Project Officer - HOPE - Powys and Ceredigion in London

Age Cymru is offering a fantastic part-time opportunity for a Project Officer with strong communication and people skills, to assist with important work undertaken by the HOPE Project (Helping others participate and engage). Working closely and in collaboration with local Age Connects and Age Cymru partners, this important project delivers independent advocacy for older people (50+) and carers across Wales. By contributing to the development of advocacy across the region, you'll be helping us to fulfil HOPE project objectives centred around delivering early intervention to older people by giving them a voice.

This exciting project supports people to engage, have their voices heard, make choices, share experiences, raise awareness of advocacy, and to develop their skills and knowledge. Working as part of the HOPE regional project team you'll be involved in the recruitment, training, and day to day management of volunteers who provide support to older people. You'll be responsible for making regular contact with older people and their carers to take advocacy referrals and for allocating these to volunteers. This role requires a high level of empathy and understanding.

This position offers hybrid working, a blend of home/office working and occasional travel across Powys and Ceredigion. The contractual office base will be the Age Cymru Powys office in Newtown. We welcome applications from these areas. The successful role holder will be required to provide a car for business use and travel expenses will be included.

Please note salary advertised is full-time equivalent 35 hours per week. Salary will be pro-rata for 28 hours per week. There will be an occasional requirement to work evenings and weekends, and this will be confirmed and planned in advance.

Must haves:

• Experience of working with others to deliver successful projects and services
• Recruiting, managing and working with volunteers
• Knowledge of the issues affecting older people and carers
• Knowledge of local services in the public or voluntary sector
• Experience of coordinating and undertaking a range of communications, marketing and promotion
• Excellent administrative skills, ability to maintain systems, manage processes and attention to detail
• Excellent inter-personal skills with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships, work collaboratively but also on own initiative
• Experience of coordinating events such as meetings, conferences, workshops, and seminars
• Strong IT, data management and analysis skills.

Great to haves:

• Ability to speak Welsh (Desirable)

What we offer in return:

• Holiday - 27 days made up of 24 choice days and 3 days to be used between Christmas & New Year - Including carry forward
• Employer pension
• Generous life assurance up to four times your annual salary

How do I apply for this role? Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria for this role and why you would like to work for Age Cymru. Your application will not be considered without the covering letter.

Age Cymru is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age Cymru is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age Cymru politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Age Cymru is the national charity for older people in Wales and we're here when we're needed the most. Through research and campaigns, offering information and advice, providing independent advocacy (through our HOPE Project and Dementia advocacy) and well-being programmes, we truly care about supporting older people to live a fulfilled life.