CymraegCurrent Vacancies
Vacancies are posted on behalf of other organisations from across North Wales and the surrounding areas. Please ‘click’ on the job title for further information.
Programme Manager-Step Up Step Down – The Fostering Network
- Location: This role is pan Wales, we offer hybrid working and we have an office in Cardiff
- Salary: £36,000 – £40,000 per annum
- Hours: 36 per week
- Contract: Fixed term
- Closing Date: 9:00am, 6th March 2023
- Interview Date: 14th or 15th March 2023, in person at our Cardiff office
We are excited to be recruiting a Programme Manager to lead our innovative Step Up Step Down programme in Wales.
About The Fostering Network
The Fostering Network (TFN) is the UK’s leading fostering charity. TFN provides membership services, including advice, guidance, and support to almost 59000 individual foster carers and more than 450 fostering service providers across the UK.
About the role
Step Up Step Down is a pioneering approach to supporting families on the edge of care, demonstrating a reduction in the numbers of children coming into care, and improved outcomes for children and families. At its heart are specialist, highly trained family support foster carers, who provide time limited, preventative support to up to four families at any one time.
The Programme Manager will manage the implementation and ongoing development of Step Up Step Down in Wales. Initially this will be based in two local authorities, working collaboratively with the services to embed the Step Up Step Down model. The programme manager will hold relationships with key stakeholders for the programme and provide line management for the two Step Up Step Down delivery leads.
About You
We are looking for someone who is passionate about improving the lives, experiences and outcomes for children and young people. We need you to have experience of managing programmes, leading teams, and working collaboratively with partner organisations. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to work within a trauma informed setting, with a solution focused approach
This role is pan Wales, we offer hybrid working and we have an office in Cardiff. The successful candidate must be able to travel to the Cardiff office as needed as well as attend events and activities across Wales.??
As an organisation we are committed to supporting flexible working. This post is advertised as full-time but we are open to applications from individuals who would like to work as part of a job-share arrangement. Please indicate on your application if you would like to be considered as part of a job share arrangement.
To apply please see the ‘How to apply‘ section and please email your application form to recruitment@fostering.net along with a CV. CVs alone will not be accepted.
The Fostering Network is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community and especially encourage applications from groups which are underrepresented. All applicants are treated equally and selected on the basis of individual merit and ability to meet the requirements of the role.
Additionally, we consider family-friendly flexible working arrangements within the role descriptions.
The Fostering Network is a registered charity in England and Wales 280852 and in Scotland SC039338.
Children in Wales is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer
Children in Wales is currently recruiting for a new Chief Executive. We are looking for a dynamic passionate leader who will build on the work of the past, increasing our impact and influence for the benefit of all children in Wales.
The deadline for applications is Sunday, 26th February 2023 at midnight.
To find out more about this exciting opportunity, and to obtain an application pack, please visit: Chief Executive Officer
Family Court Adviser (North Wales) – Cafcass Cymru
- Location: North Wales
- Salary: SEO – £41,700 – £49,370 will be offered to the successful candidate based on their skills, knowledge and experience and performance at interview. This range is not negotiable.
- Work pattern: Full time (applications are welcome from people who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time)
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing Date: 4:00pm, 8th March 2023
- Interviews: TBC
Cafcass Cymru is operational – advising the court on cases where a child’s welfare is at stake – and is also part of Welsh Government. We therefore have the best of both worlds – service delivery and the ability to shape and influence. We are an organisation that lives and breathes its values. We are an organisation that is genuine in its desire to improve outcomes for the children we work with. We are an organisation that puts Wales on the map in the worlds of social work and family justice. We want you to be part of this exciting journey of putting the child first and making a difference.
In Cafcass Cymru we support thousands of children and families in family court proceedings each year. Our purpose is to safeguard the child and ensure their voice is heard within the family justice system. The child’s future is at the heart of every recommendation made and every action taken by Cafcass Cymru.
