Pastoral Team Manager

The purpose of the Pastoral Team Manager's role is to oversee the team of pastoral Voluntary Workers (VWs) within TFT, organising regular training for them and ensuring that their pastoral work is all done according to our policies and to a high quality.

Responsibilities

This role will assess all incoming pastoral support requests and allocate each request to the most suitable volunteer, liaising closely with the Women's Worker. The post holder will take on a small personal caseload of pastoral work, but the focus of the role is on triaging cases, delegation and team development.

Required skills

This person will need to have excellent people skills, able to deal sympathetically, wisely and discreetly with new contacts. The role will also require good organisational skills and strategic thinking, in order to arrange high quality and appropriate training for a team of 40-50 volunteers.

Other

There is existing office space in Wirral (near Liverpool) for this work, and preference will be given to candidates who can spend most of their time at the office, working alongside other team members. Much of the work could though be done at any location with internet access.