Events and Activities Co Ordinator

Events and Activities Co Ordinator Salary £26,178.60 a year Location Stoke-on-Trent Hours per week 37.5 Contract type Fixed Term You will be responsible for planning and delivering a wide range of events and activities to customers at Concrete’s male accommodation scheme. You’ll work with customers experiencing a variety of complex needs, including homelessness, substance misuse and mental health, all while recognising and embracing diversity is essential to the success of the role. You’ll be a ‘community connector,’ linking customers to the local area and ensuring that they feel strong, safe and confident. Job requirements * Develop a wide range of individual and group activities within the scheme, to empower customers at VCH. This might include gardening clubs, cooking classes, reading group sessions, bingo, ICT skills classes and more. * Develop an understanding and knowledge of what activities and groups are already running in the local area, to make sure that customers are connected to the community. * Link with community hubs and lounges to build strong partnership networks. * Make sure that activities are tailored to the needs of customers within the scheme, developing strong links with onsite staff. * Understand the wider needs of the community and link customers to community events which benefit the wider community, where possible. * Refer customers to external support agencies in conjunction with the onsite staff where needed. What we’re looking for * Experience of event and activities co-ordination and delivery. * Experience of engaging with complex customers. * Experience of giving great customer service, with a genuine compassion for people. You’ll be able to deliver a friendly and approachable service that people will want to use. * Highly motivated and outcome focused. * Able to demonstrate the ability to provide quality direction and support a team to achieve targets. * Able to remain calm and focused under pressure. * Able to deliver a friendly and approachable service as part of a wider team whilst working independently to meet all of our customer’s needs. * Full UK driving licence with access to own vehicle for work. * DBS check. Help us give those without a plan, voice or home to build concrete futures by tackling the issues that keep people from finding their own home. Apply now! Please note that we will be interviewing as we go, and so may close the vacancy early if we find the right person. #Stoke #StokeonTrent #EventsAndActivitiesCoordinator #EventsAndActivities #Homelessness #FullTime #GreatBenefits #JobsThatGiveBack #ComplexNeeds #HousingCrisis Who we are We’re part of Honeycomb Group, a team of social-minded brands championing happy homes in our region by providing services and support that help people across Staffordshire and its surrounding areas feel secure, connected and confident. Homelessness isn’t a choice. It can happen to anyone. Concrete is a local charity, support network and campaigner leading the fight to erase homelessness within Staffordshire and its surrounding areas. Through a community-led approach, Concrete helps those without a plan, without a voice and without a home build concrete futures by tackling the underlying issues that keep people from finding and securing a home of their own. Join us on our fight to make homelessness history across Staffordshire and everywhere