Community Participation Coordinator - Nottingham
Location: Nottingham - NG7
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £34,629 - £37,868 (pro rata) This is the full-time amount, and the salary will be prorated based on the hours of the post.
Hours of Work: 35 Hours
Closing Date: 15 April 2025
Job Profile
CAFOD’s work in the Catholic community of England and Wales is to inspire and resource Catholics to participate in the Church’s mission to overcome poverty and injustice in partnership with CAFOD.
The main purpose of this role is to inspire and increase participation in CAFOD’s work of Catholic parishes, schools, and the broader Catholic community within the Nottingham Diocese. This will be accomplished partly by the recruitment and support of a team of committed, inspired, and well-resourced volunteers working in parish and school communities to enable and equip Catholics to give, act, and pray. The work will also involve meeting gatekeepers, networks, and other stakeholders within the diocese to build fruitful and positive relationships.
The Community Participation Co-ordinator (CPC) is part of a regional team working across a group of dioceses and whilst having a primary focus on one diocese, is responsible for the results of the regional team plans in relation to volunteer recruitment and retention and parishioner and school participation.
The role will be hybrid (40-60% of time at home and 40-60% based from the volunteer centre) or fully based from CAFOD’s Nottingham Diocese volunteer centre currently in Nottingham city centre, although it is expected that the post holder will be mobile and flexible to meet volunteers, clergy, and other stakeholders as required. The post holder will also be meeting with other regional team members as required both virtually and face to face. At times it will be necessary to transport some equipment and resources and to be flexible to work evenings and weekends.
The role requires a willingness to be adaptable to support the work of the regional team, deploying skills, knowledge and at times activity in other parts of the regional team area. This is likely to require some additional travel (which would be reimbursed by CAFOD). The post also requires weekend and evening work for while time off in lieu (toil) can be claimed.
CPCs are accountable for delivering CAFOD’s annual participation plans locally across England and Wales. As well as growing the number of parishes participating, the plan is also focused on enabling parish communities to expand the breadth of their participation. Through greater numbers and activity of schools volunteers and volunteer co-ordinators, more schools will be visited by a CAFOD volunteer. It is not expected that the post-holder will routinely visit schools but that the vast majority of visits be completed by volunteers.
The post reports to the Community Participation Manager.
Key Responsibilities
* Share accountability for delivery of annual participation plans for the region (a group of dioceses) with a primary focus on one diocese, and for fundraising, education, campaigns, and other targets, as delineated by the participation plan for the region.
* Contribute to the development and delivery of a regional plan across a number of dioceses in support of the annual participation plans and appropriate for local contexts.
* Achieve targets for increasing parishioner and children & young people participation primarily through recruitment and retention of volunteers and working with gatekeepers.
* Be willing and able to share reports and information around community participation and recruitment, activity, development and retention of volunteers.
* Closely monitor parish participation activity.
* Be the local volunteer manager in a specific diocese or dioceses.
* Hold the relationship with, and coordinate the work of, a number of volunteers in order to achieve the annual participation plan in the region.
* Contribute to increasing the number and activity of parish and school volunteers and volunteer co-ordinators in line with the regional team plan.
* Contribute to development of volunteering opportunities especially the growth of volunteer leaders.
* Match the offers, skills, experiences and expectations of volunteers with opportunities and needs in relation to CAFOD’s plans for parishioners and children & young people.
* Ensure each volunteer is appropriately inducted, briefed, trained and resourced.
* Increase and ensure volunteer retention through induction, support, affirmation and effective management of the volunteer throughout their involvement with CAFOD.
* Organize and promote volunteer meetings and training opportunities to be delivered either by national programme teams or self or members of her/his regional team.
* Ensure volunteer records are accurate and up to date on the database.
Managing relationships
* Build and maintain key relationships including with priests, school staff, academy trusts and others within a diocese as determined in the regional plan.
* Build and maintain effective working relationships with diocesan communications officers and press and be a point of contact for local broadcast and print media, to increase opportunities for Catholics to hear about CAFOD’s work, working with and through media volunteers where possible.
All staff are expected:
* To attend and contribute to regular Team, Group and CAFOD-wide meetings and briefings.
* To participate in training and other activities as requested by the line manager.
* To work as a supportive member of the team, providing cover for and training of other team members and volunteers as required.
* To be accountable for the achievement of objectives set by the line manager.
Job-specific competencies
* A demonstrable commitment to volunteering and understanding of its potential as a force for change.
* Experience of managing multiple relationships eg with clergy, stakeholders and a wide variety of volunteers.
* Experience of managing volunteers including recruitment, retention, deployment and celebration.
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