Project Officer - Community In Touch East Anglia

Project Officer - Community In Touch East Anglia

Peterborough

£11,675 actual (FTE £17,513pa)

Part time - 25 hours per week

Are you looking for a new role within a nationwide charity which offers specialist services and human support to deafblind people and those who have progressive sight and hearing loss acquired throughout their lives?

Your role as Project Officer, on this project funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund, will be to initiate, develop and co-ordinate up to 4 deafblind groups throughout East Anglia.  You will identify, recruit and support deafblind people to be involved with the peer support groups.  You will be responsible for providing casework support for deafblind people and recruiting and managing volunteers to support the project. As the project progresses, the volunteers’ roles will grow and they will take on more responsibility for running the peer support groups.

You will have proven experience of working with people who have a disability, setting up groups and managing projects.  An effective time manager, you will have excellent communication and administration skills.

If you cannot apply online please send your application to: HR Administrator, Deafblind UK, Cygnet Road, Hampton, Peterborough, PE7 8FD. For applications sent to us via the post we confirm receipt if you supply your email address. If you do not hear from us within 28 days of the closing date your application has not been successful on this occasion. If you are selected for interview you will be contacted as soon as possible after the closing date.

Thank you for your interest in working at Deafblind UK.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Charity No: 802976 Company Reg No: 2426281
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Close date for applications: 12 February 2012.