Activities Organiser

Imago Community; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A community support organization in London is seeking an organized person to plan activities for Unpaid Carers. The role involves liaising with providers, ensuring health and safety compliance, promoting activities, and managing bookings. Ideal candidates should have strong communication and organizational skills, alongside experience in admin roles. Competitive benefits and inclusive work environment offered.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Workplace pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Health Care

Cycle to Work Scheme

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in an admin or activities planning role.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Proficient in using Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Plan and arrange activities for young and adult Unpaid Carers.
• Liaise with providers and ensure compliance with safety checks.
• Promote activities and manage bookings.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Proactivity

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

Are you organised… creative… a good planner? We’re looking for someone to plan and organise our activities programme which offers Unpaid Carers in Lewisham the opportunity to have a break from their caring responsibilities in a social environment where they can meet other carers and focus on their wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• You’ll work closely with the service manager to plan and arrange a wide programme of activities for young and adult Unpaid Carers.
• This will involve researching activities, and liaising with providers, ensuring health and safety, insurance and other checks are in place, arranging resources and refreshments, completing risk assessments and booking venues.
• You will actively promote activities to Unpaid Carers, manage bookings and respond to queries.
• The role is based in our Carers Hub, so you will interact with Unpaid Carers visiting the team or enquiring about the service.
• You will also prepare regular newsletters for the service and provide additional admin support to the team as needed.

Qualifications

• Applicants should have experience in an admin or activities planning role and excellent customer service skills.
• You will require exceptional communication, organisational and written skills, and should be proactive and resourceful.
• You must be proficient in using Word and Excel, and experience of using databases would be an advantage.
• The part-time hours (22.5) can be worked as 3 full days or shorter days across the week. Some flexibility is required for occasional evenings or Saturday working.

Benefits

• Inclusive values-based environment
• Competitive remuneration package
• Workplace pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Benenden Health Care
• Death in Service Benefit
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Supported Volunteering scheme
• Development opportunities
• and more

Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website at www.imago.community for full details.

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.

Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.