Volunteer Coordinator (Calderdale)

Job Description – Volunteer Coordinator (Calderdale)

Hours: 18.5 hours

Salary: (£27,344 to 29,439 – per year pro rata)

Contract: Fixed Term

Based at: Calderdale, Halifax Office.

Main purposes of the role:

•  To coordinate all aspects of volunteering, offering support and training to

volunteers to enable them to further contribute to WomenCentre’s work with
women and girls.

•  To support volunteer wellbeing and development.

Main duties:

•  To support the volunteer team, across the week, in their roles. Being the first

point of contact for volunteers who are supporting women in reception.

•  Recruit, engage, induct, develop, supervise and support volunteers for different

projects in line with WomenCentre policies and procedures.

•  Ensure that volunteers have the necessary training to carry out the tasks that
they  wish  to  do  and  to  enhance  their  skills  and  abilities  for  their  long-term
development.

•  Meet with volunteers regularly to review activities and engagement.

•  Maintain accurate records for all volunteers, including recording activities using

Oasis, our internal database systems.

•  Complete  exit  interviews  with  volunteers  and  ensure  any  feedback  is  acted

upon.

•  Ensure that volunteering is valued and celebrated by the organisation.

•  Develop  and  maintain  partnerships  to  enable  and  enhance  volunteer

recruitment.

•  Work effectively and flexibly with colleagues and managers to ensure that high

professional standards are maintained.

•  Work  with  the  other  Volunteer  Coordinator  in  the  organisation  to  develop

volunteering and support consistency and collaboration across sites.

•  Contribute to and promote WomenCentre services, campaigns and training.

•  Attend and contribute to conferences, seminars and training.

•  To attend regular supervision and team meetings as appropriate.

General:

•  Cooperate  fully  with  colleagues  and  be  flexible  when  assisting  them  in

responding to work requirements.

•  Ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others
fairly  and  not  committing  any  form  of  direct  or  indirect  discrimination,
victimisation or harassment of any description and to promote positive working
relations.

•  Comply with the WomenCentre policies, including those around confidentiality

and data protection.

The above job description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and
responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the
charity.

Safeguarding:

WomenCentre is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children, young people
and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to endorse this commitment.
The employee must act to protect all children, young people and adults at risk that
they interact with, in line with WomenCentre Safeguarding Policies.

Health and Safety:

WomenCentre is committed to the health and safety of staff, volunteers and all who
use our services. The employee must fully endorse, demonstrate and carry out the
health and safety policy.

Supervision Received from:
Line management supervision from a manager located in each area

Responsibility for Assets
The post holder may have access to confidential and sensitive information and
to equipment holding it.

Internal Contacts
Staff, Volunteers, Board of Directors, Service Users, Children.

External Contacts
Local voluntary and statutory organisations, members of the public and children

This post is open to women only - Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1 applies