Marketing and Communications Coordinator

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Organisation: South Northants Volunteer Bureau (SNVB) with a site in Daventry and community working expected.

Location: Based at: Riverside Centre, Islington Road, Towcester with a site in Daventry and community working expected.

Salary: 28,860 – 30,784 pro-rata

 

About SNVB and Position Overview

South Northants Volunteer Bureau (SNVB) is a leading Local Infrastructure Organisation dedicated to championing volunteering, community groups, and grassroots projects across rural West Northamptonshire. With nine vibrant social action projects supporting residents from birth and throughout life; we are at the heart of local life

Our Marketing and Communications Coordinator will be the creative spark that connects our vital services with the people who need them. By bringing together the voices of our volunteers and community groups, you will shine a light on the incredible impact of the VCFSE sector while driving our fundraising and volunteer recruitment. We’re looking for a passionate storyteller—someone who loves finding the “heart” of a project and sharing it in a way that inspires, engages, and brings our community closer together.

For more information click here

Ready to join the team? We’d love to hear from you! To apply, please send your CV and a brief cover letter to helen.heng@snvb.org.uk outlining why you’d be a great fit for the role to our recruitment team. If you have any questions before applying, don’t hesitate to reach out for an informal chat, we’re excited to hear from you. Closing date is 12th June.

Housing and Court Duty Adviser

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Project Manager

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To oversee the lifecycle of all projects, develop a motivated projects team, and ensure every initiative delivers maximum social impact while maintaining financial sustainability.

Job details

Pay

  • £25,069.20 a year

Job type

  • Part-time
  • Permanent
Location
Doddridge Centre, 109 St. James Road, Northampton NN5 5LD

Benefits

Pulled from the full job description
  • Free parking
  • Casual dress
  • Work from home
  • On-site parking

Full job description

Purpose: To oversee the lifecycle of all projects, develop a motivated projects team, and ensure every initiative delivers maximum social impact while maintaining financial sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership & Business Development

Mission Alignment: Translate the Doddridge Centre’s strategic vision into actionable, scalable project roadmaps.

Fundraising & Sponsorship: Identify opportunities for external funding, draft compelling grant proposals, and build relationships with corporate sponsors and donors to ensure long-term project viability.

Portfolio Oversight: Evaluate new project ideas against impact metrics and financial capacity before proposing them to the Board.

2. Operational Management

Methodology & Standards: Establish and maintain a standardized project management framework for the team to use, ensuring consistency in planning, timelines, and risk mitigation.

KPI & Impact Reporting: Define clear success metrics (KPIs) for every project. Implement a robust reporting loop to keep stakeholders informed of progress, budget adherence, and social outcomes.

3. Team Empowerment & Mentorship

Direct Leadership: Mentor and manage a team of Project Co-ordinators, providing guidance on conflict resolution, time management, and professional development.

Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Act as the internal bridge, ensuring the Project team works seamlessly with other team members, partners and beneficiaries

4. Compliance & Quality Assurance

– Ensure compliance with legislation and maintain records.

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HOUSING COURT DUTY WORKER

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This post will join our expert Housing Advice Team, providing a weekly court duty service at county courts in Milton Keynes and Peterborough at housing possession hearings. The post will provide on the day advice and representation to individuals who are facing repossession, offering a varied and interesting working week. This post also contributes to the Service’s Housing Team’s casework,
undertaking a small number of housing advice appointments in the Northampton office.

Applications are invited from experienced advisers or candidates with relevant transferable skills and experience who are willing to be trained. Pay will be dependent on experience. Additional training can be provided.

Own transport required.

 

To apply or to find out more, click here 

Community Engagement Facilitator

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We have recently been awarded a grant from the Compton Fund. An element of this funding involves outreach to the local community (The Mounts). To meet this need we require the services of a Community Engagement Facilitator. The successful candidate will work Freelance on a short-term contract. Project Duration will be from April 2025 till February 2026. The position is funded for a total of 80 hours @ £20 per hour. Mix of working from home, working with Community Groups in the Mounts and working at 97 Charles Street (The Lab). Previous experience of this role would be useful but is not essential, appropriate skills and enthusiasm for the project will be valued. This role is offered without a detailed job description. Instead, candidates are invited to present their solutions to achieving the required outcomes as part of the interview process. The successful candidate will work with the Project Team to set targets and objectives. The role will include communicating with local groups, online and in person, leading outreach discussions. The desired outcomes to meet our obligations to the Compton Fund have been established as:
1. Devise an engagement programme
2. Create questionnaires & surveys to identify the broad spread of people we can
talk to
3. Establish best methods to engage with community: to include
a. Community Open Days
b. Heritage walks
c. Facilitating communities expressing their story through art, music and written word
4. Design and distribute digital & printed communication
5. Collect and analyse current and ongoing engagement with the project
6. Report on progress using data collected and case studies
For further details on this project, see “97 Charles Street & The Mounts History Project”.
Members of the project team will be happy to answer questions from potential candidates before they submit their applications
Enquiries to: 97charlesst@gmail.com

