Staff - who does what
| Core Staff | Support Hub Staff | Voice and Influence Staff |
|
Wendy Stephenson |
Ruth Pitter Manager (Equalities and development) |
Matthew Symonds Manager (Participation) |
| Rebecca McDougall Resources Manager |
Paddy Nisbett Development Worker (Governance / performance improvement) |
Asma Ahmad Development Worker (Children and Young Peoples network) |
| Denise Martin Finance & Membership Administrator |
Corinne Thomas Development worker (funding, income generation and financial sustainability) |
Sue Brazendale |
| Polly Stewart Senior Administrator |
Liz Gorman Administrator (Support Service) |
Charlene Lawrence Administrator (Participation) |
| Jessica Lewin Information Co-ordinator |
Sophie Bayley Workforce Development Co-ordinator |
Sean Kenny Development Worker (Information Communication Technology (ICT) |
| David Whittaker Business Development Officer |
Lucy Fletcher Events and Training Administrator |
|
| Mark Hubbard Compact Liaison Officer |
Chief Executive
Wendy Stephenson
Chief Executive
Wendy's role includes managing the operational activities of the organisation, managing staff, representing Voscur locally, regionally and nationally. She works with the Board of Directors to ensure good governance of Voscur. She is the Company Secretary for Voscur.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Wendy
Voice and Influence
Asma Ahmad
Development Worker (Children and Young Peoples network)
Asma provides support to organisations working with children and young people (C&YP); she coordinates the C&YP network which is part of the Voice and Influence service and the VCS Assembly.
Working days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Contact Asma
Matthew Symonds
Manager (Participation)
Matthew supports the VCS to ensure that it has a 'strong voice and influence' and its views are represented to key decision makers. He manages the new Voice and Influence service, the VCS Assembly, oversees the themed Assembly networks and has direct responsibility for the neighbourhoods and communities network.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Matthew
Sue Brazendale
Development Worker (Health and Social Care network)
Sue provides support to organisations working within the health and social care (H&SC) field; she coordinates the H&SC network which is part of the Voice and Influence service and the VCS Assembly.
Working days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Sue (Sue will start at Voscur at the beginning of April)
Charlene Lawrence
Administrator (Participation)
Charlene provides support to the Voice and Influence service and the VCS Assembly. She also prepares the regular e-bulletin, jobs and events e-update.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Charlene
Sean Kenny
Development Worker (Information Communication Technology – ICT)
Sean provides support to members with little to no ICT capacity to aid them in accessing opportunities in new technology and social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
Working days: Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, Friday morning
Contact Sean
Support Hub
Paddy Nisbett
Support Service Development Worker (Governance / performance improvement)
Paddy supports individual groups to improve the management and governance of their organisation, he provides outreach support to staff and boards within the sector. Support can include help with developing a constitution, policies, organisational health checks and action planning. Support is given on a one to one basis, or through training sessions.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Contact Paddy
Corinne Thomas
Support Service Development Worker (Funding / financial stability)
Corinne will support individual groups needing assistance with funding, income generation and financial stability. She provides outreach support to staff and boards within the sector. Support can include funding advice sessions, developing a funding strategy, and action planning. Support is given on a one to one basis, or through training sessions.
Working days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Corinne
Liz Gorman
Administrator (Support Service)
Liz is the support service administrator. She assists groups accessing the support service; this can include carrying out screenings for groups or dealing with queries.
Working days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Liz
Ruth Pitter
Manager (Equalities and development)
Ruth manages the support service including assessment and evaluation. She also supports the sector to improve its equalities practice. She provides training for the VCS on Equality and Diversity and leads on the Equalities Impact Assessment of the service.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Ruth
Training / Workforce Development
Sophie Bayley
Workforce Development Co-ordinator
Sophie co-ordinates training and development for the VCS. She manages Voscur’s training curriculum, tailor made training and works with the sector and external partners so that the quality and relevance of the training meets the development needs of the sector.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Sophie
Lucy Fletcher
Events and Training Administrator
Lucy provides administrative support for the training curriculum and events programme. She supports groups with booking, pre-course requirements, collates feedback to ensure monitoring and evaluation contributes to action planning and the future development of the training programme.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Lucy
Compact / commissioning
Mark Hubbard
Compact Liaison Officer
Mark promotes the use of the Bristol Compact and supports relationships between the VCS and public sector bodies, specifically in relationship to commissioning.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Mark
Resources
Rebecca McDougall
Resources Manager
Rebecca supports the finance and HR function of Voscur. She assists in the management of the administration team, and supports the Voscur’s Resources (finance and personnel) committee.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contact Rebecca
Jessica Lewin
Information Co- ordinator
Jessica oversees the Voscur information services including Thrive! magazine, website and e-bulletin information.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Contact Jessica
Denise Martin
Finance & Membership Administrator
Denise assists the Resources Manager and also undertakes Voscur’s membership administration.
Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Contact Denise
David Whittaker
Business Development Officer
David undertakes business development work for Voscur.
Working days: To be confirmed
Contact David
Polly Stewart
Senior Administrator
Polly provides support to Voscur’s Chief Exec and oversees the administration of Voscur’s external (and internal) communications including editing ‘Thrive!’ magazine.
Working days: Polly is currently away from work
