Role title
Job Seeking Buddy
Role Purpose
The Hope Job Club is looking for people to join its team of volunteers to support and encourage local Jobseekers in their search for work
Role Description :
- Meet with clients 1:1 to chat about their situation and help them set some realistic, achievable goals
- Support them as they take manageable steps towards meeting those goals eg. Increasing their computer and employment skills, searching for and applying for jobs online
- Signpost to other agencies which may be able to support clients in other areas of life
- Encourage clients, help them to believe in themselves and thus improve their sense of wellbeing
Role reports to:
Project Manager
Where:
Jubilee Community Centre, Charlwoods Road, East Grinstead, RH19 2HL
Where:
Jubilee Community Centre, Charlwoods Road, East Grinstead, RH19 2HL
When:
Friday afternoons 1 – 3 pm.
Or by arrangement at other times
Requirements:
- Ability to commit to at least one session a month
- A heart for helping people
- The ability to listen and be sensitive to a client’s circumstances
- Basic computer skills
- No prior experience of volunteering necessary
What’s in it for you?:
- Full induction and training to enable you to carry out your role
- Increase your knowledge about current job-seeking opportunities and challenges
- Opportunity to meet new people and enjoy being part of a team
- Develop and enhance your own skill-set as you move in to possible new areas
- Sense of making a significant difference in someone’s life, giving something back
- A new addition to your CV
- We are not currently able to reimburse volunteer expenses, but if this is a potential barrier to volunteering, let’s talk