Operations Manager – KidsBank Chester
- Salary: £15 per hour
- Hours: 25 per week (occasional weekend/evening work may be required)
- Contract: This is an initial 1 year contract
- Closing Date: 10th March 2023
- Interview Date: w/c 20th March 2023
At KidsBank Chester, we distribute resources from where they are abundant to where they are lacking, reducing parental stress, anxiety, and depression, in turn helping children and instilling in them a sense of value and confidence.
This is an exciting opportunity to manage the day-to-day operations of this award-winning charity taking it into its next phase of development. We are seeking a gifted Operations Manager – a competent administrator and an enthusiastic, proactive and committed person.
You will have excellent leadership and communication skills, and share our heart for community and our belief that every child deserves the best start in life. Working with the Trustees, you will play a major role, setting the future vision and development plans for KidsBank.
For more information, see the Detailed Job Description.
To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter to: Nick Pettingale, Chair of Trustees – nick.pettingale@gmail.com
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) is currently seeking to recruit six members
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) is currently seeking to recruit six members:
A legal executive member
An advice sector member
A lay member
An alternative dispute resolution (ADR) member
A digital technologies and information technology member
A solicitor member (preferably with a practice or relevant experience not currently represented on the Council e.g. a ‘claimant’ solicitor, a public law specialist, or a practice focused on digital technology)
Full details of the role and application instructions can be found on the Public Appointments website.
The application deadline is 8th March 2023 at 11:00am.
Support Worker (LGBTQ+ Supported Accommodation) – Llamau
- Location: Rhyl
- Salary: £21,702 per annum
- Hours: 35 per week
- Contract: Permanent
- Reference: LLATV850963
- Closing Date: Midnight, 28th February 2023
Llamau is daring to imagine a world without homelessness – will you help us to create it?
Llamau’s mission is to end youth homelessness and homelessness for women in Wales. It is a big ambition and to some people it might seem impossible, but we know that if we all work together, homelessness genuinely does not have to exist.
We are looking for a passionate, talented and tenacious person to join Team Llamau.
As a Support Worker at this project, you would be working in Wales’ first and award winning LGBTQ+ Supported Housing project in Rhyl; supporting LGBTQ+ young people in a 24 hour staffed project-providing specialist housing related support within a therapeutic environment. You would receive a thorough induction into the service and project. where you would be working.
Independent Mental Health Advocate (Adult Apprenticeship) – CADMHAS
- Location: Home based Primarily in Flintshire and Wrexham, but required to work throughout the region to provide cover when required
- Salary: The starting salary for the post is £22,287 pro rata per annum, moving to £23,613 pro rata when the Diploma in Independent Advocacy is achieved. The cost of this will be borne by CADMHAS
- Hours: A full-time working week is 37 hours, this post is for 37 hours per week (excluding lunch hours). Overtime is not payable but time off in lieu may be taken at a mutually convenient time. Very occasional evening and weekend work may be necessary
- Annual Leave: Holiday entitlement is 37 days per annum pro rata, inclusive of all Bank Holidays.
- Closing Date: 3rd March 2023. · The applications can be emailed to admin@cadmhas.co.uk or posted to CADMHAS, 94 Bowen Court, St. Asaph Business Park, Denbighshire, LL17 0JE
Please refer to the Job Description (English) / (Welsh) for further information and how to apply.
HOPELINEUK ADVISER – PAPYRUS
- Location: Warrington
- Salary: NJC Scale SCP 24-28 (Starting salary of £25,916 per annum based on working 30 hours per week progressing incrementally to £28,936 per annum)
- Hours: 30 per week worked on a 7-day shift system including evening and weekends
- Contract: Permanent
- Benefits: You will receive 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time workers), an attractive pension scheme, Simply Health membership and enhanced sick pay. Please visit our website for more details.
- Closing Date: Midnight, 12th March 2023
- Interview Date: w/c 20th March 2023
We are looking to recruit HOPELINEUK Advisers to provide individually tailored suicide prevention advice and guidance to young people and those who are concerned for them via our national multi-channel helpline HOPELINEUK and deliver suicide prevention training online and in community settings across the UK.
