Volunteen Plus Assistant Support Officer Vacancy

Deadline 15th October

Salary: £19,178 p.a. pro rata (£10,885 p.a. for 21 hours pw)

Status: 21 hours per week

Fixed term: 1st November 2019 to 17th September 2020

Benefits: 25 days annual leave + public holidays pro rata

Employers pension contribution 10.6%

Area: North East of East Riding of Yorkshire

Location: ERVAS offices within the East Riding

ERVAS has received Reaching Communities funding through the Big Lottery Fund to support individual young people aged 13 – 18 (up to 25 for young people with S.E.N.D.) years old, living in the North East of East Riding of Yorkshire and who have experienced a range of difficulties in their lives. You will work closely with the Volunteen Plus Support Officer to support these young people and engage them in volunteering activities of interest to them. This will help them to improve their confidence and self-esteem, as well as enable them to gain skills, knowledge and qualifications/accreditations in order to enhance their future employability prospects.

They are looking for a suitably qualified and experienced person to build on work conducted over the last six years, to offer 1-1 support to vulnerable groups of young people living in the North East of East Riding who currently experience difficulties in their lives which prevent them from engaging in volunteering and gaining from the benefits this brings.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

E-mail Steven Heath at ERVAS on office@ervas.org.uk for an application pack

If you require a paper copy of the application pack please write to Steven Heath, ERVAS, Morley’s Cottage, Walkergate, Beverley, HU17 9BY and include an A4 self-addressed envelope with £1.09 of postage.

Closing date for applications: 5pm, Tuesday 15th October 2019

Interviews will be held on: Monday 21st October 2019, from 1.30pm