Employer: Awel Aman Tawe
Reports to: Hwb y Gors Centre Manager
Salary: £14/hour
Hours: Part-time – 15 hours per week (flexible working over three days)
Contract term: 6 months (November 2025 – April 2026)
Who We Are
Awel Aman Tawe is a charity based in the upper Amman Valley, founded in 1998 to address the climate emergency and support community resilience. We’ve developed two of the largest renewable energy co-ops in Wales – Awel Co-op (wind) and Egni Co-op (solar) – and run a wide range of community projects including energy efficiency, sustainable transport, arts, education and wellbeing.
Hwb y Gors is our newly opened low-carbon arts, education and enterprise hub in Cwmgors. It’s a space for community connection, creativity and climate action.
Position Summary
We are looking for a warm, organised and community-minded individual to coordinate our Warm Hub and Cooking Workshops Project at Hwb y Gors. This role is central to engaging volunteers and participants in a winter programme of weekly warm hub sessions, cooking workshops and a celebratory community event.
You’ll recruit, support and mentor volunteers, ensuring they feel valued and confident in their roles. You’ll also work closely with the cook trainer, community partners and the wider Hwb team to create a welcoming, inclusive space that supports wellbeing, skill-sharing and community resilience.
Key Responsibilities
- Volunteer Coordination
- Recruit, induct and support volunteers for the warm hub and cooking workshops.
- Organise Food Hygiene and other relevant training.
- Provide ongoing mentoring and pastoral support.
- Maintain volunteer records and report on engagement and outcomes.
- Celebrate volunteer contributions through informal reviews and a final event.
- Community Engagement
- Promote the project locally and recruit participants for cooking workshops.
- Build relationships with community groups and partners.
- Ensure the warm hub is inclusive, welcoming and responsive to community needs.
- Plan games and craft activities for the warm hub
- Project Delivery
- Coordinate weekly winter warm hub sessions (2.5 hours each).
- Support delivery of 5 cooking workshops and a celebratory event.
- Liaise with the cook trainer to ensure smooth delivery of food and workshops.
- Manage logistics including equipment purchase and publicity.
- Monitor and report on project progress and impact.
Person Specification
| Criteria | Essential | Desirable |
|---|---|---|
| Experience coordinating volunteers and community projects | ✓ | |
| Strong organisational and communication skills | ✓ | |
| Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of people | ✓ | |
| Understanding of local community needs | ✓ | |
| ICT skills (email, spreadsheets, social media) | ✓ | |
| Ability to take initiative and solve problems | ✓ | |
| Commitment to equity, inclusion and sustainability | ✓ | |
| Welsh speaker or willingness to learn | ✓ | |
| Experience planning events or workshops | ✓ |
Training Provided by Awel Aman Tawe
- Food Hygiene
- Safeguarding
- EDI
- Disability Awareness
- GDPR
- DBS check
Application Process
Applications must comprise both a CV and covering letter. AAT is a special place to work and it’s important for us to understand clearly why you want to be part of the team and what you feel you can bring. Please ensure you describe fully as part of your covering letter your motivations, experience and suitability for the role with reference to the expectations set out in the personal specification and Job description.
Positions are open to all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Please email your application to cr****@**el.coop using the subject line: Volunteer & Community Engagement Coordinator – Warm Hub & Cooking Workshops.
Deadline: Friday 28th October
Interviews: Week beginning 4th November
This post is funded by Moondance Foundation