To be successful in this role you will have:
a degree or professional qualification in Health or Social Care, Community Work or a related discipline
previous experience of working in an advisory capacity in suicide prevention or mental health
a proven record of working directly with vulnerable young people
experience of providing advice and guidance via multiple communication channels
the ability to empathise, support and build rapport with suicidal people and those who care about them, remaining non-judgemental and adhering to the remit of the service
To apply for the position please complete the application form on our website detailing how you meet the criteria for the role. Please return your completed application to HR@papyrus-uk.org or to HR, PAPYRUS, Unit 2 Bankside, Warrington, WA1 1UP.
PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The charity recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The group expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.
Link to Job Description and Person Specification and Application Form
Groundwork North Wales Vacancies
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Further information for all of the vacancies listed above can be found here.
Communications Officer – Kidney Wales/Aren Cymru
- Location: Flexible location within Wales (Home working)
- Salary: £21,500 – £23,500 (depending on experience)
- Hours: 37.5 per week
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing Date: 5:00pm, 13th March 2023
Kidney Wales is both renowned for and dedicated to uniting the Welsh kidney community. For 55 years, the charity has been supporting patients and their families by providing information and grants, investing in facilities and services, along with funding pioneering research.
This is a great opportunity for someone to make a real difference. Kidney Wales is seeking a creative and proactive person to join our small, but passionate team. We are looking for someone with social media skills, website experience, and digital and marketing experience, looking to take their next step in developing their career. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the charity’s digital patient communications, fundraising activity, and delivering against the charity’s wider marketing and communication strategy.
This is an exciting and varied role where you will be helping us achieve our vision to enable world-class care, support, and well-being services to kidney patients and their families in Wales.
What we are able to offer you are fully remote working, a flexible approach to working hours, including a current trial on a nine-day fortnight, and support from our fantastic team.
Download the full job description here: Job and Volunteering Opportunities – Kidney Wales
To apply please send a CV and a covering letter, demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role detailed in the job description, to ross@kidneywales.cymru
For an informal chat about the role, please contact Ross Evans, Manging Director at ross@kidneywales.cymru or call on 07585 070504.
Volunteering and Community Engagement Officer – Kidney Wales/Aren Cymru
- Location: Flexible location within Wales (Home working)
- Salary: £23,000
- Hours: 37.5 per week
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing Date: 5:00pm, 13th March 2023
Kidney Wales is both renowned for, and dedicated to, uniting the Welsh kidney community. Our vision is to enable world-class care, support, and well-being services to kidney patients and their families in Wales.
For over 55 years, the charity has been supporting patients and their families by providing information and grants, investing in facilities and services, along with funding pioneering research.
We are excited to have been awarded funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, and are looking for a passionate, talented, and tenacious person to join our new volunteering and community engagement project. We want someone who has an extensive knowledge of the volunteering sector, are passionate about supporting the work of Kidney Wales and has the motivation to make a difference.
You’ll help to grow our volunteer infrastructure, recruiting, training & managing those touched by kidney disease who wish to become a volunteer ambassador by sharing their personal story. Alongside this, you will oversee an outreach programme to schools, businesses, voluntary organisations, health services and community groups providing talks delivered by ambassadors that reflect issues faced by the kidney community as well as the importance of kidney health for everyone. The role will also include the delivery of multiple education events providing key information for the kidney community here in Wales.
What we are able to offer you are fully remote working, a flexible approach to working hours, including a current trial on a nine-day fortnight, and support from our fantastic team.
Download the full job description here: Job and Volunteering Opportunities – Kidney Wales
To apply please send a CV and a covering letter, demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role detailed in the job description, to ross@kidneywales.cymru
For an informal chat about the role, please contact Ross Evans, Managing Director at ross@kidneywales.cymru or call on 07585 070504
Early Intervention Worker x 3-My Home Denbighshire Early Intervention Project – Shelter Cymru
- Location: Rhyl Office
- Salary: £23,000 per annum
- Hours: 35 per week
- Contract: Post initially funded from 1st April 2023 until 31st March 2024
- Closing Date: 10:00am, 27th February 2023
- Interview Date: w/c 6th March 2023
Shelter Cymru exists to defend the right to a safe home in Wales and fight the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people.
