Open Arms Project Supervisor
Rotherfed is recruiting an Open Arms Project Supervisor to lead day-to-day delivery of the Open Arms project: supervising staff, coordinating community engagement and events, and ensuring strong monitoring, evaluation and reporting. If you’re an organised, people-focused leader with community project and partnership experience, we’d love to hear from you.
Location: Rotherham Borough (travel across the borough required)Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week (some evening/weekend work required)Contract: fixed term until 31st March 2027 (initially) with further 2 years expected thereafter.Salary: £33,000 per annumResponsible to: Rotherfed Project Manager
About the role
· Lead operational delivery, planning and review in line with the project plan and funder requirements.
· Deliver targets/KPIs; manage risks and address underperformance.
· Supervise staff/volunteers: 1:1s, induction, coaching, rotas and performance support.
· Plan and coordinate community events/engagement (venues, logistics, suppliers, staffing and promotion).
· Lead monitoring, evaluation and reporting: data capture, systems, returns and outcome reports; use learning to improve.
· Build partnerships with council, VCS and other stakeholders to maximise referrals and impact.
· Ensure safe delivery and compliance (safeguarding, H&S, risk assessment, data protection and confidentiality).
What we’re looking for
· Experience supervising and supporting staff/volunteers; organising workloads.
· Experience delivering community-based services/projects to targets and deadlines.
· Monitoring and reporting experience (quantitative and qualitative).
· Strong partnership working and stakeholder management skills.
· Event/community engagement planning, coordination and promotion.
· Strong planning and prioritisation; supportive leadership style.
· Confident communicator (written/verbal) able to represent the project.
· Good IT skills (data, reporting and digital communications).
· Understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality, boundaries and data protection.
· Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Further requirements
· Occasional evening/weekend work.
· Travel across Rotherham Borough.
· Full clean driving licence and access to a car.
· Enhanced DBS check (required).
How to apply
For further details and to request an application pack, please contact: Sarah Fletcher on 07538 625113 or email [email protected]
Closing date for applications: Friday 29th May 2026 at 10am
Interviews to be held on: Tuesday 2nd June 2026
Pay: £33,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
