Employment & Volunteering Focus - 10 May

Vacancies

St Vincent's Hospice
Accounts Assistant (20 hours per week)
Salary – £23,000 per annum, pro-rata
St Vincent’s Hospice is recruiting for a detail-oriented P/T Accounts Assistant to maintain and manage our financial records and transactions. 

Administrator (25 hours per week)
Salary – £23,000 per annum, pro-rata
St Vincent’s Hospice is recruiting for an Administrator, assisting our Care & Quality Team.

Senior Trusts & Foundations Fundraiser (37.5 hours per week)
Salary – £30-£33,000 per annum
Working closely with the Director of Income Generation, responsible for Trusts and Foundation applications, cultivating relationships with funders and maximising on the funding needs of the Hospice.
 
Personal Assistant (37.5 hours per week)
Salary – £26,000 per annum
As a Personal Assistant (PA) to the CEO, you will provide comprehensive administrative support to ensure the smooth functioning of the CEO's office.

Volunteering

Volunteers Week CALL OUT

Share your volunteers stories during Volunteers' Week



Volunteers’ Week is fast approaching! We’d love to celebrate your volunteers by sharing quotes, blogs, pictures and good news stories in our ‘Volunteers Week’ special edition newsletter.

Unsure what to ask your volunteers to gather impact? I’ve included some ideas below... 

• What motivated you to volunteer?
• What difference have you made through your volunteering?
• How has volunteering impacted you?
• If you could describe your volunteering experience in three words, what would they be?

We can’t wait to see and share their responses! Please send us your content by Tuesday 04 June to be included in Friday’s newsletter.

Are you planning a Volunteers Week event? Send us the details and we’ll happily share the details.

Remember to tag us in any Volunteers Week social media posts @engagenews1 @louisewalker98


 
Thank your volunteers for their incredible contributions with our specially designed ‘Thank you for volunteering in Renfrewshire’ certificate to download and print.

Contact us to be sent the downloadable version of the certificate.


 

New Volunteering Opportunities this week 

Climate Change Champions in Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire youth services
Age range – 11 to 18 yrs
Take part in Saturday Eco - Volunteering opportunities, with a small group of other young people. The group meets from 10.15am -2.15pm in Paisley to travel together to various venues in Renfrewshire, agreed with the members in advance. We take part in outdoor and woodland learning, connect with other community groups and give a hand; and support and learn about increase our biodiversity. It is run by Renfrewshire Youth Services youth workers.
For more information, see link below...
Climate Change Champions in Renfrewshire (engagerenfrewshire.org)


Renfrewshire Witch Hunt
Research Assistant
Renfrewshire Witch Hunt is a volunteer led organisation, their creative hub is based within The Paisley shopping centre, High Street, Paisley. Within the hub they have their research area which tells the story of the Witch Hunt in 1697. The unique history of the Renfrewshire Witch Hunt allows them to encompass a wide section of Paisley’s history – from medieval times to present day.
The Research Assistant volunteer role involves learning about and researching the Renfrewshire Witch Hunt 1697 history, and transcribing the trial transcripts so they can be used in research, talks and a book.
More information here…
Research assistant (engagerenfrewshire.org)

Team Kinetic

Engage Renfrewshire offers all our members access to our free volunteer recruitment portal, which you can use to promote your volunteering opportunities. This month’s Volunteer Managers Forum was a training session on how to register as a provider, upload opportunities and create volunteering sessions. If you missed this session, please get in touch to receive our easy step by step guides. lwalker@engagerenfrewshire.com 

Saltire Awards - Summit Award

The Summit Award is for a young person in Renfrewshire who has made an outstanding contribution to volunteering in their local area. Young volunteers must be:

• A resident in Scotland
• Aged between 12-25
• Nominated by either: the organisation they volunteer for, or their school/college/Uni
• Not a previous Summit Award winner

 
When making a nomination, please include the following:

• The volunteering role the young person undertakes within your organisation
• What impact/difference have they made?
• How do they stand out from other volunteers?
• In what way do they show their commitment to the role/your organisation?

 
For more information and to make a nomination, see link below:
Summit Award – Saltire Awards