Activities Coordinator

Housing Group; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 16,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Medicash

Discount scheme

Cinema tickets

Gym membership

Training opportunities

Job summary

Your Housing Group in Sheffield is seeking an enthusiastic Activity Coordinator to plan and deliver engaging activities for residents at Brunswick Gardens. You will support residents to lead events and connect with the wider community, while keeping safety and inclusivity at the forefront.

The role is 20 hours per week with flexible pattern, based on residents' needs. A DBS check is required, and our benefits include pension, Medicash, and staff discounts, with genuine progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and delivering activities, events or community programmes.
• Ability to work independently and manage your own workload.
• Strong relationship-building skills with people from diverse backgrounds.
• An understanding of health and safety and safeguarding principles.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver a varied programme of engaging and accessible activities for residents.
• Support residents to access activities and encourage them to take an active role in shaping the programme.
• Collaborate with residents to lead and grow the activity programme.

Skills

Event planning

Community engagement

Independent working

Relationship-building

Health & safety

Job description

Are you passionate about bringing people together and creating engaging activities that make a real difference to older people's lives? So…. What is this role exactly? This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience and knowledge of organising and delivering activities and events, to work with the residents of Brunswick Gardens, a Retirement Living Scheme in Woodhouse, Sheffield. As the Activity Coordinator, you will encourage and support residents to organise and lead their own activities and events, as well as building links with the wider community. What will my working week look like? The core hours for our customers are Monday- Friday, 9am to 5pm. The working pattern can be flexible and will be agreed with you, subject to it meeting the needs of residents and the business. What will I be responsible for doing? You will work closely with residents to plan and deliver a varied programme of engaging and accessible activities, ensuring they are safe, inclusive and enjoyable for all. You will also support residents to access activities where needed and encourage them to take an active role in shaping and leading the programme. And what would make me stand out from the crowd? To be successful as an Activity Coordinator, you will need to be able to demonstrate

Experience of planning and delivering activities, events or community programmes.

• The ability to work independently and manage your own workload.
• Strong relationship-building skills with people from diverse backgrounds.
• An understanding of health and safety and safeguarding principles.

Ideally you will also have:

• Experience of working with older people

This role is ideal for someone who is enthusiastic, creative and people-focused, with a passion for improving the wellbeing of older people through meaningful social activities.

Who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford. As one of the North's sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by continually reinvesting in our 29K properties and tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. We also build over 1,000 new homes each year. We're an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'. That all sounds great…. What's in it for me? In return we offer £14,286 for a 20-hour week, and 26 days (pro-rata) annual leave (holidays also increase with time served) plus Bank Holidays, but our employee deal offers much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance. On top of this, we'll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through Medicash, that doesn't just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names. To see more of our benefits please see the attached benefits information sheet. This role also offers genuine progression opportunities with a wide range of training available both from YHG and local authority partners.

As part of our pre-employment checks, this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check.

Closing Date: 9th October 2026

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities.

Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for anyone who declare they have a disability.

If these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or advert) they will be guaranteed an interview.

Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified.