Activities Coordinator
Activities Coordinator
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Job Description
Fixed Term until April 2026
Part Time (14 hours per week)
Working hours - Wednesday to Friday
We have an exciting opportunity available for an Activities Coordinator to support with the running of a community hub in Trumpington. This role will support and prevent social isolation in older adults and provide support to older people in Trumpington. The post-holder will work with colleagues and stakeholders to identify the needs of the residents and organise events in line with their needs.
The post holder will work 14 hours - Friday will be compulsory and we have some flexibility around when the remaining hours can be fulfilled.
What you will be doing:
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Support the needs of older adults through building relationships.
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Encourage and empower residents to make their own social activities and provide help were required with advertising flyers etc
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Lead on annual events such as Christmas festival performances etc
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To use digital skills and educate residents on potential benefits of technology.
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To have confidence in reporting safeguarding issues.
Wed love to meet someone with: (please provide evidence of these essential skills as part of your personal statement)
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Experience of working with vulnerable client groups. (E)
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Experience of working within a team and with internal and external partners as well as on own initiative. (E)
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Strong people skills including the ability to build rapport and work in a non-judgemental way with the community and to challenge inappropriate behaviours. (E)
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Experience of engaging residents and developing self-sustaining events based on the user stories using a variety of communication techniques. (E)
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Digital skills to support residents with learning (E)
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A good standard of general education.
Amongst what we offer you is:
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A competitive salary
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28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays
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A generous contributory pension scheme
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Private health care
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Free life assurance
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Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym
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Opportunities for learning and development
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Discounted gym membership
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Retail discount scheme
Travel between multiple sites will be required or must be willing to travel between multiple sites in the Cambridge area
Please note the successful candidate will be required to complete a basic DBS application and this will need to be returned and verified by bpha before a start date can be provided.
We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.
INDLOW
About us
bpha is a Housing Association located in the Oxford to Cambridge arc which is committed to providing its customers with high quality value for money services whilst continuing to develop energy efficient sustainable and affordable housing.
We are a leading provider and developer of affordable homes for rent sheltered residential care and shared ownership.
We work together with communities to improve opportunities independence and quality of life for our residents and to benefit the wider community. We bring people together and run and support a wide range of community activities.
All the money we make is used to invest in existing homes to enable us to build new homes and to deliver new and improved services.
We own or manage over 19500 homes and over 500 staff.
Our vision and values
To build communities where people can live happily in a home they can afford.
Our values underpin the work that we do and are ingrained in our culture at bpha. We are looking for people who can share these values and translate them into day-to-day practices for the benefit of our communities customers and fellow colleagues. So that we can realise our vision together.
We are ambitious
We are better together
We show empathy
We take responsibility
Benefits
We believe that benefits should be more than just perks. For us they arent simply little extras added on at the end theyre fundamental parts of what we stand for from the very beginning. As standard.
Thats why at bpha we reward our employees by making sure we give them a supportive and caring environment that empowers them to be happy healthy and inspired every day.
- Holiday entitlement of 28-33 days a year plus public holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Competitive pay
- Life assurance cover
- Private healthcare
- Mental Health First Aid
- Counselling service
- Eye tests
- Discounted gym membership
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Free annual flu jabs
- Wellbeing activities and events
- Free fruit and refreshments
- Long service award
- Annual staff recognition awards
- Discretionary reward scheme
- Annual volunteering day
- Social events clubs and activities
- Breakout areas
- Onsite cafe/restaurant at headquarters
- Opportunities for professional training and qualifications
- Workshops and training sessions for new skills
- A fresh and modern eLearning platform
Documents
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Unclear
