Cancerbackup
35,000 - 39,500 per year
UK Wide
Full-time
25th September 2025

Volunteering Support Officer

  • Salary From:£35,500
  • Salary To:£39,500
  • Region:UK Wide
  • Location:Dual Macmillan Office/Home
  • Advertised Job Category:Engagement
  • Department:Volunteering
  • Job type:Fixed Term
  • Closing Date:25 September 2025

Volunteering Support OfficerFixed Term Contract (12 months)Full time (34.5 hours), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hoursLocation Split between home and Macmillan office

Salary -

£35,000 - £39,000 per annum


About the role

In this role you will support the delivery of the Volunteering Departments' engine room for volunteering experience, involvement, product development and internal partnering, in line with Macmillan’s vision and values.

As part of the Volunteering Support Team, you will deliver the Volunteering Support aspects of Macmillan’s Volunteering Strategy.

About you

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:

  • The ability to deliver against Volunteering Operational Plans and support Macmillan to be a market leader in volunteering.
  • Good planning and project management skills, delivering clear plans to achieve targets and objectives.
  • Experience of working collaboratively and establishing positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Proven track record and experience of working with volunteers and/or supporters.
  • Experience of reporting and monitoring progress against targets.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

  • 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
  • Pension matched up to 7.5%
  • 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
  • Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
  • Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment ProcessApplication deadline: Thursday 25th September 2024

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments. 

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy  here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people. 

If you would like to discuss your application or anything further in regards to a career at Macmillan Cancer Support please email us at TATeam@macmillan.org.uk.