ProMo-Cymru is looking for a Cook/Trainer to join their team at Ebbw Vale Institute (EVI).
You will be joining a team that is fully committed to making a difference in the lives of the community we support. Our aim is to provide healthy meals for the community to enjoy within the café, or at home, for all dietary needs.
You will work closely with community volunteers and will be responsible for supporting them as they develop their hospitality skills.
You will be responsible for:
– Preparing, cooking, and serving meals as required, in a timely manner – Providing a varied diet, catering for the cultural preferences of those who use our services – Catering for service users and family events, e.g. parties, funerals, small meetings – Ordering supplies within the catering budget, using approved suppliers – Creating meals using FareShare ingredients – Maintaining accurate catering records in accordance with HACCP – Participating in inspections by Environmental Health and/or care regulators and Local Authorities – Maintaining a high standard of hygiene within the kitchen by adhering to HACCP and COSHH guidelines – Ability to manage volunteers and work alongside other staff
Salary
£11.74 – £12.90 per hour
(equates to £21,358 – £23,471, pro-rata, depending on experience)
Working Hours
21 hrs /14 hrs contract
Closing date
5pm, Friday 13th May 2022
To apply send your CV and letter of application to pat@promo.cymru
Sessional helpline staff provide back up cover for our helplines across ProMo-Cymru. The main helpline is Meic Cymru (for children and young people up to the age of 25; by phone, text and instant messaging; open 365 days per year, 8am to midnight). Other helplines are adult-focused.
You will deliver rights based and person centred information, advice, assistance and advocacy helpline services to children young people, parents, carers and professionals.
Sessional cover varies, from 2 hours up to 8 hours (a full shift with 1 hour’s worth of unpaid breaks) across days, evenings and weekends, paid at £13.52 / hour. Hours are negotiable subject to the need and expectations of ProMo-Cymru and individual sessional workers.
Sessional cover is worked from home. This requires a quiet working space, access to a computer and the internet. Availability to attend the Cardiff office may be required from time to time. You will have the necessary experience and qualifications essential for the role, and be reliable.
If you are interested, please:
– read a copy of the Role Description and the Mutual Expectations document – complete and submit an up to date CV, a short personal statement (500 words max), contact details, and return to pat@promo.cymru
We undertake recruitment up to 2x per year, so you will not hear from us until we are actively recruiting.
By forwarding your personal information to us you are consenting to Promo-Cymru’s storage and use of your personal information exclusively for the purpose for which it is intended; it will not be shared / disclosed to anyone else. If your circumstances change and you are no longer available, please let us know so we can remove your details from our records
If you have any queries please contact Pat Green: pat@promo.cymru
Helpline Adviser Advocates (full-time, part time) Cardiff office and/or home based Salary: £22,721 (under review)
Working in the Social Action Team you will deliver rights based and person-centred information, advice, assistance and advocacy helpline services to children, young people parents, carers and professionals – including Meic Cymru / BVC / CVAG / GATA
You will be able to:
– make a positive connection with a wide range of people – make a positive difference with people who contact you – exercise a positive team influence – work shifts including evenings and weekends
Ideally, you will be able to:
– communicate in Welsh or be willing to learn
Secondments welcomed.
Closing Date: 5pm, Monday 14th February 2022 Enhanced DBS required.
35 hours per week Salary £22,721 – £27,776 Permanent contract (subject to funding)
ProMo-Cymru works to ensure young people and communities are informed, engaged, connected and heard. We work collaboratively to make links between people and services using creativity and digital technology. Supporting the third and public sectors to imagine, test and create better services.
ProMo-Cymru has seen considerable innovation and growth in the last 30 years. We appreciate the importance of qualifications and experience but we at ProMo are also looking for the right individuals who can bring something new and different to our organisation.
We balance teamwork, autonomy and a sense of responsibility in improving our services and products. We work hard for our clients and partners and enjoy sharing the rewards with them. Employees are encouraged to be part of the leadership and decision-making process, giving personal attention to others and making each individual feel uniquely valued.
We are looking for colleagues that are able to work to these values. We require proactive people with drive, clarity and vision. If you feel you meet the above, we are recruiting and we’d love to hear from you!
Digital Projects Officer
Our Communications & Engagement team is looking for a creative, organised and self-motivated Digital Projects Officer who has the experience and confidence to run a number of digital projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
Our projects focus on supporting the third and public sector to create better services and enable youth and community voice through creativity and digital. We believe that young people and communities should have access to information, advocacy and support in a way that is easy to find, simple to understand in a format they can use.
