Tag: Jobs

Job Vacancy: Calderdale Council Centrally Tasked Community Wardens

Do you want to make a difference by making a positive impact within the community?

Do you want to be involved in a new team to ensure Calderdale is a safe place to live, work and visit?

Could you be an ambassador for the Council?

Are you passionate about serving the local community?

 If the answer is yes – this could be the role for you

Calderdale Council are creating a new service within the Community Safety and Resilience Team designed to provide a 24hour Wardens Service to benefit the residents of Calderdale.  This team will have responsibility to deliver CCTV monitoring, provide visible patrols across Calderdale and facilitate the Council’s out of hours emergency response to critical incidents such as flooding or increased community tension.

For more information and to apply visit: https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/v2/residents/jobs-and-volunteering

Closing date midnight 25th June 2017

Paid and voluntary opportunities at The Hive, Halifax – your skills are wanted!

Do you love cooking and baking?
Would you like to share your passion with others?hive
Can you spare a few hours a week?
We are looking for somebody to work with our clients to help them learn basic cooking and baking skills, if you can spare a few hours a week on a regular basis we would love to hear from you.
This is an unpaid position but out of pocket expenses i.e. travel costs may be payable.

Treasurer
Do you have a banking or accounting background or are you just good with figures?
We urgently need a treasurer to join our board of trustees, the role overseeing the organisations accounts, staff salaries (2 staff) annual financial audit and presenting a financial statement to the board at monthly trustee meetings, this role will require approximately 10 hours per month and is an unpaid position.

Keep fit
Are you a qualified instructor at Keep Fit, Zumba etc., we are seeking somebody who can provide a regular day time session to help get our clients more active, we wish to to discuss a range of possibilities with you as some of our clients will require chair based exercise whist others will be more active.
We are happy to pay on a sessional basis.

If you are interested in any of the above please ring Paul on 01422 323822 for an informal discussion

Job Vacancy: Regional Women-Centred Advisor and Trainer at the WomensCentre

Connecting Opportunities: Women-Centred Advice, Training and Evaluation

Fixed Term for 2 years: 1st July 2017 to 30th June 2019

Salary: SO1 (Point 29-31) £25,951 – £27,668 (pro rata) womencentre

Hours: 20 hours/week

Location: Primarily WomenCentre’s Huddersfield office, but involves working across the region with project partners.

We’re looking for a Regional Women-Centred Advisor and Trainer who is passionate about and has experience of women-centred ways of working with vulnerable women migrants. As part of the regional Connecting Opportunities project, the postholder will work directly with ten project partners to join up what already exists, explore new ideas, training and advice about women-centred ways of working and input to the evaluation of the overall project focusing on women-centred ways of evaluating.

Connecting Opportunities is a new project to increase integration in Leeds City Region by supporting the most socially excluded new migrants to tackle the complex barriers they face in integrating in their local areas, increasing their employability, or finding work. Connecting Opportunities is funded by the Big Lottery and the European Social Fund as part of the Building Better Opportunities programme.

This role is open to female applicants only. The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1 applies. Women with lived experience of migration with relevant skills and experience are encouraged to apply.

For enquiries about the post contact: Karen Arnold 01422 386546 or email karen.arnold@womencentre.org.uk

Application packs: download from http://www.womencentre.org.uk or phone Carrie Burbidge: 01422 386545.

Completed applications: Email to: caroline.burbidge@womencentre.org.uk or

post to: Caroline Burbidge, WomenCentre, 23 Silver Street, Halifax, HX1 1JN.

Closing date for applications (email or pos): 9am Tuesday 6th June 2017.

Interviews: Thursday 8th June.

WomenCentre promotes safeguarding practice across all our service delivery and staff and volunteer recruitment.