Working with children and young people to be safe, happy, healthy and hopeful.
Barnardos Mentora is recruiting a Volunteer Coordinator to join our team!
- Do you want to work for the UK's largest children's charity?
- Can you build trust and offer support to families, children and adults who may be facing a variety of challenges?
- Can you coach and mentor families and individuals through a process of change?
- Do you have knowledge & experience of working within safeguarding procedures?
- Do you want to work with a supportive, committed, passionate team?
If you have answered YES to the above questions, you may be the person we seek.
In this rewarding role, you will establish, develop and sustain volunteering services to meet project and operational needs. You will play a key part in recruiting, supporting and developing volunteers, ensuring they have a positive and meaningful volunteering experience while helping to deliver high-quality services.
We are looking for:
- An outgoing, confident and skilled communicator who is able to build trusting relationships and influence people.
- You will feel confident to speak to people from a wide range of backgrounds with the ability to proactively seek out opportunities to build partnerships and promote the project.
- You will be a self-motivated, committed person with experience of working and/or volunteering in the homelessness, housing or voluntary and community
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible
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Workplace Offer: What it means for you
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
- Reference number:23414
- Job Title:Volunteer Co-ordinator
- Location:Newport Civic Centre
- Contract type:Fixed term
- End date:31.8.2027
- Hours:23
- Salary:£27,554.00 FTE
- Closing Date:6 August 2026
- Interview Date:To be confirmed