Posted 31/07/2026
£20,566 per annum (FTE £25,708)
RNID Near You Coordinator Powys
This project is funded by Powys Teaching Health Board and has operated on a one year rolling contract since 2016, there is no indication that funding won't continue in this way.
About RNID
We are RNID: the national charity supporting the 18 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.
Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus.
We work with our communities and partners across industry, government, charity, education and more to change life for the better.
RNID has a proud history and big ambitions. We’re focused on making the greatest impact possible across the whole of the UK. We champion the latest technology and the opportunities it brings. We also know the value of a friendly face in local communities to support people where they need it most.
Join our team
At RNID we have big, ambitious plans to make real impact for our communities. To do that, we need the right people in our team.
We are a remote working organisation, with colleagues based across the UK in locations from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands and everywhere in between. We come together in person two or three times a year for our Staff Summits, inspirational events for sharing skills and ideas, hearing from external speakers and spending quality time with colleagues. Working in this way, we bring together the best of digital and in-person working in a modern, progressive organisation. We know our colleagues have responsibilities and interests outside work and we want to support that, which is why we offer a sector-leading flexible working policy to all our staff from day one.
Our values are at the heart of how we work and communicate with each other, and the outside world. We strive to be an organisation that is connected, insightful, curious and passionate in everything we do.
Does that sound like a good fit? If so, we can’t wait to hear from you…
Near You Coordinator Powys for our Community Services Team will focus and lead on:
Co-ordinating our volunteer delivered RNID Near You service in Powys. This service operates across the county of Powys, in partnership with Powys Teaching Health Board to ensure that deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus receive the support and information needed to lead quality lives. You will focus and lead on developing and delivering the community service across your designated area through drop-in sessions offering:
You will be responsible for
You
Will be a motivated person with a keen interest in supporting people with their hearing loss. While you will be home based, there will be regular travel to all venues where we will provide drop-in sessions in community settings.
You want to make a difference in people’s lives and love to interact with various audiences, including volunteers, health & care professionals and service users. You have experience managing events, your own workload and are able to work evenings/ weekends if required. You are able to physically assist clients with hearing aids sensitively, giving clear guidance and taking into account individual wishes and health needs.
You are ready to work for a home-working organisation and have good IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Excel, Word.
Qualifications
No specific Qualifications are required for this role.
This project is funded by Powys Teaching Health Board.
What we can offer you
Our commitment to diversity
We are committed to supporting our staff including making reasonable adjustments. If you require support to apply for or fulfil the requirements of this role, please inform us so we can discuss the options with you.
Disability Confident
Disability Confident is a government scheme designed to encourage employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with health conditions. It has replaced the previous Two Ticks Positive About Disabled People scheme that you may have heard of.
RNID is proud to be a member of Disability Confident and as a Disability Confident Leader we recognise the value disabled people bring to RNID. We offer interviews to any candidate that tells us they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the role.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-peak times, the employer may need to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered. This will include the number of interviews offered to disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
We are RNID. We’re making life inclusive for the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf or have hearing loss or tinnitus.
Our 4 key areas
With our communities and partners, we’re focusing our attention on 4 key areas that we believe will transform life for our communities.
Inclusion
Deaf people and those who have hearing loss and tinnitus should enjoy access to the same information, spaces and services as anyone else.
That’s not the case right now. We’ll work to make life fully inclusive for our communities, and transform public understanding and attitudes in the process.
Health
Looking after your hearing health needs to be high on the national agenda.
We’ll help people identify their hearing loss early on, and help them to take action sooner. We’ll make sure everyone can get the benefits of high quality audiology care and treatments (such as hearing aids) when they need them. And we want to get rid of the barriers deaf people face in getting access to healthcare of all kinds.
Employment
1 in 8 working-age people in the UK have hearing loss. That’s a huge amount of talent and skill that’s all-to-often left unused by employers.
We’ll help leaders understand how to recruit and support people into their organisations, and help them excel when they get there.
Research
We want to help more medical researchers discover and develop new treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus so we see a step-change in what’s possible. We want to involve our communities and help them demand better treatments.
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