Activities Coordinator

The Michael Tracey Project has a vacancy for our activities coordinator role.

We are looking for an individual who can think on their feet and be able to plan and lead our activities, short breaks, evening events and fundraising ideas/ events with professionalism and integrity.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an effective communicator
• Be a good problem solver
• Able to be creative
• Be an effective planner
• Have the ability to motivate
• Have good organisational skills
• Be passionate

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a positive attitude
• Is engaging and enthusiastic
• Is assertive
• Is considerate
• Is resilient
• Is over 25 years and holds a full current drivers licence to drive our organisational minibus
• Is able to be creative to organise, plan and risk assess new and exciting events, opportunities and trips for the people we support.

Tasks involved in this role are as follows:

• Planning, organising risk assessing activities, short breaks and events
• Give advice, support and guidance to the people we support and staff team
• Liaise with staff teams, people we support and their families.
• Gather feedback on each session that you are facilitating
• Provide direct support to individuals where required
• Assess each person we supports individual needs and ensure the activity or event caters for their needs.
• Provide a 4 weekly plan of programme of events and share with people we support, their families and our staff team
• Plan with the people we support so their ideas and suggestions are heard and listened too.
• Create and update itinerary of equipment the organisation holds and report when items needing replaced, repaired or maintained.

Our office is based in the East End of Glasgow however we provide support in East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire and short breaks over the UK and potentially abroad if requested.

If interest in this position then please contact Frances our office manager on 0141-483-5969 or on admin@themichaeltraceyproject.co.uk