2 new opportunities with Oldham Work Club Network

Oldham Work Club Network are looking for 2 council employees who have marketing and / or web design experience. They are also looking for someone who can provide support to organise their launch event. Take a look at their opportunities below:

Support to develop a new website

Support to design and develop a new website for the network of work clubs in Oldham
To offer advice and guidance to promote the network through online platforms

You will need experience and knowledge of using online marketing tools. Experience of designing and developing a website is essential.
You will need general knowledge of marketing and how to promote a new service across the Oldham borough.
You will gain experience of supporting and advising a small voluntary organisation

Support to design publicity material

To develop a brand for the Oldham Work Club Network
To design flyers/posters to promote new website
To identify locations / online resources to promote Work Club Network

You will need experience of design and general marketing knowledge.
You will gain experience of supporting and advising a small voluntary organisation

Support to organise a launch event

Support to organise a launch event for Oldham Work Club Network. To invite attendees, to book a venue, to plan content for the event, to promote the launch via local press, online etc
Please note this opportunity will follow the completion of the above opportunities.

You will need experience of organising events.
You will gain experience of supporting and advising a small voluntary organisation

New opportunity with Oldham College

Oldham college are looking for a number of different volunteers who can deliver employability workshops as part of their work skills programme for students.

You would be asked to develop and deliver a one hour workshop around what to expect from employment and the application process.

These are the topics that the students will cover in their qualifications:

• Team working and effectively with other people
• Self assessment / appraisal
• Employment rights and responsibilities
• CV building / development of covering letters
• Interview skills
• Managing money

The session should cover the following:

• To increase student knowledge on employability attrubutes / skills
• Raising aspirations of students at The Oldham College for the FE students aged 16 - 19
• Providing information on workplace etiquette

At the college they have 4 directorates and the workshop could be directorate specific if necessary.

The 4 Directorates are Creative Industries (The arts, media + Hair and beauty), Enterprise and New technologies (Computing, Business, and Construction& Environmental technologies), Care Leisure and professional services (Care, early years, Profession/Financial, Sport and Travel), Foundation Learning and entitlement.

You would need to be comfortable at speaking in front of groups and dealing with students from different levels. To enjoy working with young people and have good knowledge of recruitment and selection processes.

If you would like to volunteer for this opportunity, please contact Michelle Stephenson at Oldham Council michelle.stephenson@oldham.gov.uk

Potential volunteer looking for a placement!

We have a council employee who is looking to spend his time with a voluntary, community or faith organisation in Oldham. Take a look at his profile below. If you are interested in hosting a placement for this council employee, please contact Sian on 0161 633 6222 sian.smith@vaoldham.org.uk 

Employer Supported Volunteer Profile

He is part of a management traineeship at Oldham Council which involves spending time across a number of different directorates supporting various projects and initiatives. This has involved writing policies, bid writing, report writing and delivering presentations.   

He possesses a range of skills including good communications skills, written and verbal. He has excellent policy and strategy writing and is also good at influencing and negotiating.

He has previously worked as a secondary school science teacher and has experience of planning lessons, creating resources and materials for different audiences.  

Through the ESV scheme, he would like to gain a closer understanding of Oldham and its communities.

He would particularly be interested in supporting an organisation to implement change and make improvements with the view to support them to become more resilient and flexible to improve outcome for Oldham residents.

Other skills he would like to share are:

·         Adapting to change well

·         Tailoring communication and behaviour for different audiences

·         Communicating in writing

·         Communicating verbally

·         Being a positive role model for Oldham

·         Sharing my knowledge and expertise with others

·         Providing positive feedback to others to recognise their achievements

·         Providing constructive feedback to others to help them be their best

·         Challenging inappropriate actions or behaviour

Other skills he would like to develop are:

·         Understanding the needs and expectations of people in Oldham

·         Learning from others

·         Understanding other people’s needs and expectation

and there's more.....

Methodist Home for the Aged

Support to set up a telephone befriending service in the community of Derker, Watersheddings and Moorside.

To mentor and support the centre manager to set up a new telephone befriending scheme, this will involve, consulting the local community and establishing the need for a telephone befriending scheme within the community. Support to put together a project plan with a timeline and budget. Develop marketing strategy to promote the new service. Support to look at the practical elements of the project, i.e staffing and resources.

