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Service Manager (Part-Time)

  • Part time
  • £25,000 pro-rata
  • Shetland (with hybrid working and travel across the area)
  • Closing 25th February 2022


  • Advertised from 14th February 2022
  • £13.70 per hour. 28 hours per week

Role

Belonging to the Royal Voluntary Service community means inspiring volunteers to support the nation’s health and wellbeing. It means tackling the most pressing social issues in a workplace full of opportunities.

Through the gift of voluntary service, our volunteers provide much-needed support for over-stretched public services. They work at scale in the NHS, freeing up staff to dedicate more time to patient care and within communities to give practical help and support to people when they need it.

Our people are a welcoming team of individuals from every background who support one another to be their best. They are also some of the country’s most compassionate and dedicated people who step forward to help make society better connected and more inclusive – where everyone can thrive.

We’re now looking for a Service Manager to join us on permanent, part-time basis.

Your role

As the Service Manager, you will lead and manage the delivery of our Healthy Happy Lives Support Service in Shetland.

The Healthy Happy Lives Support Service aims to reduce isolation in older people through building their confidence to reconnect with their communities.

In this key role, you will:

  • Recruit, train and oversee the day-to-day co-ordination of staff and volunteers
  • Develop and maintain relationships with key local contacts
  • Oversee and manage the service budget, specifically service income and expenditure
  • Support our community fundraising activities both locally and nationally
  • Ensure the service is compliant with all the necessary policies, procedures and requirements
  • Undertake general administrative duties

Interested? To be considered, you’ll need:

  • Experience of managing and motivating teams of staff and volunteers
  • Experience of working at management level
  • Knowledge and understanding of the NHS, Commissioning groups and Local Authority Commissioning including Health and Social Care Bodies
  • Excellent communication skills
  • The ability to act on your own initiative
  • The ability to proficiently use standard IT systems
  • At a minimum, GCSEs in Maths and English at grade A-C or Scottish Higher qualification
  • A full, valid driving licence and access to your own vehicle (for travel within the role)

This role will require a DBS check.

Why you should join our team

We’re proud to be in the top 25 not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK, based on ratings from Indeed. As a valued employee at Royal Voluntary Service, you will benefit from the following:

  • A salary of £13.70 per hour
  • The chance to make a positive, lasting impact that changes lives, communities and society
  • An employee benefits package that gives access to an exclusive rewards website, 24-hour doctor line, financial support with dental/optical and other therapies
  • A free and confidential employee assistance programme with up to six face-to-face sessions built-in
  • Opportunities to discuss flexible working
  • Access to award-winning e-learning and development
  • Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
  • A great pension scheme
  • Enhanced Family Leave schemes
  • Six weeks company sick pay
  • 25 days’ holiday (pro rata) plus paid statutory Bank Holidays (pro rata)

Application notes

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The closing date for applications is the 25th February 2022. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

This is a part-time role working 28 hours per week.

This role will involve some travel across the Shetland area and may also involve some weekend and evening work.

Here at Royal Voluntary Service, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be a charity that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective.