Cancer Community Volunteer Lead

Would you like to be part of team developing and delivering a ground breaking project? Would you be excited to be part of something that will deliver life changes for others for the future?

We might have the next job for you. We are the Fishermen’s Mission, and we are partnering with Macmillan Cancer Support to develop and implement an innovative. healthcare service for fishermen and their families.

We are looking for someone with drive, energy, focus and determination. We need someone with amazing relationship building and volunteer management skills. Is this you? This may be the dream job that you have been waiting for? You should apply now.

Our commitment to our values is unwavering. Diverse and inclusive teams help us to serve our communities better. We want to grow a team that includes people with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. Whatever makes you unique is welcome. We are on a journey and we would like you to join us.

Job Title: Cancer Community Volunteer Lead

Responsible to: The Cancer Community Programme Manager

Responsible for: Macmillan Scoping and Service Access Programme for the

Fishing Community

Purpose of the Role: With oversight from the Cancer Community Programme Manager, the Cancer Community Volunteer Lead will oversee the day-to-day activities of the Cancer Volunteer Champions. The Cancer Community Volunteer Lead will provide Cancer Volunteer Champions with training, support, and supervision, developing and inspiring Cancer Volunteer Champions to provide personalised care to fishermen and their families.

Duration:3-year fixed term contract

Hours: 37 hours per week (some weekend and out of hours working may be required). The Fishermen’s Mission operates hybrid working practices, with a level of flexibility to ensure service needs are met, and as agreed with line manager.

The Cancer Community Volunteer Lead will ensure that Cancer Volunteer Champions attend project team meetings and peer network meetings to maintain effective communication, share best practice, identify any training needs and to raise any concerns.

The Cancer Community Volunteer Lead will work in partnership with all identified stakeholders to raise the profile of the Cancer Community Programme and attend required stakeholder events/campaigns.

Main Responsibilities/duties:

1. To work closely with the Fishermen’s Mission Port Staff, fishermen, Cancer Community Programme Manager, Community Engagement Officer, and Cancer Volunteer Champions to develop a full understanding of the fishing community.

2. Work in collaboration with stakeholder organisations: fishing associations, Macmillan Cancer Support, Primary & Secondary Care, Public Health, North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Voluntary Community & Social Enterprises (VCSE) and individuals as deemed appropriate.

3. Building strong and proactive relationships with the fishing community, active and retired, including widows and families, ensuring that they are visible to the fishing community.

4. To reach out to trusted community members to identify and recruit Cancer Volunteer Champions. Providing Cancer Volunteer Champions with a training package, thus raising the volunteer’s ability to engage with the fishing community, increase cancer awareness and normalising cancer conversations, whilst also signposting to relevant healthcare professionals.

5. To provide Cancer Volunteer Champions with on-going development training, one to one support, and supervision. Completing TFM risk assessment prior volunteering commenced: that identified risks have an effective risk management plan in place.

6. Working with the Cancer Community Engagement Officer, Cancer Volunteer Champions, and partner services/agencies to organise and deliver community activities, events, and campaigns.

7. Encouraging the fishing community, active and retired, including widows and families to attend cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment appointments. Supporting with the removal of barriers, if possible.

8. Assisting the Community Engagement Officer in the delivery of cancer awareness training sessions, alongside Cancer Volunteer Champions, within the community. Ensuring that Cancer Volunteer Champions can engage and signpost clients to mainstream cancer services, thus increasing access to early screening and treatment.

9. As part of the team, provide fishermen and communities with cancer specific advice and information, thus removing stigma, promoting a positive mindset, and normalising cancer conversations. Signposting individuals and communities to early cancer screening provision and/or community cancer support services.

10. As part of the team, when/where required, to work on an outreach basis, across community venues, to develop and implement community focus groups, to gather understanding/feedback of the different attitudes and barriers towards cancer awareness and healthcare provision. Working with the Cancer Community Programme Manager in addressing barriers to enable fishermen and their families to receive access to personalised care.

11. To provide regular stakeholder feedback, from events, to the Community Engagement Officer and the Cancer Community Programme Manager

12. To monitor volunteering performance, providing the Cancer Community Programme Manager with quantitative and qualitative data.

13. Supporting the development of the Cancer Community Programme via presentations at stakeholder events/forums, networking, and promotion.

14. To undertake appropriate training to support ongoing professional development.

15. Work flexibly as may be required by the needs of the service, which will include some national travel to attend Fishermen’s Mission annual events/conferences.

Skills Required:

• Ability to work independently, exercising good initiative and judgement (E).
• Ability to work collaboratively and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders (E).
• Highly organised, able to effectively time manage and prioritise tasks whilst remaining flexible and adaptable to support evolving needs (E)
• High-level of personal integrity when dealing with confidential and sensitive information; ability to work with high levels of tact and discretion (E).
• Results focussed, solution-oriented with a proactive and positive approach (E).
• Excellent and demonstrable due diligence and attention to detail (E).
• A good understanding and experience of community outreach (E).
• Good written and verbal communication skills (E).
• Strong presentational and influencing abilities (D).
• Competent with electronic communications, office administration IT applications including Windows software (MS Office), SharePoint and other applications (E).

Person Specification:

· An appropriate professional qualification or relevant experience (E)

· Experience of working with volunteers (E)

· Experience of recruiting, training, managing and supervising volunteers (E)

· Experience of working on community projects, preferably, but not essentially, in a charity (D)

· Willingness to work in accordance with the policies and procedures of The Fishermen’s Mission, agreed guidelines and codes of conduct (E).

· The Fishermen’s Mission is an Christian organisation, the Community Volunteer Lead should be comfortable in working in this environment. (E)

· Appreciation of the importance of confidentiality and anti-discriminatory practice and equality and diversity; safe practice and health and safety procedures; and their application in practice (E).

Terms and Conditions

Based: Office and home-based with regular travel around North Shields and frequent visits to North Shields Harbour. Access to regular use of a car will be essential.

Annual Salary: £30,500

Probationary period: 6 months.

Group personal pension plan: available on satisfactory completion of 3 months service.

Life Assurance: up to four times annual salary.

Critical Illness cover: paying 75% of salary if unable to work for longer than 6 months due

to one of the covered conditions.

Holiday: 25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Application and interviews

• Application forms are available on the Fishermen’s Mission’s website www.fishermensmission.org.uk/about-us/vacancies
• The closing date for applications will be 3 April 2024
• Interviews will be held on either 16th April 2024.

Appointment will be subject to receipt of satisfactory references and DBS check.

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Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 36 months

Salary: £30,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid volunteer time
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence and regular access to a car (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 03/04/2024