Role: Marketing and Communications Officer

Location: Mold and Connah’s Quay (office-based during probation, hybrid working after)

Salary: £25,000 to £30,000 per annum, depending on experience

Hours: 30 to 37.5 per week

Contract: Permanent

Deadline: 12 midnight, Sunday 11th October

Are you a confident writer and creative communicator who wants your work to make a real difference to people in your community? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re looking for a Marketing and Communications Officer to join Citizens Advice Flintshire. Working closely with our Marketing Manager and Communications Officer, you’ll lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of our marketing and communications, making sure our services reach the people who need them.

You’ll bring fresh ideas to the table and use audience insight and performance data to improve our reach, engagement and impact.

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Title: Advice Online Manager (AOL)

Location:  Pan Wales with a minimum of 1 day per week working in the office (we have office bases in Cardiff, Swansea, Rhyl, Wrexham and Felinehli).

Salary: £33,739 per annum (pro rata) - £20,243pa

Contract: Permanent (subject to continued funding)

Hours: 21 hours per week

Closing date:10am - 19th October 2026

Interview date: 4th November 2026

Shelter Cymru is the people and homes charity in Wales and works for the prevention of homelessness, the improvement of housing conditions, and the right of everyone to a safe, suitable and affordable home.

We understand the damage that bad housing causes. Every day we deal with the effect it has on people's lives.

Job Summary/ Purpose

To manage and develop Shelter Cymru’s Advice Online (AOL) information resource as an effective homelessness prevention tool.  This will include managing the AOL team as well as leading continually improvements in design and content in response to feedback and changing technology, aimed at ensuring the accuracy of, and increasing the usability and effectiveness of, the resource.

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Title: Administrative Assistant

Location: Cardiff - with a minimum of 1 day per week working in the office.

Salary: £24,479 per annum (pro rata) - £9,792 pa

​Contract: ​Contract until 31 August 2028

Hours: 14 hrs per week

Closing date:  10am - 2 November 2026

Interview date: 10 November 2026

Shelter Cymru is the people and homes charity in Wales and works for the prevention of homelessness, the improvement of housing conditions, and the right of everyone to a safe, suitable and affordable home. We understand the damage that bad housing causes. Every day we deal with the effect it has on people's lives.

Background to post

As an Administrative Assistant you will be part of a team who provide a National Housing Advice Service through a mixture of advice surgery, court, telephone and email/online based services.

The delivery and development of National Housing Advice services is one of the primary means by which Shelter Cymru fulfils its aims and objectives of preventing homelessness and improving bad housing conditions. You will be expected to make a significant contribution to the successful delivery and development of these services.

The main activities of the team are:

• The delivery of high quality and cost-effective national housing advice and advocacy services to people in housing need.
• The development and promotion of our services to potential partners and funders.
• To work in a collaborative and constructive way with other services, local authorities and RSL’s in the best interest of our users.
• The identification and promotion of housing policy initiatives
• The promotion of best practice in housing policy and management through the provision of training and other information channels.

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Title: Peer Research Coordinator

Location: Pan Wales 

Salary: £28,419 per annum (pro rata) - £17,051pa

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 21hrs per week

Closing date: 10am - 2 November 2026

Interview date: 13 November 2026

Shelter Cymru is seeking an experienced and empathetic individual to take on the role of Peer Research Coordinator. This role sits at the heart of the Fight for Home and is vital in helping us ensure that the work we do to tackle the root causes of the housing emergency is rooted in lived experience of homelessness and other housing issues.

The Peer Research Team is a well-established function at Shelter Cymru, and is made up of a number of individuals who support our work on casual contracts. As a Team they undertake a range of activities including both qualitative and quantitative research as well as report writing and public speaking.

The Peer Research Coordinator acts as the primary point of contact for Peer Researchers with Shelter Cymru as an organisation. This includes supporting them on a day-to-day basis, marketing the work of the team, recruiting and onboarding new members and other activity that may arise.

The role works closely with the wider Shelter Cymru Campaigns Team and particularly the staff in policy, research and public affairs.

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Kolourful Unique Special Education & Activity Centre

Kolourful Unique is seeking dedicated, reliable and compassionate individuals to join our friendly team as Self-Employed Respite Support & Administrative Service Providers.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of neurodiverse children, young people and families, while providing high-quality, person-centred support.

