Fighting With Pride – LGBT+ Veterans Community Worker (VCW)

Confederation of Service Charities; England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000; Full time

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Fighting With Pride – LGBT+ Veterans Community Worker (VCW)

£29,400 per annum based on 37.5 hours per week.

Based in the East of England.

Partially remote worker (as the role will involve some face-to-face activity across the East of England).

Full Time and a Fixed Term Contract initially for a period of 16 months.

Fighting With Pride (FWP) is looking for an outstanding regionally focused LGBT+ Veterans Community Worker covering the East of England. This fundamental, enabling, rewarding and busy role will make a real difference to the lives of LGBT+ Veterans, serving personnel and their families, around the UK, working as part of a team of VCWs covering the whole country.

FWP was formed in January 2020 to support LGBT+ Veterans, serving personnel and their families and is a registered charity, founded by Caroline Paige and Craig Jones, now led by Peter Gibson and overseen by a dynamic and experienced Board of Trustees.

An increasing number of Veterans are contacting our charity, particularly since the publication of the Etherton Report, and we want to add to our exceptional team to support them. You will be signposting service users to organisations where they will receive a warm welcome and will develop their self-esteem, self-confidence, independence and resilience, and work with those organisations to enable positive LGBT+ inclusion. In addition, you will be highlighting access to the scheme of reparations arising from the Etherton Report.

An LGBT+ Veterans Community Team Manager will support you, along with the Executive team at FWP.

You will have a keen interest in, and thorough understanding of, the challenges faced by the LGBT+ Veterans community (or other related community), previous experience of supporting and developing service users, strong relationship building skills, and be a self-starter with a passion for helping people. This role is funded by The Bridge for Heroes under an agreement with the Armed Forces Covenant Trust.

If you are interested in joining this friendly and supportive team, please contact Julia Muir at [e-mail] for a full job description. Please then apply, sending your C.V. and a maximum of two sides of A4 covering letter, addressing each aspect of the Person Specification (contained in the job description) to Julia Muir by 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday 7 May 2025.

FWP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

FWP is an Armed Forces Covenant Employer. We support and encourage service spouses, veterans, and reservists in the workplace.