Project management, experience of community consultations and research. Experience of setting up a community project is desirable. This is an opportunity to develop your mentoring skills and to gain a better understanding of services available for older people in Oldham

Santos Football club

Support to develop a business plan

Organise and facilitate a series of planning meetings. Create an agenda for the meetings to determine organisations current state, develop a 3 to 5 year plan and support to develop a detailed action plan of how to achieve set objectives.

You will need experience of business planning, applying for sustainable funding, experience of how to develop/grow an organisation. This is an opportunity for you to develop your mentoring skills and get an insight into a small community football club

Oldham College

Induction event staff

You will help out as event staff on day 2 of the Oldham College Induction on 6th and 9th September. Helping at an exhibition stand distribute information. Helping the Union to organise themselves and their card sales during the busy induction period.To support Students/ Student Union members with guidance on good admin practice with card sales and promotion.

You will need experience of creating effective admin systems. This is an opportunity to spend time with Oldham college staff and students.

What type of volunteering can Council Employees do?

Over the past month we have spent time with Voluntary, Community and Faith organisations, looking at how they can involve a council employee over a two day or 14 hour period. We have asked organisations to think beyond their normal volunteer opportunities and think about any extra specialist support they might need.

As a result we have compiled a range of different opportunities, take a look below...

If you are a council employee and any of these opportunities are of interest please contact Michelle Stephenson at Oldham Council michelle.stephenson@oldham.gov.uk

Lees Community Association LCA

To mentor LCA management commitee to put together a business and financial plan to support the community asset transfer

To bring together research and information already gathered to help write a business plan. To identify any gaps in the research and assess further research that needs undertaking.To share skills and expertise when putting a business plan together

You will need experience of writing business plans, collating information and putting it into a coherant and persuasive manner that is acceptable to the corporate property board. This is an opportunity for you to develop your mentoring skills and to understand the work LCA provide in Lees.

Addiction Dependency Solutions, a leading charity delivering drug and alcohol services across the north of England

A day in the life of a council employee

To deliver a workshop to ADS service users (individuals who are recovering alcoholics / drug addicts) on a 'a day in the life of a council employee..' The aim of the opportunity is to promote the world of work by talking about what skills are needed for your role, how you found paid employment, your future aspirations and the benefits of working besides being paid.

You will need to be able to deliver a presentation to a group of people. Support will be provided to prepare your presentation. This is an opportunity to develop or refresh your presentation and workshop facilitation skills. This is also an opportunity to think about the value of your own job and identify the skills you possess for this role. You will also increase your understanding of the services ADS delivers to residents in Oldham and the importance of confidentiality within an organisation such as ADS. It will also hopefully develop your awareness of drug and alcohol misuse

Oldham Coliseum Theatre

To develop a strategy to promote the 'individual giving' scheme.

To develop methods for the Coliseum to promote individual giving. 
This could be developing new ideas or amending existing schemes such as the “Friends”.  This role would help the Coliseum to review, rebrand and if appropriate develop ways of gaining further support from people who want to support the Coliseum. 

You will need experience of fundraising and designing ways to gain support from the local community.This is an opportunity to develop your mentoring and supportive skills. This is an opportunity to be creative and share your skills and knowledge to the local theatre. You will gain an insight into how Coliseum theatre runs on a day to day basis.

Oldham Coliseum Theatre
To support executive director and marketing manager to develop Coliseum's audience development strategy

This role is to work with the Executive Director and the Marketing Team to develop new ways which the Coliseum can improve external communications to the community of Oldham.

You will need knowledge and experience of developing marketing strategies that reach different communities in Oldham. This is an opportunity to develop your mentoring and supportive skills. This is an opportunity to be creative and share your skills and knowledge to the local theatre. You will gain an insight into how Coliseum theatre runs on a day to day basis.

Oldham Bereavement Service

Support to develop a business plan for a new service

To mentor the organisation to develop a new 'pre-grief' service, this will include looking at staffing structures, sourcing sustainable funding, assessing practical logisics of how the service will run.

You will need experience of business planning, applying for sustainable funding, experience of how to develop/grow an organisation. This is an opportunity for you to develop your mentoring skills and get an insight into the services Oldham Bereavement provide in Oldham.

Employer Supported Volunteer Scheme launches in Oldham

We have created this blog for voluntary organisations, council employees and any other interested parties who wish to follow the progress of the Employer Supported Volunteer programme in Oldham.

We will post information of all new opportunities as and when they become available.

We will post profiles of potential employee volunteers who wish to offer their skills, experience and knowledge to a voluntary organisation.

We will keep you posted of all volunteering activity that takes places, with photos, videos and feedback from both volunteers and organisations. 

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