# VAS Sheffield Jobs Scraper: Charity Vacancies & Monitor (`getascraper/vas-sheffield-jobs-scraper`) Actor Scrape voluntary-sector job vacancies from jobs.vas.org.uk with structured salary, location, employer, and closing-date fields pulled out of the listing text. Filter by sector or keyword and sort by date. Monitor mode flags new or changed listings for Apify schedules and integrations. - **URL**: https://apify.com/getascraper/vas-sheffield-jobs-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [GetAScraper](https://apify.com/getascraper) (community) - **Categories:** Jobs, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.66 / 1,000 vacancies This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. - **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use). - **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`. - **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`. - **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`. - **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## 💼 VAS Sheffield Jobs Scraper: Charity Vacancies & Monitor
Stop checking the Sheffield voluntary-sector jobs board by hand.
Pull every current vacancy from jobs.vas.org.uk with the salary, location, employer, and closing date already picked out for you, then get alerted the moment a listing is new or changes.
💷 Salary already parsed
Pay ranges pulled out of the listing text, not left buried in HTML.		📍 Location & employer
Address and charity name extracted, when the listing publishes them.		📅 Closing dates
Know the deadline without opening every posting.		🔁 Change monitor
Schedule it and only hear about new or updated vacancies.
VAS Sheffield Jobs Scraper reads every current listing on [jobs.vas.org.uk](https://jobs.vas.org.uk), Voluntary Action Sheffield's job board for the city's charity and voluntary sector. Run it once for a snapshot of what's open, or on a schedule to get an alert whenever a new role appears or an existing one changes. ### 🎯 What this Actor does Job seekers use it to see every open voluntary-sector role in Sheffield in one table instead of clicking through the board page by page. Recruiters and researchers use it to track hiring activity across the sector over time. Anyone building a local jobs feed or dashboard uses it as a clean, structured data source instead of scraping raw HTML themselves. Every field is genuine: when a listing doesn't publish a salary, location, or closing date, that field is left out rather than filled in with a guess. ### 🚀 How to use it
STEP 1
Leave the defaults
The Actor is already pointed at jobs.vas.org.uk. No setup required.		STEP 2
Run it
Start the Actor directly or trigger it from an Apify schedule for recurring checks.		STEP 3
Export or connect
Download the dataset or send it straight to a downstream integration.
### 🧩 Input | Field | Type | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Job board URL | string | No | The WordPress job board to scrape. Defaults to jobs.vas.org.uk. | | Posted within (hours) | integer | No | Only return vacancies posted within this many hours. | | Include sector name and image | boolean | No | Resolve the sector taxonomy name and featured image via the site's own API. | | Max vacancies | integer | No | Maximum number of vacancies to return in this run. | | Incremental monitor mode | boolean | No | Only return vacancies that are new or changed since your last run with the same monitor state name. | | Monitor state name | string | No | Name for this run's incremental state. Use different names to track separate configurations independently. | ### 📊 Data table | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `title` | string | The vacancy's job title. | | `sector` | string | Sector taxonomy, when sector enrichment is on. | | `salaryText` | string | Salary or pay range, extracted from the listing text. | | `location` | string | Address or postcode, when the listing publishes one. | | `employerName` | string | The hiring charity's name, when it can be reliably identified. | | `closingDate` | string | Application closing date, when stated. | | `postedAt` | string | When the vacancy was first posted. | | `descriptionHtml` | string | The full listing description. | | `applyUrl` | string | Link to apply, when the listing includes one. | | `sourceUrl` | string | Link to the original listing. | | `changeType` | string | `NEW`, `UPDATED`, or `CURRENT`, present only in incremental monitor mode. | ### 💰 Pricing This Actor uses pay per event pricing. Empty runs cost nothing, and there are no subscriptions. ### ⭐ Enjoying VAS Sheffield Jobs Scraper?
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### ❓ FAQ #### Is this affiliated with Voluntary Action Sheffield? No. This is an independent tool that reads the job listings the site already publishes publicly. It isn't operated by or affiliated with Voluntary Action Sheffield. #### Does it cover every current vacancy? Yes, it reads the same live listings shown on the job board itself, up to the limit you set. #### Can I get the salary and closing date without opening every listing? Yes, that's the main reason this Actor exists. Salary, location, and closing date are pulled directly out of the listing text into their own fields whenever the listing states them. #### Can I run this on a schedule and only get new listings? Yes. Turn on incremental monitor mode and set up an Apify schedule. Each run only returns vacancies that are new or changed since the last one. ### 🔗 Other actors - [HIJOBS Scraper: Scotland's Highlands & Islands Jobs](https://apify.com/getascraper/hijobs-scraper) ↗ - Scrape job listings across Scotland's Highlands and Islands. - [Employment News government vacancies](https://apify.com/getascraper/employment-news-monitor) ↗ - Monitor Indian government job and exam updates. - [Rojgarlive government jobs monitor](https://apify.com/getascraper/rojgarlive-jobs-monitor) ↗ - Track newly posted Indian government job vacancies. - [WooCommerce product scraper](https://apify.com/getascraper/woocommerce-store-monitor) ↗ - Scrape product catalogs from any WooCommerce-powered store. # Actor input Schema ## `baseUrl` (type: `string`): The WordPress job board to scrape. Leave as the default to scrape jobs.vas.org.uk, or point this at another WordPress site that uses the same vacancies post type. ## `postedWithinHours` (type: `integer`): Only return vacancies posted within this many hours. Leave blank to return all currently listed vacancies. ## `enrichTaxonomies` (type: `boolean`): Resolve the sector taxonomy name and featured image via the site's own API instead of just its numeric ID. Adds one extra field per request. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of vacancies to return in this run. ## `onlyNewOrChanged` (type: `boolean`): Only return vacancies that are new or have changed since your last run with the same monitor state name. Pair with an Apify schedule to get alerted on new listings. ## `stateName` (type: `string`): Name for this run's incremental state, used only when incremental monitor mode is on. Use different names to track separate configurations independently. ## Actor input object example ```json { "baseUrl": "https://jobs.vas.org.uk", "enrichTaxonomies": false, "maxItems": 20, "onlyNewOrChanged": false, "stateName": "default" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `vacancies` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "baseUrl": "https://jobs.vas.org.uk", "enrichTaxonomies": false, "maxItems": 20, "onlyNewOrChanged": false, "stateName": "default" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("getascraper/vas-sheffield-jobs-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "baseUrl": "https://jobs.vas.org.uk", "enrichTaxonomies": False, "maxItems": 20, "onlyNewOrChanged": False, "stateName": "default", } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("getascraper/vas-sheffield-jobs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "baseUrl": "https://jobs.vas.org.uk", "enrichTaxonomies": false, "maxItems": 20, "onlyNewOrChanged": false, "stateName": "default" }' | apify call getascraper/vas-sheffield-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,getascraper/vas-sheffield-jobs-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/lrS5BCtM0j31WTTUo/builds/0wKnb07QsNuPRUPEP/openapi.json