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Here you will find details of any current job vacancies that we may have at Community Action. We also advertise jobs at other local voluntary and community organisations, together with volunteer trustee and board member opportunities. Please email details of your vacancies to communications@communityactionderby.org.uk


Community Action Derby vacancies
 

Administrator

Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £22k to £25k per annum
Contract: Permanent subject to funding

Closing date: 4pm, Friday 7 March 2025
Interviews: w/b 17 March 2025

We are currently seeking a full-time Administrator to join the Community Action Derby team to maintain accurate programme and project data in our CRM system and provide support with the handling and distribution of calls and emails into Community Action.

Responsibilities of the role will include:

  • Undertaking a range of administration work including word processing, photocopying, maintaining filing systems and database records and analysis.
  • Accurate data entry into CiviCRM to support and inform systems which monitor programmes and projects, e.g. monitoring returns.
  • Maintaining accurate data records in CiviCRM for the Volunteer Centre offer including gathering feedback from volunteers and organisations.
  • Rota/backup for signposting and redirecting calls and emails into Community Action, following the agreed process rules.
  • Supporting the delivery of events, meetings and forums when required.

If you have at least two years' experience working in an administration role (in a voluntary or paid capacity), excellent communication skills, good interpersonal skills including a confident, pleasant and helpful telephone manner, an in-depth working knowledge of Microsoft Office, experience of organising and taking minutes of meetings, integrity and empathy, plus good organisational skills, you could be just who we are looking for!

For more information about the role and to apply, please download the Job Description, Person Specification and Application Form below:

Job Description - Administrator (32.30 KB)

Person Specification - Administrator (19.43 KB)

Application Form - Administrator (134.50 KB)


Vacancies with other organisations

 

ASPIRE 2 Succeed 


Citizens Advice Mid Mercia

  • Trainee Generalist Adviser - Deadline: When the suitable candidate is found

For more information on all Citizens Advice Mid Mercia vacancies, please visit: www.citizensadvicemidmercia.org.uk/vacancies/#apply


The Derby Bosnia Herzegovina Community Association


Derventio Housing Trust


DHU Healthcare


Foundation Derbyshire


StepsDerby


Treetops Hospice

  • Charity Fundraiser - Deadline: none specified

For information on Treetops vacancies, please visit: www.treetopshospice.org.uk/about-us/job-vacancies/


YMCA Derbyshire

  • Catering/Vocational Tutor - 21/2/25
  • Housekeeping Assistant - 21/2/25

For information on all YMCA vacancies, please visit: https://cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/ymcaderbyshire/en/career


Did you know that volunteering as a trustee offers the opportunity for professional development and can let you gain experience of strategy and leadership, and boost your CV?

To advertise your Trustee / Governor / Board / Committee vacancies here, please email communications@communityactionderby.org.uk


Direct Help & Advice Trustees

DHA are an established and successful charity. As they approach their 30th year in 2025 they are looking for new trustees to join the Board and help drive the charity through its next chapter. If you have a passion to help people facing challenges such as homelessness, serious disrepair, management of household bills and debt DHA would love to hear from you!

They are seeking people with the following skills and experience:

  • Strategic financial management
  • Fundraising, particularly securing grants, corporate partnerships and high net worth individuals
  • Legal representation, particularly Legal Aid
  • Marketing and PR
  • Risk management and governance

The expected time commitment is a bi-monthly, 2 hour board meeting. These usually take place online or in-person. As well as preparing for the board meetings, trustees have the opportunity to join a sub-committee or ad-hoc working group and may be called upon for specific advice in their areas of expertise.

Whether you are an experienced Trustee or wanting to take your first step at Board level, please get in touch.

For more information including the role description, please email Nick Williams (Chair of Trustees) trustees@dhadvice.org


Children First Derby Trustees

Children First Derby supports vulnerable children, young people and families to make a positive impact on their lives and those around them. They offer three main services: Supervised Family Time, Family Support, and a Mentoring Service.

Children First Derby is seeking to recruit new trustees to strengthen their connection to the community, broaden their outlook and ensure succession planning. Children First Derby is looking for people with commitment who can think independently and speak their mind while also working as a team. Knowledge/experience related to the services they provide and knowledge and connections in the Derby City community is preferable but not essential. Previous experience as a trustee or board member is also not essential. There are up to 12 trustees’ meetings a year, usually in the evenings.

Trustees’ meetings are on the 3rd week of every month. Children First Derby uses a combination of face to face and virtual meetings. The minimum time commitment is 0-5 hours, in or outside office hours per month. Volunteers should live within 25 miles of the city centre.

For more information please contact gina.repton@childrenfirstderby.co.uk


Umbrella Trustees

Umbrella is seeking passionate individuals to join their team of trustees. They are looking for two new trustees ideally with legal or minority ethnic knowledge/background.

If you are interested in joining the team and contributing to their mission, visit their website here.


