Volunteer Coordinator
Job Introduction
Make a Real Difference through Volunteer Coordinating
Role : Volunteer Coordinator
Salary: £13, 989.33 (pro- rated from £26,230)
Hours: 20 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Reports to : Volunteer Service Manager
Location: Hybrid role/ Together Trust centre, School Hill Cheadle
As Volunteer Coordinator, you’ll be working with our Volunteering Development Officer to recruit, train, and support incredible volunteers in a variety of ongoing and ad-hoc activity across Together Trust services. The people who give up their time and energy to offer their skills in volunteering with us deserve to have the best experience we can offer – and that’s where our Volunteer Coordinator will shine.
At Together Trust, we believe in the power of volunteering to change lives – for both our volunteers and the people we support. Together we make a difference. We develop and learn, and we support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: to champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support – they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them, and we work together for change.
See what it’s like to work with us here .
The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people that we support and expects all of our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Responsibilities include but are not exhaustive:
- Advertise volunteering opportunities
- Support with interviewing volunteering applicants
- Ensure all necessary checks are conducted prior to volunteers starting their roles, including references, health questionnaires and DBS checks
- Prepare and present induction materials for new volunteers
- Respond to day-to-day queries from volunteers
- Coordinate volunteers at Together Trust's flagship events
- Support the Volunteering Development Officer and services to ensure appropriate risk assessments are completed
- Act as an ambassador of the Trust, maintaining honesty, integrity and trustworthiness at all times.
About You:
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, Maths and English at C or above(NVQ level 2 Business Administration or equivalent desirable)
- Effective interpersonal skills including the ability to enthuse others, actively listen, and compose professional emails and presentations
- Ability to communicate volunteering procedures to colleagues and applicants
- Good working knowledge of key software including Excel, MSWord, Outlook and PowerPoint
Benefits
- Annual Leave27 day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years
- Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit.
- Occupational sick payand family friendly policies includingenhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
- Reward and Discount platformoffering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
- Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
- Proud to be a real living wage employer
- Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
- Long service awardsincluding cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Promotion of Wellbeingacross the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programmefor you and adults at your home.
- Inclusive networksfor colleagues to join if they’d like to (Disability & Neurodiversity Action group, Race Equality Network, Proud Together (LGBTQ+ group), Together for Men, Women Together).
Find out more — watch our short video to see what it’s like to work with us:
Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.
If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.
The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy.