Job vacancies

Health Care Assistant with Excursion Responsibilities
Registered Nurse
Trustee Recruitment
Volunteer Development Manager
Volunteering opportunities
Internship - Fundraising Department
Marketing Assistant / Public Relations (PR Assistant) (Volunteer)

Health Care Assistant with Excursion Responsibilities

Job Purpose: To deliver modern high quality care for disabled people in a holiday/respite setting and to escort guests on daily excursions.

Location: Vitalise Netley Waterside House, Southampton

Hours: 37.5 hours per week. This will include unsociable hours such as evenings and weekends. The centre is also open for Christmas and New Year.

This position is subject to an enhanced CRB Disclosure and an ISA adult check.

View the full job description (PDF)

How to apply: Complete the application form (word document) and email to Louise Henderson

Registered Nurse

Job Purpose: To provide accurate complex assessment and deliver high quality care for disabled people in a holiday/respite setting.

Reports to: Head of Care and General Manager; ultimately the Director of Services, Director of Care & Quality and CEO.

Location: Positions available in all of our three centres; Vitalise Jubilee Lodge, Essex; Vitalise Netley Waterside House, Southampton; Vitalise Sandpipers, Southport

Hours: 37.5 hours per week. This will include unsociable hours such as evenings and weekends. The centre is also open for Christmas and New Year.

This position is subject to an enhanced CRB Disclosure and an ISA adult check.

View the full job description (PDF)

How to apply: Complete the application form (word document) and email to Louise Henderson

Trustee Recruitment

We would like to recruit additional members to our Board who can bring enthusiasm, expertise and imagination to the future development of the charity. We are particularly seeking candidates with Board level experience and backgrounds in the Hospitality, Social Care and Finance sectors.

From the Hospitality sector we are seeking trustees with backgrounds in hotel management, HR, marketing or operations.

From the Social Care sector a background in operations, HR or policy development.

From Finance we are seeking a qualified accountant, preferably with significant experience of the not-for-profit sector.

If you have a passion for our work and you possess Board-level skills and experience beyond these specific areas, we would welcome a conversation. The need for our service – and the challenges we face in making it accessible to those who need it - has never been greater: if you believe you can make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

For further details, please contact the Company Secretary, Louise Henderson, by telephone on 07734 250205 or by email

Volunteer Development Manager

Job Purpose: To source and manage the various channels of recruitment for volunteering both overseas and the UK and act as champion for volunteer operations.

Location: Vitalise Head Office, London

Hours: 37 hours per week.

Colosing date: 22 May 2013

View the full job description and person specification (PDF)

How to apply: Complete the application form (word document) and email to Aishling Ryall

Volunteering opportunities

Thank you for showing an interest in job vacancies at Vitalise. Have you considered volunteering with us? If you're interested in working for us this is a fantastic way to find out about the organisation and our work, and it's a great way for us to find out about you too.

Approximately 25% of our current paid employees originally came to the organisation as volunteers, so if there are no current vacancies why not spend a little time volunteering – you never know what it might lead to...

Internship - Fundraising Department

We are looking for a highly intelligent, hard working intern to do a critical piece of research relating to grant making foundations and trusts, their trustees, their connections and to present this in excel but also input into Vitalise’s database, Progress and produce reports.

View the full job description (PDF)

Location: Vitalise, Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London, N1 0QH

How to apply: Please email your CV and a short cover letter to Charlotte Langley, Capital Campaign Director, or, for an informal chat please call Charlotte on 020 7288 6882.

Marketing Assistant / Public Relations (PR Assistant) (Volunteer)

We are looking for one or two creative volunteers interested in marketing and communications.

You will be volunteering with the marketing & communications team at an exciting time at Vitalise and you will have the chance to make a significant impact on the future of the organisation as it builds key relationships with external stakeholders. You will also have the opportunity to work in a friendly team and to gain experience in a dynamic and supportive environment.