Friday, 12 August 2011

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

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