We help thousands of people each year by offering free, confidential and independent advice and campaigning to overcome the root causes of the housing emergency.
We are now looking to recruit for the following positions to join our team. If you want to help end homelessness in Wales, we would love to hear from you.
An exciting opportunity has now arisen at Shelter Cymru for three full time Early Intervention Workers to join our exciting new project to prevent homelessness at its very earliest stages, funded by Denbighshire County Council and working in partnership with Clwyd Alyn and Warm Wales.
Shelter Cymru recruits based on merit and wants a workforce that reflects the diversity of individuals in housing need. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people who are currently under-represented within our workforce.
To apply, visit our website at http://www.sheltercymru.org.uk or telephone 01792 469 400.
Paralegal – Shelter Cymru
- Location: Cardiff office
- Salary: £25,342 per annum (pro rata) – £12,671 per annum
- Hours: 17.5 per week
- Reference: SC657
- Closing Date: 10:00am, 28th February 2023
Shelter Cymru exists to defend the right to a safe home in Wales and fight the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people.
We help thousands of people each year by offering free, confidential and independent advice and campaigning to overcome the root causes of the housing emergency.
We are now looking to recruit for the following position to join our team. If you want to help end homelessness in Wales, we would love to hear from you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Paralegal to join our Legal team at Shelter Cymru. The post holder will work closely with the Solicitors to assist with undertaking direct casework under a Legal Aid certificate across Wales.
Shelter Cymru recruits based on merit and wants a workforce that reflects the diversity of individuals in housing need. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people who are currently under-represented within our workforce.
To apply, visit our website at http://www.sheltercymru.org.uk or telephone 01792 469 400.
North Wales Police Vacancies
| Job Title | Location | Closing Date |
| Special Constable – August 2023 | Forcewide | 12:00 GMT 15th March 2023 |
| Payroll Administrator | Colwyn Bay Alexandra House | 12:00 GMT 22nd February 2023 |
| Business intelligence Product Manager | Colwyn Bay Alexandra House | 12:00 GMT 22nd February 2023 |
| Supplies Manager | Colwyn Bay Force Headquarters | 23:55 GMT 26th February 2023 |
| Police Constable (B) | Forcewide | 23:55 GMT 26th February 2023 |
| Custody Detention Officer | Llay | 12:00 GMT 27th February 2023 |
| Technical Solutions Architect | Colwyn Bay Alexandra House | 12:00 GMT 3rd March 2023 |
| Ethics Committee Chairperson – VOLUNTEER | Colwyn Bay Force Headquarters | 12:00 GMT 17th March 2023 |
Support Worker-Flintshire – hft
- Location: Hwb Cyfle, Queensferry, Flintshire
- Salary: £9.90 per hour
- Hours: 37 per week, between the hours of 8:30am to 4:30pm. Usually Monday to Friday, occasional weekends/evening to support service need maybe required
- Contract: Permanent
- Job Ref: 005062
- Closing Date: 14th March 2023, 23:59hrs
We are looking for 1-1 Support Workers to join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft. This is your chance to make a real difference to people’s lives
Due to growth we have an exciting opportunity to join our team providing 1-1 support for people we support. We have a number of people who require 1-1 support to engage and take part in the day service activities across the area. These include:
Hwb Cyfle: a therapeutic service in Queensferry, where people partake in activities such as baking, arts & crafts, sports & games and music groups.
Music Associate (Guitar) / Cerddor Cysylltiol (Gitâr) – Theatr Clwyd
We’re looking for a new team member
If this position sounds like you, head over to our website to find out more: http://bit.ly/3YdBXis
Deadline for the opening is 28/02/2023
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Station Manager (Flexi Duty) – North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
**Open to internal and external applicants**
- Salary: Station Manager B: £49,893 (development) – £55,033 (competent) per annum (inclusive of allowances), plus lease car or provided vehicle
- Closing Date: 12:00 noon, 24th February 2023
- Interviews: It is envisaged that interviews will be held over several days commencing from the 20th of March 2023. Please be advised, that if candidates are unable to attend on the scheduled interview date, the Service may be able too make alternative arrangements.
