Visual Impairment Awareness Training Administrator

Help us promote understanding, accessibility and inclusion.

Sight Support Worthing (SSW) is looking for an organised and enthusiastic volunteer to coordinate the administration of our Visual Impairment (VI) Awareness Training. Working with our team, you’ll help manage enquiries, organise bookings and ensure clients have a positive experience from their initial enquiry through to post-training feedback.

This is a great opportunity to support an important part of SSW’s work, helping organisations develop their understanding of sight loss and create more inclusive environments..

Role: Visual Impairment Awareness Training Administrator

Reporting to: SSW Manager

Location: Sight Support Worthing, Rowlands Road

Hours/days: Up to one day per week, with hours flexible by agreement

Role Description

The VI Awareness Training Administrator will oversee the administration and coordination of SSW’s VI Awareness Training, working with staff, clients and external partners to ensure the service runs smoothly and continues to reach new audiences.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Managing training enquiries and responding to emails
  • Organising training bookings and liaising with James, Susannah and clients
  • Ensuring clients receive all necessary information about training requirements and arrangements
  • Managing post-training feedback and issuing certificates
  • Working with the freelance marketing manager to promote the training
  • Monitoring grant budgets and providing updates to the Head of Fundraising as required
  • Liaising with the accounts department regarding invoicing
  • Coordinating updates to training flyers with Sonia, James or Susannah
  • Networking and developing connections to promote the training where opportunities arise

Skills & Qualities

We’re looking for someone who is:

  • Organised, reliable and able to manage competing priorities
  • Confident communicating professionally with clients and colleagues
  • Comfortable using email and basic IT systems
  • Attentive to detail, particularly when managing bookings, feedback and budgets
  • Proactive and willing to identify opportunities to promote the training

Previous experience in administration, coordination, marketing or budgeting would be helpful but is not essential.

What You’ll Gain

  • Experience coordinating a training service within a local charity
  • Opportunities to develop administration, communication and organisational skills
  • Insight into visual impairment awareness and inclusive practice
  • The opportunity to help organisations become more accessible and inclusive
  • Flexible volunteering that can fit around other commitments

Think this could be the role for you? Join our friendly team of volunteers and help make a difference for people affected by sight loss in our community. Get in touch to find out more: email info@sswcharity.org.uk or call 01903 235782. We look forward to hearing from you!