skills of volunteers through training and workshops – Develop and deliver an innovative approach to volunteering for single parents, sharing the findings with the wider community 1 X Project Admin Role | Thrive: An Ambassador Led Initiative 21 hours per week | £13,500 per annum Cardiff Based Assist Engagement and Volunteer Manager to process applications, contracts and DBS checks Assit VEM on arranging volunteer training Social media and website management (with training) Promo of events across platforms Respond to enquiries from volunteers Feed into coproduction and training program Office management for the project including spreadsheets, updating participants, social channels and collating data Event booking as instructed by Volunteer and Engagement ManagerAttend weekly team meeting Be a part of monthly volunteer meetings Organise set up meetings, including agenda Communication to attendees via email and textEvaluation support with surveys and EO Tracking of volunteers and stats to feed into reports to funders and partnersAdmin on platforms such as Google Workplace, Personal Specification: 1. Demonstrates key behaviours that encompass SPW main aims, including having a compassionate, empowering and collaborative approach to your work.2. Desirable to have experience in working with mental health, wellbeing and single parents. Including having personal experience of being a single parent or from a single parent household. 3. Excellent communication and organisational skills. 4. Ability to work on a busy project and meet deadlines. SPW is actively committed to promoting positive mental health and a productive workplace, through a pioneering model of support around flexible working. We welcome an individual approach and conversations with employees around this. We are committed to actively diversifying our team here at Single Parents Wellbeing. We know that people from underrepresented groups can sometimes hold back from applying if they don’t meet all of the criteria. We care much more about getting to know you as a person so if you’re on the fence – just go for it! If you are Black, Asian, any other ethnic minority, or disabled, you are guaranteed an interview if you meet all essential criteria. We also give the interview questions 30 minutes before the interview starts. Please apply by sending a CV and a letter that covers how you meet each point of the criteria of the role to amy@singleparentswellbeing.com. Closing Date: 17th MayInterviews: w/c 20th May