Community Development Assistant (North)

CISWO; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

CISWO in the North of England is seeking a part-time Community Welfare Assistant to help sustain miners’ welfare charities. You will support local charity governance, funding, and trustee training, while delivering practical resources and training to volunteers.

Working with the Development Manager, you will visit sites, develop tools and templates, coordinate events, and help raise CISWO’s profile in former coalfield communities across England and Wales.

Qualifications

• Experience in community development or charity sectors.
• Experience supporting or working with volunteers.
• Experience designing and delivering training.
• Excellent planning, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including report writing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and data management systems.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Willingness to work evenings.
• GCSE English and Maths at grade C/4 or higher.

Responsibilities

• Support the Development Manager in governance, funding, financial sustainability and trustee training.
• Develop tools, resources and training content for miners’ welfare trustees.
• Deliver training and networking events for trustees, in person and online.
• Undertake site visits across the North England region.
• Assist with monitoring and reporting for funding and activity evaluation.
• Support marketing activity to raise awareness of CISWO services.
• Maintain up-to-date information on miners’ welfare charities.
• Record data in organization databases for evaluation and reporting.
• Attend training and external forums relevant to the role.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Community development

Volunteer coordination

Training design and delivery

Planning and organisation

Verbal and written communication

Data management

Driving licence and vehicle

Teamwork and flexible service delivery

Evening flexibility

Education

GCSE English & Maths (C/4 or above)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title: Community Welfare Assistant (North)

Reports To: Development Manager (North)

Location: CISWO Head Office: Whiston, Rotherham (with regional travel)

Salary: £18,118 pa (£30,197 pro rata)

Job Type: Part-Time, Permanent

Hours: 22.5 hours per week with flexibility to work during the evening when required (working days to be agreed with successful candidate)

As part of exciting growth of CISWO’s Community Welfare Service, we are expanding our dedicated regional support teams working to support and sustain miners’ welfare charities across England and Wales.

This role will play a vital part in helping local miners’ welfare charities thrive by providing practical guidance, resources and training to volunteer trustees. Working closely with the Development Manager, the postholder will support charities with governance, funding, financial sustainability and capacity building, ensuring they are well equipped to continue serving their communities.

This role is people-focused, involving regular engagement with local volunteer trustees, site visits, delivery of training and events, and contributing to the development of tools and resources that respond to the needs of miners’ welfare organisations. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a growing team within the organisation and to make a meaningful impact in former coalfield communities.

Learn more about our Community Welfare Service: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1920629035240779

Job Purpose

To assist the Development Manager in providing support for local mining charities in the North England region with issues such as charity governance, funding, financial sustainability, and trustee training.

Key Responsibilities

• Supportthe creation of tools,resourcesand training content to support miners’welfare trustees manage their charities.
• Support the development of policies and proceduretemplatesto enable charity trustees undertake their role effectively.
• Support the delivery of a range of training and networking events for miners’welfare trustees.
• Undertake site visits to miners’ welfare charitiesacross the region,meetingwith local charity trustees, highlighting good practice,identifyingpotential areas for support,andnurturing development opportunities.
• In co-ordination with the Development Manager, deliver in person and online training events and forums to support local trustees tonetwork and engage in learning opportunities.
• Support the gathering of evidence and information for producing internal and external funding applications.
• To undertake monitoring and reporting with regards funding, activitymonitoringand evaluation.
• Support with the delivery of marketing activity toraise awareness of thesupport we offer for miners’welfares,the impact we have, andattend events to raise our profileand help to promote wider CISWO services.
• Take an active role in ensuring CISWO holds up to date information on miners’welfare charities.
• Utiliseorganisationdatabasestoassistwithrecording,evaluationand reporting purposestoevidencethe impact of our work.
• Attend training, staffmeetingsand external forums relevant to the role.
• Any other duties as reasonablyrequiredto meet theobjectivesof the organisation.

Skills/Qualifications/Experience

Essential:

• Experience of workingincommunity development, charitysectoror related area
• Experience of supportingor working withvolunteers
• Experience of designing and delivering training
• Excellent planning, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including report writing.
• Proficiencyin Microsoft Office and data management systems.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Excellent team working skills, with a strong work ethic and flexible and creative approach to service delivery.
• Good standard of education, with GCSE or equivalent (grade C or 4, or above) in Maths and English.
• Ability to work flexibly including some evening working.

Desirable:

• Experience of funding for charitable organisations.
• Knowledge and understanding of former coalfield areas.

This job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the jobholder andidentifiesthe level of responsibility at which the jobholder willbe requiredto work.

This job description may be subject to review and/ or amendment at any time to reflect the requirements of the organisation.