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Age UK Sheffield is a great place to work! Could you bring your skills to our team? See our latest vacancies below.
Befriending Volunteer Coordinator
Join Age UK Sheffield – Launch a Life-Changing Service! We’re proud to introduce *Gift of Friendship* – a brand-new befriending service designed to support older people in Sheffield who have experienced significant life events that have reduced their confidence and increased feelings of loneliness and isolation. To bring this vision to life, we’re recruiting for a Befriending Volunteer Coordinator. This exciting post will offer the opportunity to help shape a service that reconnects people to their communities and restores confidence through meaningful, volunteer-led relationships. Based at: Age UK Sheffield, Eyre Street, Sheffield Contract: 18 months fixed term from September 25 We offer: 30 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata), flexible working between 8am–6pm (Monday to Friday), with occasional evening/weekend work as needed. 18 hours per week – £25,165 FTE 12,495 actual Closing date for applications: 9am Friday 4th July Interviews: there will be a 2 part recruitment process to be held week commencing 7th July 2025
Interested?
If you'd like to know more about the roles and what we do to support older people living in Sheffield, we recommend checking out our YouTube channel! Here's the link - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eXJ8irtClPI1VUEp8u4cA
Working for Age UK Sheffield
Age UK Sheffield is a local independent charity with around 60 staff members. We help over 4,000 local older people every year, offering support, activities, events, befriending, information and more. It's a great place to work if you really want to make a difference in people's lives.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Because of the nature of our work with older people, all roles are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
We have a generous annual leave policy – 30 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata). We are an inclusive organisation who embrace and celebrate difference. We welcome and encourage applicants from people from Black, Asian and other minoritised communities, people who are LGBTQ+ and people living with disabilities. We are a Mindful and Disability Confident employer.
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