Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Social Value Coordinator

The closing date is 06 July 2025

Job summary

Looking for a role where no two days are the same--and where your impact will be felt across an entire NHS Trust?

We're searching for a proactive and energetic Social Value Coordinator to help drive meaningful change across Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. If you're passionate about volunteering, community engagement, and want to help build services that genuinely support our patients, families and staff--this is the opportunity for you.

Main duties of the job

Coordinate our Volunteer Transport Scheme, promote the KMPT Charity and Volunteering service, manage communications and data. We're looking for excellent communication, IT skills, admin or voluntary sector experience, and strong organisational ability.
As Social Value Co-ordinator, your work will support Charity and Volunteer Services in delivering a high standard of service across KMPT. You will coordinate our Volunteer Transport Scheme - responding to enquiries and booking routes with drivers. You will assist with maintaining data bases that are integral for service reporting and governance. You will support on the recording, evaluation and promotion of volunteering and the charity.
You will actively promote and raise the profile of volunteering an the charity in partnerships with the team across the Trust and wider local health economy

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We arerated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Date posted

20 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

380-SS0668

Job locations

Farm Villa

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Diploma level or equivalent relevant experience
Good basic education, demonstrating high levels of literacy and numeracy. NVQ Level 3 or BTEC or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of forming effective working relationships with colleagues in order to achieve common goals
Ability to work independently, make informed decisions and achieve objectives whilst working with continually changing demands and priorities

Communication

Essential

Able to communicate through different online platforms comfortably whilst on duty
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to work and communicate with a mixed rage of clinical and nonclinical staff

Skills and Ability

Essential

Ability to manage sensitive communications
Negotiating and Persuasive skills
Proactive problem-solving ability
Excellent organisational skills and an ability to multi-task
Range of IT skills and experience in using Microsoft Word and Excellent Excel systems

Experience

Essential

Experience gained in an organisational position in the voluntary sector or multi-disciplined organisation

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Diploma level or equivalent relevant experience
Good basic education, demonstrating high levels of literacy and numeracy. NVQ Level 3 or BTEC or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Experience of forming effective working relationships with colleagues in order to achieve common goals
Ability to work independently, make informed decisions and achieve objectives whilst working with continually changing demands and priorities

Communication

Essential

Able to communicate through different online platforms comfortably whilst on duty
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to work and communicate with a mixed rage of clinical and nonclinical staff

Skills and Ability

Essential

Ability to manage sensitive communications
Negotiating and Persuasive skills
Proactive problem-solving ability
Excellent organisational skills and an ability to multi-task
Range of IT skills and experience in using Microsoft Word and Excellent Excel systems

Experience

Essential

Experience gained in an organisational position in the voluntary sector or multi-disciplined organisation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Farm Villa

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Farm Villa

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)