This role involves administering, organising, promoting and marketing all project activities in co-operation with colleagues in our team. Another part of your role will be to support charities with knowledge and skills to develop digitally, therefore we are looking for someone who has expertise in one or more digital disciplines. This could be Service Design, Digital Marketing or another relevant subject.
Our trading services focus on digital transformation through: Service Design, Co-Designed Digital Media, Digital Youth Information and Training and Consultancy.
We’d like to hear from candidates with excellent communication and planning skills combined with experience of delivering digital projects. We’re looking for someone who takes initiative and thrives on the challenge of executing and developing a number of projects concurrently. The ideal candidate will have experience of working within the third and public sector.
Salary: £30,511 – £33,000 Contract: 1 year (working towards a permanent position)
We are looking for a Centre Manager for Ebbw Vale Institute (EVI), a Grade II listed building and the oldest institute in Wales. The Centre Manager’s role involves all of the regular duties associated with the management of a Cultural and Arts Centre, in addition to the more specific responsibilities of providing a service appropriate to the community and stakeholders.
The Centre Manager will play a key role in ensuring the professional management and smooth running of EVI. The post-holder will be working closely with the Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive and management board as well as local and sector partners. The Centre Manager will work to ensure that EVI is a vibrant, well managed, self-sufficient facility.
The post holder will need a strong commitment to helping members of the community to get involved and to help manage events at the centre. The post holder will also need to be self-reliant, energetic, able to recognise and develop opportunities and be able to prioritise workload.
The post holder will have experience of engaging, managing and leading staff and finance management.
About ProMo-Cymru
ProMo-Cymru is a charity and non-profit organisation providing innovative development solutions in the social sector. We also specialise in youth and family digital communication, child advocacy and the regeneration of community buildings.
ProMo-Cymru has seen considerable innovation and growth in the last 30 years. We appreciate the importance of qualifications and experience but we at ProMo are also looking for the right individuals who can bring something new and different to our organisation.
We balance teamwork, autonomy and a sense of responsibility in improving our services and products. We work hard for our clients and partners and enjoy sharing the rewards with them. Employees are encouraged to be part of the leadership and decision-making process, giving personal attention to others and making each individual feel uniquely valued.
Job Pack
We are looking for colleagues that are able to work to these values. We require proactive people with drive, clarity and vision. If you feel you meet the above, we are recruiting and we’d love to hear from you!
Helpline Adviser Advocates Cardiff office and/or home based Salary: £22,721 p.a.
Working in the Social Action Team you will deliver rights based and person-centred information, advice, assistance and advocacy helpline services to children, young people parents, carers and professionals. Our main service is Meic, celebrating 10 years.
You will be able to:
1. make a positive connection with a wide range of people
2. make a positive difference with people who contact you
Helpline Adviser Advocates (full-time, part time) Cardiff office and/or home based Salary: £22,221 (HAA) p.a.
Working in the Social Action Team you will deliver rights based and person-centred information, advice, assistance and advocacy helpline services to children, young people parents, carers and professionals – including Meic/BVC/CVAG/GATA.
You will be able to:
Make a positive connection with a wide range of people
Make a positive difference with people who contact you
Exercise a positive team influence
Work shifts including evenings and weekends
Ideally you will be able to:
Communicate in Welsh or be willing to learn
Closing Date: 10am, Monday 14th September 2020 Interview Dates: 6th, 7th, 8thth October 2020
Electronic application forms to be forwarded to:info@promo.cymru
Hard copy application forms to be forwarded to: 17 West Bute Street, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF10 5EP
ProMo-Cymru is committed to equality of opportunity.
ProMo-Cymru currently delivers several helplines aimed at providing an information, advice, assistance and advocacy support service; these are aimed at different geographical areas and client groups
2. These include:
Meic (all Wales: Children and Young People): www.meic.cymru,
3. We are currently looking to recruit applicants who can demonstrate their suitability to deliver the above.
4. We recognise the need to facilitate opportunities for learning and development to equip individuals with the necessary knowledge and skills to deliver. The extent to which this is required will determine whether applicants are considered for a trainee position or not.
5. Trainees will be given every opportunity to progress their learning and development to ensure incremental progress through the salary scale.
