Engagement & Wellbeing Advisor
Salary: £23,500 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term to 30th June 2022
Operational area: Sussex & Surrey
Location: Hastings/ Rother
Groundwork South have been working in Hastings and St Leonards over the last four years and currently are delivering innovative partnership projects across Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve (HCPNR) and Combe Valley Countryside Park including Hidden Hastings Heritage and the development of the new straw bale constructed Visitor Centre, ‘The Bale House’.
Greener Futures is an exciting new CHART (Connecting Hastings and Rother Together) project being delivered by Groundwork South in Hastings Town Centre and Central St Leonards, North East Hastings, Ore Valley and Hollington. Over the next two years Greener Futures will support residents who are the most vulnerable/furthest from being able to access employment to move closer to the labour market/access work and also support any CHART area residents who wish to get involved in volunteering on green space improvements to boost their health and wellbeing.
The Engagement & Wellbeing Advisor is a vital link between workless residents and potential engagement and wellbeing opportunities available to them through Groundwork South’s programmes. Groundwork’s employment programmes work with 16-18 year old as well as adults.
Main Duties
1. Delivery & Activities Coordination
- Work with the volunteer coordinator, Employment Advisors and trainer to establish and deliver a programme of environmental volunteering activities that assist in the wellbeing of the participants.
- Work with clients to improve their wellbeing holistically throughout the programme.
- Establish and implement a self-assessment system to enable participants to consider and report on improved wellbeing.
- To establish referral routes with other local projects and services to ensure a wraparound provision for our participants.
2. Building Partnerships
- Lead stakeholder analysis and mapping to identify key engagement & wellbeing partners including Hastings and Rother wide organisations and local organisations.
- Work with the programme manager to establish, maintain and develop effective working relationships and partnerships with key external stakeholders and partners.
- Attend local events and locations to promote the programme.
3. Community Outreach
- Manage, plan and deliver a range of successful interactive and creative engagements events.
4. Communications and Promotion
- Support the programme manager and Groundwork Marketing and Communications team to establish a programme brand.
- Support the programme manager and Groundwork Marketing and Communications team to establish and execute a programme communications plan.
- Oversee the design, creation and use of promotional materials to ensure effective outreach and project promotion, including flyers, banners, posters & etc.
In return we offer:
- 25 days per annum plus English Bank Holidays
- A contributory pension scheme
- Scope to continuing development of your professional skills
Groundwork South is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable groups. In line with our Safer Recruitment & Selection Policy and Procedure, successful applicants are subject to references and an enhanced with barred lists disclosure check.
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Engagement & Wellbeing Advisor JDPS
Please complete an application pack and send to Louise Bucknell on louise.bucknell@groundwork.org.uk quoting reference SS04.
For more information regarding the post, please contact Teresa Flower at teresa.flower@groundwork.org.uk.
Closing Date: Thursday 20 August 2020
Interview Date: Friday 28 August 2020
CVs will not be accepted. No agencies, please. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note that we reserve the right to close applications early in the event of a large response.
Groundwork South is committed to transforming people’s lives and places through social, economic and environmental action. In terms of development and delivery of these projects we work across three business themes, Parks & Open Spaces, Youth & Employment and Greener Living & Working.
We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. To demonstrate our commitment, we have been awarded the Disability Confident Scheme Symbol, which is awarded by the Employment Service. We guarantee an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the post. If you consider yourself to have a disability and would like to apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme please complete the Guaranteed Interview Scheme form (at the top of our current vacancies page) and submit this with your application. We shall ensure fairness and equal opportunities throughout our workforce and in service delivery.
Groundwork South is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age. A copy of our Equality and Diversity policy may also be made available to candidates on request.