Work with us
We’re a social action charity that’s best at reinventing itself in response to people’s needs.
We help services, funders and systems find new ways to create deep social change. We’re willing to be bold, remove the box and bring edge-based solutions into the middle.
About us
Grapevine responds to community issues as they arise. Rather than focusing on one problem to solve, we hold to our vision, mission and ways of working, and stay flexible about the routes we take.
We listen to the people we walk alongside, our team and our partners, and let what we learn change what we do.
Our three strands of action in Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond are Strengthening Lives, Sparking Community and Shifting Power.
Read how they work together to build stronger lives and fairer futures in our adaptive strategy.
An adaptive strategy is only as good as its learning habits. Follow this link for the habits and practices we use at Grapevine.
Explore how our beliefs ground how we implement our strategy here.
Our experience
Over more than 30 years we have become a nationally acclaimed example of deep social change. Read our story here.
We started life in 1994 as a drop-in in Spon End, Coventry for learning disabled people.
We learned who they were, what their dreams were and what they could offer and realised that way of working could help many others too. The answer to our problems lay in community, not specialised services.
Now we work with all kinds of people experiencing poverty, disadvantage and isolation.
“Grapevine team members are intentionally reflective about the work that they carry out, thinking about what joy they are taking from it and how meaningful it is to them.
“I saw power and action from a completely different perspective, and it has made me feel optimistic about the future of sustainability. This experience has changed my understanding of what it means to have an impactful career.”
Bel Govier, student intern from University of Warwick
Working for us
We offer a friendly workplace with a strong culture of helping people uncover their potential. We’re committed to diversity and inclusion in our team and across our work, treating every person we meet as an individual with unique passions and skills.
This video was made by a group of Film, TV and Radio Production students from Coventry College for their final year project. One of the students, Edwin, was inspired by our work after volunteering as a buddy on our Teenvine Plus programme for young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
In addition to our ethos, our employee benefits include:
- Flexible working
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (for full-time roles, pro rata for part-time)
- Stakeholder pension scheme plus eight per cent employer contribution.
Current vacancies
Senior Operations Officer
Based in Coventry, the Senior Operations Officer helps enable our staff to deliver excellent services and community transformation.
This key operational role combines facilities management, administrative co-ordination, HR support, Board support, compliance oversight and some front-line customer service.
But much more than that, you will be the operational heartbeat of an award-winning charity enabling community-led change across Coventry and Warwickshire.
We’re looking for a Senior Operations Officer who can keep everything running while keeping people at the centre.
You’ll be the person who opens our buildings each morning, welcomes distressed callers seeking help, negotiates charity discounts with suppliers, coordinates staff onboarding, manages compliance and ensures our Board can focus on strategy.
It’s operational excellence meets genuine compassion.
Job details
- Part-time 18.5 hours per week
- £32,354 per year (pro rata for part-time)
- Permanent contract
- Based at our offices in Spon End, Coventry
- Reporting to the CEO
- Closing date: Wednesday 18 November at 9am
- Expected interview date: Wednesday 25 November.
Click this link to read the job pack, including detailed information about the role and the specific skills, abilities, experience and knowledge we are looking for in the person we hire.
Ready to make a difference?
If you’re excited by purpose-led work, comfortable with honest reflection and believe that systems should serve people (not the other way round), we’d love to hear from you.
Apply if you can see yourself as the person who keeps our award-winning work running smoothly while treating every caller, colleague and compliance requirement with equal care.
How to apply
Click here to complete the Jotform application form.
You can send audio or video files for some or all of your application to jobs@grapevinecovandwarks.org.
If you need help with your application, if you want to discuss reasonable adjustments or want to speak with someone before submitting your application, please contact us on jobs@grapevinecovandwarks.org or call 024 7663 1040.
Meet the Grapevine team
Here’s what some members of our team have to say about working for Grapevine. We look forward to getting to know you too!
If you haven’t found what you’re looking for or have a question for us, please get in touch.
Postal address
Grapevine (Coventry and Warwickshire) Ltd
123 Upper Spon Street, Spon End
Coventry, CV1 3BQ