Job Details:
Ageing Well Training and Groupwork Officer

Job Description

As we are expanding our support for older people living with HIV, we’re recruiting for a Training and Groupwork Officer to join our Ageing Well team.

This role is an exciting opportunity to lead on our existing work delivering HIV awareness training to care providers in Greater Manchester, as well as planning and facilitating group sessions. You’ll be working with colleagues, service users and local organisations to ensure our person-centred support services meet the changing needs of older people living with HIV.

George House Trust has been providing dedicated support to older people living with HIV through our Age+ project since 2021. As a result of effective treatment people are living into older age and we want all people living with HIV to age well, and with confidence.

 The ideal candidate will have experience of facilitating group sessions, together with an understanding of the issues faced by people who are ageing with HIV.

Whilst it is not an essential criteria for the role, we always actively encourage applications from people living with HIV.

George House Trust supports a wide community facing diverse challenges and we need a diverse team to help tackle them. We particularly welcome applications from those currently underrepresented in our workforce which includes people of colour.

You will find a recruitment pack with a detailed person specification and job description here.

You can apply for this role in writing in MS Word format [please don’t PDF your application] stating, in no more than 2,000 words, how you meet the ‘application’ criteria in the Person Specification you will find in the recruitment pack together with an up-to-date copy of your C.V.

Please also complete and submit our demographic monitoring form which you can find here. The form will be stored separately from your application and will not be used as part of the shortlisting process. 

Your completed application and C.V. should be submitted to [email protected] by 5pm on Tuesday 8th October.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 17th October.

George House Trust is a Disability Confident, Living Wage and Open To All employer. 

- an individualised approach to flexible working.

- an 8% non-contributory pension scheme.

- an employee assistance package (including free-to-access counselling).

- a cycle to work scheme.

- a dedicated training budget for each employee.

- full remote digital access to enable agile working.

- generous annual leave plus 8 bank holidays plus additional days at Christmas.