About The RoleWe have a fantastic new opportunity for a Community Development Coordinator to work across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Managed by the Local Communities and Volunteering Lead for Wales and supported by the Cardiff and Vale Local Service Manager this role will work alongside our experienced Dementia Advisers & Group Coordinator and will be further supported by volunteers that this role occupant will be responsible for recruiting and role managing.Our Local services Teams deliver a range of Dementia Support services across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to people living with dementia, either on a one-to-one basis or as a group, and either face to face, over the phone or virtually.You will have excellent people, interpersonal and networking skills to work as a Community Development Coordinator. You will be determined to make a difference, encouraging, and influencing key stakeholders and organisations to make evidenced based changes, that will have a positive impact for those affected by dementia.You will work with management and will play a key strategic role in leading on identifying and/or challenging local dementia specific health inequalities, ensuring teams and communities have up to date information regarding services. You will support the development and enhancement of dementia services, including pathways, that enable accessibility. You will play a pivotal part in improving dementia inclusivity for underrepresented communities, specifically those not engaging in dementia services.There will be a requirement to travel independently around Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to work in the community, facilitating groups, recruiting and role managing volunteers, delivering presentations, collecting feedback, and meeting the public. Relationship building with local organisations will be a key element to this post. The role will also involve working with primary and secondary care, and community services.Interviews will take place week commencing 21st April. About you - You should have an understanding / willingness to develop an understanding of dementia and the impact of dementia on both those diagnosed and those caring. - You will have experience of engagement and liaison with a wide range of stakeholders. - You will have the ability and skills to be confident to involve people with lived experience in all aspects of local work from informing through to co-production. - You will have an understanding of the social inclusion agenda and health inequalities. - You will have experience and skills in influencing others from a cross section of the community in positive change. - You will have experience in working with diverse communities and unrepresented groups. - You will be proficient in producing reports, data relating to this role and a confident user of Microsoft packages. - You will possess strong organisational and time management skills. This will include the ability to work effectively on your own initiative and working collaboratively as part of a wider team. - You will have good presentation skills and be able to speak confidently to an audience. - You will have experience and knowledge of role managing or working alongside volunteers and have the understanding to champion the valuable contribution volunteers bring to services. - You will have the ability to travel independently around Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan and be willing to work outside of normal working hours at times in order to attend community events and meetings across Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan.About Alzheimer's SocietyDementia is the UK's biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.At Alzheimer's Society, we're the UK's leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.Together with our supporters, we're working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for. Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society. We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