6. Sessional work is also available, and is remunerated within the HAA salary scale.
7. If you have any queries please direct these to socialaction@promo.cymru; these will be picked up and responded to as quickly as possible.
Hours of work: 25 hrs per week (to be worked flexibly)
You will provide support to the team and implement development of the marketing and events programmes within the centre. You will require excellent customer facing skills and experience in a similar role.
Salary: £22,221 (HAA) p.a. or £17,161 (trainee HAA) p.a.)
Working
in the Social Action Team you will deliver rights based and person-centred
information, advice, assistance and advocacy helpline services to children,
young people parents, carers and professionals – including Meic/BVC/CVAG/GATA
You will be able to:
Make a positive connection with a wide range of people
Make a positive difference with people who contact you
Exercise a positive team influence
Work shifts including evenings and weekends
Ideally you will be able to:
Communicate in Welsh or be willing to learn
Secondments welcomed.
Closing Date: 10am, Monday 2nd December 2019
Interview Dates: Tuesday 17th, Wednesday 18th December 2019
Here at ProMo-Cymru we’ve been looking at digital media and marketing trends for 2018. In the last of three articles, Andrew Collins, our Communication and Partnerships Officer, looks at the rise of digital assistants and chatbots.
Digital assistants may not be a familiar phrase to you. It may sound like something from a sci-fi movie or something from the distant future. People talking to robots, getting helpful replies and basic tasks being carried out. Welcome to the future!
Always listening
Perhaps you’ll be more familiar with digital assistants by their brand names such as OK Google, Alexa and Siri. Digital assistants such as Apple’s Siri and Google’s ‘Ok Google’ have been available on mobile phones for some time. These AI (Artificial Intelligence) programmes listen to the user and use the Internet to find an appropriate response. For example, try asking Siri “How many bicycles are there in Beijing?” or Google “Where’s my nearest Tesco?” and you’ll likely get helpful answers. Thanks to advances in this field, they can now do everything from booking you an Uber or changing the temperature of your home thermostat.
2017 saw a new style of assistant, which rather than simply existing on your phone, instead had a permanent place in your kitchen, living room or even bedroom. Amazon was the first to enter the market with their Alexa-powered Echo devices. The main benefits? You could ask your tiny plastic helper to play your favourite music via its speaker, or read out cooking instructions while your hands were busy chopping and stirring.
Going mainstream
Until recently, they had only taken off with a relatively small percentage of users, normally daubed ‘early adopters’, but that’s set to change this year now that Apple have joined the ‘Home’ device marketplace.
We know from previous new technology trends that when Apple launches a new product, the technology tends to go from minority usage, to mainstream. Take smart watches for example. Samsung and Google launched their line of watches back in 2014. That year 5 million people bought ‘wearable tech’. Apple launched their watch the following year, and by the end of 2016, 35 million smart watches had been purchased! Even though Apple’s sales only accounted for 5m of the 35m, they made the technology mainstream. Suddenly it became ‘cool’ to own one. Expect the same this year following the release of Apple’s HomePod.
What does it have to do with you?
So, what’s all this got to do with you and your business? Well, new tech is always a playground for consumers and brands. Remember your first smartphone? Remember downloading 5 new apps every day? There was an app for everything back then. Ever try iBeer, the app that makes it look like you’re enjoying a pint? Or FatBooth, the camera app that showed you what you’d look like if you put on a few pounds? Neither app stood the test of time, but they were a novelty in a time when people were still playing with their phones. It’s hard to imagine ever downloading those now, but believe it or not FatBooth was downloaded over 10,000,000 times, while iBeer over 50,000,000.
Digital Home Assistants are about to experience that same novelty factor, as people play with new devices, before eventually settling on a few everyday uses.
Google’s own research in this area has found that 72% of people who own a home device already use it as part of their daily routine. They say that these people are open to receiving information that is helpful and relevant to their lifestyle.
Amazon’s Alexa recently added the capability to read your Twitter feed out loud to you, allowing you to remain on social media while doing the washing up.
Now’s the time to get thinking how you could take advantage of this new trend. Be creative, imaginative and think what information or fun you could pass on to your service users.
If you enjoyed this article and are interested in the work we do here at ProMo-Cymru then take a look at our other articles in the News section.
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In the last 30 years, ProMo-Cymru has developed services that range from information websites and community regeneration projects, to an advocacy helpline.
