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Assistant CE Supervisor - Fixed Term 1 year - Full Time

Location: Waterford

Salary range: Starting from €353.22 per week

Experience: 1 year office management/supervisory experience

Closing date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025

Description:

SVP is a large, national, voluntary organisation with extensive experience of working with a diverse range of people who experience poverty and exclusion. Through its network of over 12,000 volunteers and 700 staff, it is strongly committed to working for social justice and advocates the creation of a more just and caring society. SVP employs people to support volunteers in a variety of settings including housing, community care, shops, administration, and other specialist areas. 

The Role:

We are seeking an Assistant CE Supervisor to join our Community Employment (CE) Scheme team in Wexford and Waterford. Reporting to the CE Supervisor. The post holder will report to the CE Supervisor and will assist in the efficient coordination of human, financial, and material resources to support the scheme's participants in their training and development journey.

Key responsibilities include preparing financial returns, supervising participants, planning schedules, ensuring GDPR compliance, and providing cover for the CE Supervisor. The role requires strong administrative skills, teamwork, and a good understanding of community activities and employment schemes.

This is a great opportunity to contribute to one of Ireland’s largest voluntary organisations and make a positive impact in your community.

The ideal candidates will possess the following:

​EXPERIENCE

• ​Job Holder Assistant supervisor must have previous office management/supervisory experience, be computer literate with the necessary skills to undertake all of the administration duties required for the scheme at this level, be able to work as part of a team, have knowledge of community activities and work and have good communication and inter - personal skills.

​KNOWLEDGE

• ​Knowledge of needs and issues of the poor and disadvantaged.
•  Knowledge of the Society and of its mission and values.
• Have a reasonable knowledge of community employment
• Have a reasonable knowledge of community employment assistant supervisor role

​SKILLS

• ​Excellent organisation and administrative skills
• ​Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• An ability to work well under pressure, resilient.
• Proficient in IT – MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• ​An ability to display empathy, patience and a well-developed sense of humour.
• Ability to be flexible in approach and towards the role.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Full clean driving licence

Full job description for this role and list of associated benefits can be found here: Job Description - CE Assistant Supervisor - Waterford 12.2024.pdf

If you meet these requirements and have the desire to join one of Ireland’s best known, trusted, and respected not-for-profit organisations please click 'Apply for this job'.

​PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in being considered for this position, please apply as soon as possible as the role may be closed in advance of the date shown above due to high volume of applications.

​SVP is an Equal Opportunities Employer