Nene Vally Care Trust – New Trustees

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Now that many of our Trustees and sponsors are retiring after being in role for 15 years, building our new board of trustees is a priority.  The Nene Valley Care Trust (NVCT) is a small trust that funds smaller CICs, charities and organisations that do not have the resources to carry out fundraising activities of their own.  The Trust is committed to supporting vulnerable young care leavers in the Nene valley areas.  Trustees all work for the charity on a voluntary basis.

The Trust faces significant challenges to maintain its sustainability – particularly in terms of income.  We are fortunate in having a well established working relationship with a fundraising consultant.  He works hard and raises a significant amount on our behalf – perhaps 55% – 65% of the required income.

This means that we need a very active board of trustees that is willing and able to take roles to manage our work and raise funds to fill the gap in our income.  All candidates should have time and enthusiasm to offer with particular emphasis on fundraising and administration.

Our working year involves:

  • Around 3 board meetings per year.  These meetings take place in Northampton and usually last 2 – 2.5 hours.  These are important in monitoring our plans, activities and finances.
  • Carrying out monitoring meetings with partners and contractors that we fund to work with care leavers – this is to ensure that they are suitably managed to do the work and that they carry out the work and use the funds correctly.  Such meetings generally last 1 – 1.5 hours.
  • Carrying out fundraising activities which most of our Trustees can be involved in.  These activities cover everything from bid writing and organising fundraising events to managing our website and social media.
  • Administration which covers a broad range of activities involved with managing our records and activities.

Please view the role information here

If you would like to find out more please email Richard Munro at richard@commsave.co.uk.

Debt Adviser / Trainee Debt Adviser

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2 posts: 35 hours and 20 hours a week

Salary: circa £27,800 per annum for full time (salary
dependent on experience)
Benefits
 26 days (31 after 5 years’ service) plus bank holidays paid leave
(pro rata for part time).
 5% pension contribution.
 Optional hybrid working after probationary period.
 Flexible working hours (within core hours).
 Contractual sick pay.

 

For more information click here

Part time bookkeeper/fundraiser

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NToS is transforming from a volunteer led and delivered service to a professional service supported by volunteers
• We have a complex set of funding for structural work and for projects
• Our treasurer is a board member, trustee and director and our bookkeeper and prepares the accounts for audit.
• Our need is for the treasurer, with the NToS coordinator, to maintain a strategic overview of the accounts.
• We need a bookkeeper to manage day-to-day income and expenditure, payment of invoices, PAYE, reporting and records.
• The fund-raising element will support the longer-term sustainability of the organisation and support the coordinator and board become more effective and efficient addressing our fundraising need.
We see this as family friendly post, that could take place term time only and between school hours.
Further information and application form available
Danielle Stone daniellevstone@gmail.com 07500930903

Mini Bus Driver – Northampton Door to Door Service

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Join Our Team!

We are seeking a compassionate and reliable Mini Bus Driver to provide essential transport services for elderly and disabled individuals in Northampton. As part of our Northampton Door to Door Service, you will drive a specially adapted mini-bus, ensuring safe and comfortable journeys for our passengers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Safely transport passengers from their homes to various destinations.
  • Assist passengers with walking aids and luggage.
  • Ensure all passengers are securely seated before travel.
  • Conduct routine maintenance and safety checks on the vehicle.

About Us: VIN supports the voluntary and community sector in Northamptonshire, enhancing local services and fostering community connections. Join us in making a difference!

If you are dedicated to providing excellent service and support to those in need, we want to hear from you!

You can find the application form here  and Job Description here

Counsellor Wanted

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VIN are looking to assist the wellbeing of staff at HMP Five Wells by employing a qualified counsellor to deliver one to one sessions, one day a month onsite at the prison. If you are interested in this opportunity please contact callum.bentley@voluntaryimpact.org.uk