For an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact Group Manager Jami Jennings, Operations and Training Manager East Area at jami.jennings@northwalesfire.gov.wales or 07787 578364. Application packs are available on the North Wales Fire & Rescue website or by emailing: hrdesk@nwales-fireservice.org.uk
Group Manager (Flexi Duty) – North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
**Open to internal and external applicants**
- Salary: Group Manager B: £57,464 (development) – £63,703 (competent) per annum (inclusive of allowances), plus lease car or provided vehicle
- Closing Date: 12:00 noon, 24th February 2023
- Interviews: It is envisaged that interviews will be held over a number of days commencing from the 14th of March 2023. Please be advised, that if candidates are unable to attend on the scheduled interview date, the Service may be able too make alternative arrangements.
For an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact Area Manager Anthony Jones, Head of Operations and East Area at anthony.t.jones@northwalesfire.gov.wales or 07876391603. Application packs are available on the North Wales Fire & Rescue website or by emailing: hrdesk@nwales-fireservice.org.uk
Chief Executive Officer – Children in Wales
- Location: Cardiff, with travel and a presence throughout Wales and the wider UK (we operate an agile working policy)
- Salary: Up to £80,000 per annum
- Hours: 35 per week
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing Date: 26th February 2023 at midnight
- Interviews: Will be held in three sessions during the period 11th – 24th March 2023. One of the sessions will be held on Saturday, 11th March 2023 to facilitate the involvement of young people in the process
We are the leading communication organisation between central government policy makers, the organisations responsible for implementing policy, and children and young people.
We are looking for a dynamic passionate leader who will build on the work of the past, increasing our impact and influence for the benefit of all children in Wales. Our next Chief Executive will lead, shape and focus our energies and activities to improve coordination across the sector and maximize the impact for children, always leading by example by taking a rights based approach.
Senior Communications Officer – Children in Wales
- Location: Cardiff – agile working from home or in our office
- Salary: £34,788 per annum (pro rata)
- Hours: 28-35 per week, days/hours to be agreed
- Contract: Fixed term to 31st March 2024 with the possibility of extension
- Closing Date: 6th March 2023
- Interviews: 22nd March 2023
This post is an exciting opportunity to be at the cutting edge of leading and developing our organisations communication activities, enhancing our profile and promoting our activities and messages to key audiences, including children and young people. You will be creative, highly motivated and proactive, with strong experience in the field of communications and information dissemination.
Childline Counsellor – NSPCC
- Location: Trigg House, Prestatyn
- Salary: £25,619 FTE per annum (pro rata to part time hours) plus 3.5% Rota Allowance
- Hours: 17.5 per week
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing Date: 26th February 2023
Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us. And it’s why our Services team never stop sharing our learning, information, advice and support with everyone who needs it. Join us as Childline Counsellor, and help us make a contribution that makes a difference.
As a Childline Counsellor, you will provide a safe and effective helpline service for children and young people contacting Childline with a wide range of issues. You will be able to communicate with children and young people by phone, email and live 1-2-1 chat.
You will have the ability to work actively with children and young people, assisting them to explore their feelings and options, using a range of helping strategies and the Childline counselling model. Taking guidance and feedback from supervisors, you will work alongside volunteers to ensure that a quality response is given to every child or young person who contacts Childline.
Bank Hospitality Team Member (Night Security) – Blind Veterans UK
- Location: Llandudno
- Salary: £11.34 per hour plus unsocial hours payments
- Hours: Casual
- Ref No: Bank Hosp – 02-2023
- Closing Date: 5:00pm, 24th February 2023
- Interview Date: w/c 6th March 2023
Blind Veterans UK helps ex-Service men and women of every generation rebuild their lives after sight loss. Since 1915, we’ve provided rehabilitation, training, practical advice, and emotional support to tens of thousands of blind veterans. We believe every blind veteran should be able to lead the life they choose. We’re here to help veterans of every generation overcome sight loss.
We’re looking for highly organised and customer focused individuals who are proficient in bookings, administration, and front of house duties.