CLASS is a registered charity that is co-governed with Community Savers and exists to support their work. We currently have two job vacancies available within our Ageing Well in Place in Hulme partnership. One is an Ageing Well in Place Development Worker and one is an Independent Living Outreach Worker. Please find full details for each of these roles and application packs available for download below.
We also have an open call for tenders for partners interested in working with us to evaluate our impact throughout 2024.
CALL FOR TENDERS: IMPACT EVALUATION 2024
CLASS are seeking expressions of interest to carry out an independent impact evaluation of CLASS and Community Savers work throughout the 2024 calendar year.
If you are the right consultant/team for this opportunity, please submit a 2-3 page Expression of Interest (EoI) setting out how you/your team’s skills and experience are appropriate for our requirements together with a CV for any individuals who would be working with us on the impact evaluation.
Please download the details here for more information including how to apply.
Paid Vacancies
Ageing Well in Place Development Worker (Hulme)
Salary: £27,000 – £36,000 per annum pro rata (dependent on skills and experience)
Working commitment: 0.6% FTE / 21 hours p/w (potential to increase to full-time, funding dependent)
Contract: Fixed-term for 12 months (potential for extension to at least three years, funding dependent)
Location: Working in community settings in Manchester with some home working.
Reporting to: CLASS Director
About the role
- We are looking for an experienced community development worker/community organiser to support an innovative tenant-led partnership in Manchester, called Ageing Well in Place in Hulme.
- This is a rare opportunity to work on a genuinely tenant-led co-creation partnership that is achieving significant community mobilisation and positive outcomes among social housing tenants.
- You will work together with tenant committees and older and vulnerable people in high rise social housing accommodation to encourage social participation, build confidence and capacity, and facilitate peer support and leadership development.
- You will work closely with tenants to realise their ideas and aspirations for their block, their physical environment and neighbourhood, and their own wellbeing.
- You will convene quarterly multi-agency Ageing Well in Place partnership meetings and support tenants to build constructive relationships with local agencies and providers to achieve their goals.
- You will work closely with an Independent Living Outreach worker who will deliver one-to-one casework support to tenants at the same accommodation blocks.
About you
- You have excellent relationship building skills and experience of working with disadvantaged groups of people to take collective action to achieve positive outcomes for people and communities.
- You enjoy organising social activities and events in response to community priorities, interests and needs.
- You have an organised and strategic mindset and the professionalism to foster positive working relationships between community, voluntary and public sector organisations and representatives.
- You cope well with conflict and have a calm and grounded approach, with the ability to mediate different perspectives to come to positive collective agreements and ways forward.
Please download the application pack for more information including how to apply.
Deadline for applications: 12pm on Monday 24th February.
Independent Living Outreach Worker
Salary: £27,000 – £36,000 per annum pro rata (dependent on skills and experience)
Working commitment: 0.6% FTE / 21 hours per week (potential for full-time, funding dependent)
Contract: Fixed-term for 12 months (potential for extension to at least three years, funding dependent)
Location: Working in community settings in Manchester with some home working.
Reporting to: CLASS Director
About the Role
- We are looking for an experienced Independent Living Outreach Worker to join our Ageing Well in Place Partnership team.
- You will be carrying out one-to-one case work with older and vulnerable people living in high rise social housing in the neighbourhood of Hulme, Manchester.
- You will be working together with tenant committees and an Ageing Well in Place Development Worker to increase service access, household income, and overall wellbeing, as well as improve integration and effectiveness among local providers.
About you
- You have good interpersonal skills and a proactive, systematic approach to achieving positive outcomes for older or vulnerable adults.
- You are experienced in enhancing the ability of older and/or vulnerable people to live well and with independence in the place they call home.
- You will have a passion for confidence and capacity building and for working with diverse people to achieve improved levels of wellbeing.
Please download the application pack for more information including how to apply.
Deadline for applications: 12pm on Monday 24th February.
Volunteer Vacancies
How to apply:
Digital Inclusion volunteers (Women of Wythenshawe)
Location: Wythenshawe
Commitment: 1-4 hours per week
Women of Wythenshawe (WoW) is a women-led poverty action network of 12 women’s groups who are working together to take action on gendered poverty.
Having good digital skills helps women to engage in community action effectively.
Community Led Action and Savings Support (CLASS) is a small registered charity that supports women-led community action across Greater Manchester and Sheffield. CLASS convenes the Women of Wythenshawe network and will be the recruiting and supervising organisation for this volunteer role.
Skills and personal qualities required for the role:
Patience: Have you ever helped a parent or grandparent to learn to use a tablet or a laptop? If you have the patience to do this you will be ideal for the job!
Good verbal communicator: You will be providing tailored one to one support to people with very basic IT skills over the telephone. You will need to be a good communicator, able to explain practical digital tasks clearly, taking a step-by-step approach.
Reasonable ICT skills: You do not need to be an IT expert, but if you make regular use of email, web-browsing, video-conferencing, windows explorer file systems, and cloud storage systems like G:drive and Dropbox you will have the necessary experience for sharing with others.
How to apply:
Please submit completed application forms to recruitment@class-uk.com. This is a rolling recruitment process there is no deadline.
Download volunteer role profile
Digital Inclusion volunteers (Community Savers)
Location: Greater Manchester Wide
Help community group leaders keep their members active and supported, and their groups sustainable by providing tailored one to one support with digital skills.
The opportunity:
We are looking for patient and enthusiastic volunteers to build the capacity of Community Savers leaders and members – increasing their ability to participate in local community action and/or manage their group effectively.
Skills and personal qualities required for the role:
Patience: Have you ever helped a parent or grandparent to learn to use a tablet or a laptop? If you have the patience to do this you will be ideal for the job!
Good verbal communicator: You will be providing tailored one to one support to people with very basic IT skills over the telephone. You will need to be a good communicator, able to explain practical digital tasks clearly, taking a step-by-step approach.
Reasonable ICT skills: You do not need to be an IT expert, but if you make regular use of email, web-browsing, video-conferencing, windows explorer file systems, and cloud storage systems like G:drive and Dropbox you will have the necessary experience for sharing with others.
How to apply:
Please submit completed application forms to recruitment@class-uk.com. This is a rolling recruitment process there is no deadline.
