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Location: North Hertfordshire  & Stevenage

Hours: 35 hours per week to be worked 9.00am-4.30pm Monday - Friday 

Salary: £30,000 per annum 
Closing Date:  Friday 15 May 2026
 
Interviews:  Thursday 28 May/Friday 29 May 2026
 
An exciting opportunity to lead our Befriending Service Team which aims to ease loneliness and isolation of older people within Hertfordshire.  
 
You will ensure the  effective development of the service and the deployment of a well-informed, trained, motivated and committed team of staff and volunteers to deliver a professional service to older people of Hertfordshire.
 

You will also help to promote volunteering throughout North Hertfordshire and Stevenage by carefully matching volunteers to visit an older lonely, isolated person in their own home to provide friendship and company.

We are looking for someone  with previous  experience of managing staff and volunteers with health and social care experience working with vulnerable client groups.

You will have  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