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Location: North Hertfordshire 

Hours: 10 hours per week to be worked Thursdays and Fridays 

Contract:   12 months fixed term (with the possibility of extension)

Salary: £6,576 per annum    (£23,017 FTE)
Closing Date:  noon, Monday 23 February 2026
 
Interviews:  Wednesday 4 March 2026
 
An exciting opportunity to join our Befriending Service which aims to ease loneliness and isolation of older people within Hertfordshire.

You will be responsible for carefully matching volunteers to visit an older lonely, isolated person in their own home to provide friendship and company.

You will also help to promote volunteering throughout North Hertfordshire.

This rewarding position offers flexibility and autonomy in the way that you work.

It requires someone with excellent communication and organisation skills.

As you will be required to travel throughout the  locality, a full driving licence with daily use of a car is essential.

 

In return we  can offer you:

Training and development

Contributory pension scheme

Health care plan after an initial qualifying period.

To Apply

Submit your CV and a supporting statement  telling us how you meet the person specification to recruitment@ageukherts.org.uk 

by the closing date. 

To find out more about the role, download the job description and person specification below