Portsmouth (On-Site)
Contract, Part time
No DBS check required
£25,000 - £34,999
PARTTIME
Volunteer & Community Participation Manager - Discovering Hampshire's Hidden D-Day Heritage - Fixed term/secondment opportunity for 18 months due to funding.
Salary: Band 7, £29,777 - £33,945 p.a (£23,821 - £27,156 for 29.6 hours)
29.6 hours per week - days and times to be discussed at interview and will be dependent on the needs of the project.
Portsmouth City Council
At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.
With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
Your New Role
Discovering Hampshire's Hidden D-Day Heritage is an upcoming project delivered in partnership by The D-Day Story museum and The Portsmouth D-Day Museum Trust. The project will survey multiple locations across Hampshire where troop camps were based prior to the Normandy landings in June 1944. Work will also involve research into the individuals who were based at these camps and make this data available to a public audience.
The project will look to provide a range of volunteering opportunities to both individuals and partner organisations and engage the wider public in the work of the project.
Reporting to the Museum Development Officer, you will be responsible for recruiting and coordinating the volunteers who will deliver and participate in the Discovering Hampshire's Hidden D-Day Heritage project; and to bring the results of the project to local communities. This will include training volunteers in conduction survey of troop camp sites and leading archaeological walking surveys of troop cam sites and writing archaeological reports. You will liaise with various stakeholders detailing any finds located during surveys. In addition, you will engage community groups with the project e.g. talks, guided walks, volunteer recruitment, other outreach etc.
For a full list of key responsibilities please refer to the job profile.
What you'll need to succeed
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual you will be motivated by the project and the benefits it will deliver to individuals and communities involved. You will have experience of leading volunteers/community groups in doing archaeological surveys or similar work and experience of community outreach work. With experience of writing survey reports or similar you will have conducted archive research whilst producing outputs from it. A knowledge of Second World War military history, particularly relating to the Normandy Landings would be desirable as would a driving licence.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Application process:
Please read the full job profile (click here) for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.
When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points in the profile with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter. This is important, or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information on the home page of the careers website.
If applying as a secondment you will need permission from your current line manager releasing you for this secondment. Please state you have this on your application form.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Closing time/date: 10 November 2024 @ 23:59pm
Interview process will take place w/c 18 November 2024.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk