Location: Leeds (Burley office, with travel to properties across Leeds)
Hours: Part-time, 30 hours/week (in the office/on-site 8.30am-2.30pm Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri)
Salary: £31,200 p.a. pro rata (£24,960 actual)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Wednesday 2nd July 2025 (We may close early if we receive a high volume of strong applications)
Interview Date: Thursday 17th July 2025
Are you passionate about making a difference in people’s lives? Do you thrive in a hands-on, people-focused role?
Canopy Housing transforms empty houses into homes for people who are homeless - working side-by-side with volunteers, tenants, and local communities. We’re looking for a friendly, adaptable, and pro-active Volunteer Support and Communications Worker to work with our amazing volunteers as they build skills and confidence, creating compelling content to showcase our work and their impact.
You’ll need to have:
- Experience delivering employment support to people with additional needs
- Experience of recruiting, training, supporting volunteers
- Experience with social media and content creation
- Strong communication, admin and organisational skills
- Confidence using digital tools (Office 365, Excel, CRM systems)
- Professional understanding of the issues faced by disadvantaged people and communities.
- A willingness to join in with practical activities on a building site
In return, we offer the chance to be part of something meaningful and transformative, an inclusive team environment, flexible working, generous holiday entitlements and the option to buy and sell leave.
The post will require a DBS check.
Please note we do not accept CVs.
Please download a job pack from our website: www.canopyhousing.org/jobs
Should you have any queries you can contact us at job@canopyhousing.org
No agencies please.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £24,960.00 per year
Expected hours: 30 per week
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 02/07/2025
Reference ID: VSCW2025.06