Safe and Sound Trustees

Safe and Sound transforms the lives of children and young people in Derby and Derbyshire affected by child exploitation. It is a local charity with a national profile, promoting best practice across the UK. The Board of Trustees at Safe and Sound, the CEO and all staff seek to create a safe, secure culture enabling support for all children, young people and their families

Safe and Sound is looking to augment their Board of Trustees, in the following areas:

  • Finance
  • HR
  • Charity/Business Development
  • Performance / Compliance / commissioning
  • Health
  • Education / Research / Evaluation

For more information, you can download the Trustee Information Pack here and to apply download the application form here

For any other queries or to submit your application, email recruitment@safeandsoundgroup.org.uk


Archway Learning Trust Academy Advisory Board Members

Archway Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust that has a rich history of providing education that helps transform lives. Its headquarters are in Nottingham and they have 10 schools (2 Primaries and the rest secondary including 6th Forms) along with a teacher training college. Its schools are spread across Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Archway’s mission is to challenge social disadvantage, build character and deliver educational excellence and the values are focused on inclusion, collaboration and excellence. To find out more you can visit the website at www.archwaytrust.co.uk.

Governance plays a strong part in helping schools thrive. Archway has the local advisory boards (called Academy Advisory Boards – AABs) that are made of up volunteers from all walks of life. Their role is to be a critical friend to the schools leadership team and offer support and challenge where needed.

If you want to find out more then please email Sanjay Parmar - Governance Officer at sparmar@archwaytrust.co.uk


Well for Life Board Members

Well for Life is a charity that aims to unconditionally provide emotional and practical support to those living with or affected by HIV in Derby and Derbyshire. It aims to support and promote the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of people, their families and carers by offering a bespoke service. The charity supports people from all different cultures and backgrounds including BAME groups, hard-to-reach groups and asylum seekers with a non-judgemental approach.

Well for Life is seeking proactive Trustees to join the current Board of Trustees to help support the charity and its functions moving forward. They require the following as essential:

  • Commitment
  • Good listener
  • Happy disposition
  • Good social skills.

Full role description available on request. For more information please call 01332 204020 or email info@wflderby.org


Derbyshire LGBT+ Trustees

Do you feel passionate about LGBT+ equality? Would you like to support the continuation of rights and support for LGBT+ people? Derbyshire LGBT+ would like to hear from you!

They are looking for trustees with a high level of knowledge and experience in

  • Finance & accountancy
  • Publicity & marketing
  • Fundraising and bid writing
  • HR & policy development

They encourage applications from any female candidate or those from an ethnically diverse background as Derbyshire LGBT+ is currently underrepresented by these groups on its board.

For more information email info@derbyshirelgbt.org.uk or call 01332 207 704.


Derbyshire Youth Development Board Members

The Derbyshire Youth Development Board is a group of 16-24 year olds with lived experience of learning disabilities and/or autism spectrum conditions, meeting every 4-6 weeks, to discuss subjects such as education and support systems and hopefully affect positive change, with both young people and parents/carers welcome. The meetings will take place in Chesterfield, and they are happy to provide transport to and from if needed.

  • You will have group discussions focusing on education and employment, what works and what does not. Your lived experience will help to identify problems in the system that need solving. The meetings will also be an opportunity for you to get to know fellow young people with similar values and goals and improve your confidence with socialising and group discussions.
  • You will all fill out a Skills Portfolio over the course of the Board meetings. This will be a personal document used to record certificates, personal development plans, reflective activities, testimonials and references, badges, and more. This is a useful diary you can take to future employers to show off the skills you have developed and experiences you have been involved in.

For more information you can download the flyer or watch a YouTube video about the Board. For any other queries, email kai.partington@debp.org


Citizens Advice Mid Mercia Board Members

Citizens Advice Mid Mercia is a charity that provides information, advice, support and training on a wide range of subjects such as debt, consumer services, energy, family, work, housing, health, digital skills and homelessness. Its Governing Body is a Board consisting of Trustees who provide independent judgement and oversight and are responsible for providing the strategic direction of our organisation.

Trustees play an essential role in ensuring that the charity runs smoothly and to make sure that:

  • The services it offers are high quality
  • Clients’ experiences are used to campaign for changes in policies or services locally and nationally
  • Resources are secured to meet current and new demands and that all funds are used responsibly
  • Recruitment and selection processes for staff and volunteers are fair, and representative of the local community
  • Training and support are available for staff and volunteers
  • Local partner organisations and funders are aware of the charity and its services

Evening Board Trustee meetings are held approximately every 12 weeks. Citizens Advice Mid Mercia also holds sub-committees every 12 weeks. The total time commitment for a Trustee is at least 1 day per month; induction and training are provided, as is support from an experienced and knowledgeable Trustee and staff team. Trustees are not paid, but expenses are covered. A DBS (criminal records check) will be required.
Essential:

  • Will require references
  • Own computer or secure access to one
  • Long term commitment

If you have any questions or wish to discuss the role, please email Claire Faulkner, Head of Compliance & Central Support at staff@citizensadvicemidmercia.org.uk
or visit the Citizens Advice Mid Mercia website.

Useful information for job seekers

  • Derby City Council produce the Derby Jobs Weekly newsletter, which goes out every Tuesday. The newsletter consists of a wide selection of job opportunities (full-time, part-time), training into employment, apprenticeships and recruitment events in Derby. Subscription is free of charge. For more information visit: https://www.derby.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/derby-jobs-weekly/
  • The Derby Adult Learning Service (DALS) runs a Job Club for people who live in the Allenton area and are looking for work. Every Thursday, 9.30am - 12pm at Allen Park Centre (next to Allenton Library), Allen Street DE24 9DE. Click here for more information.