About the role

Depending on your skills and experience, responsibilities may include:

• Providing agreed respite support to children, young people and/or other individuals
• Supporting individuals during respite sessions and community activities
• Supporting independence, confidence and social development
• Communicating effectively with parents, carers and professionals
• Organising and coordinating services and sessions
• Diary and appointment management
• Maintaining accurate records and appropriate documentation
• Providing general administrative support
• Preparing monthly invoices and financial administration

About you

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Compassionate, dependable and professional
• Passionate about supporting neurodiverse individuals and families
• Able to build positive and respectful relationships
• Committed to safeguarding and professional boundaries
• Organised and able to work independently
• Willing to learn, develop and become actively involved in our work

Why join Kolourful Unique?

At Kolourful Unique, our aim is to create meaningful opportunities that support, empower and include neurodiverse individuals and their families.

If you are passionate about making a positive difference and would like to become part of something special, we would love to hear from you.

Telephone: 07510 594670
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kolourful-unique.com

Please get in touch to express your interest or to find out more about the opportunity.

Help Shape the Future of Healthy, Sustainable School Meals, professionally cleaned environments and services to vulnerable adults

At NEWydd Cleaning and Catering, our purpose is simple but powerful: to support the wellbeing, growth, and learning of children and young people by providing nutritious, sustainable, high-quality school meals. Whilst also delivering key services to vulnerable adults and professionally cleaned environments.

To strengthen our mission for the years ahead, we are now seeking to expand our Board with passionate, skilled, community-minded individuals.

Who We’re Looking For

We welcome interest from candidates with senior leadership experience across private, public, or third-sector organisations, especially from individuals with backgrounds in:

• Education
• Finance
• H.R.

Why Join Us?

This is a rare opportunity to use your expertise to make a real, lasting difference in local communities.

As a NEWydd Board member, you will:

• Support the wellbeing and educational outcomes of future generations.
• Champion access to healthy, locally sourced, sustainable hot school meals.
• Influence long-term strategy, governance, and performance.
• Strengthen a vital public service delivering meaningful social impact.
• Contribute to an organisation grounded in community, care, and integrity.

Why Our Directors Value the Role

Craig Macleod: “NEWydd’s social impact and commitment to community wellbeing are genuinely inspiring. The role has broadened my perspective, deepened my understanding of public-service delivery, and allowed me to contribute to the positive difference the service makes for children, parents, and a dedicated workforce.”

Nigel Roberts: “NEWydd is dedicated to improving the wellbeing of children and young people across our communities by providing access to excellent, wholesome, and sustainable hot school meals. If you’re looking for a rewarding Board role where your expertise can make a real difference, we would love to hear from you.”

We are looking for individuals who bring:

• Strategic leadership mindset: Individuals who can provide constructive challenge and evidence-based decisions to ensure NEWydd remains a partner of choice for schools.
• Integrity and accountability: Committed to transparency, public value, and high standards of organisational stewardship.
• Specialist expertise: Brings strong insight from Sales, Operations, Marketing, Finance, HR, Governance, or Executive Leadership.

Passion for children’s wellbeing and sustainable food: Driven to improve access to nutritious, locally sourced school meals.

A Message from Our Chair Tanya Wood

As Chair of the Board, I have experienced first-hand the impact and purpose that NEWydd brings to the region. Serving in this role has offered strategic influence, personal fulfilment, and professional growth. Here’s what makes the role so rewarding:

• Lead with Purpose: Shape services that support children, older adults, and vulnerable people — leadership rooted in fairness and community.
• Real Community Impact: Your decisions help build healthier communities, reduce inequalities, and support local jobs.
• Serious Professional Growth: Gain Board-level experience in governance, finance, risk, and organisational change.
• Broaden Your Network: Collaborate across education, social care, and local government for rich, cross-sector partnerships.
• Work That Matters: Every choice you make directly improves lives — leadership with genuine meaning.
• Drive Future-Focused Change: Influence sustainable sourcing, modern catering practice, and innovative, community-centred food services.

“It has been one of the most rewarding roles of my career — and it could be for you too.”

Interested in Joining Us?

If you are inspired by purposeful leadership and want to contribute to an organisation that makes a daily difference to children, families, and communities, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Your expertise in the educational sector can help shape healthier futures for the next generation.

These are Non-Executive Director positions, offered on a voluntary basis (reasonable expenses reimbursed).

For more information, please contact:

Steve Jones, Managing Director

[email protected]