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Volunteer Coordinator
Application Deadline: 4 May 2025
Department: Rehoming & Fostering Services
Employment Type: Permanent - Part Time
Location: Burford
Reporting To: Assistant Manager - Client Services
Compensation: GBP 11,996 - GBP 13,857 / year
Description
We're recruiting a Volunteer Coordinator for our Rehoming & Fostering Team in Burford!
As Volunteer Coordinator, you'll recruit, support, and inspire volunteers to enhance rehoming and fostering services, while promoting Blue Cross in the community and driving local volunteering initiatives.
More about the role
At our Burford rehoming centre, we provide onsite accommodation for pets in our care 24/7. Occasionally, you will be expected to carry out night checks or stay in onsite accommodation overnight when the resident team members are either not working or away for a period of time.
Our Volunteer Coordinators recruit and support our amazing volunteers in the local area, promote the benefits of volunteering and raise the awareness of our centre and Blue Cross.
As a Volunteer Coordinator, you will be responsible for recruiting and supporting a diverse team of volunteers, working closely with the Centre Managers and Assistant Managers to ensure integration and collaboration.
This role is working 2.5 days a week across a 2-week rota:
1. Week 1: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
2. Week 2: Tuesdays and Thursdays
If you excel in an environment where you can see the difference you make every day, then this is the role for you. Interested? Then apply and let's work together to see if this is the role for you.
About you
You will be an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to actively promote the work of Blue Cross and the benefits of volunteering. You will be a self-motivated individual with a focused, creative, and forward-thinking approach to volunteering.
You will be organised, flexible and analytical in your work, managing a diverse team of volunteers and dealing with volunteer situations as they arise.
Knowledge, skills, and experience
* Demonstrable experience of supervision or management of volunteers.
* Good experience of running and marketing recruitment campaigns for volunteer roles.
* Experience of working with local communities and promoting volunteer opportunities.
* High standards of verbal and written communication.
* Strong organisational, administration and analytical skills, including the use of computerised systems.
* Current full driving licence.
It would also be great (but not essential) if you had:
* Qualifications in managing volunteers or similar.
* Training or coaching skills.
* Working with animals, and knowledge of animal welfare.
* Understanding of safeguarding issues.
How to apply
Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date on Sunday 4 May 2025.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Blue Cross benefits
Our generous benefits package includes:
* Enhanced annual leave entitlement: 30 days plus bank holidays
* Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
* Health cash plan
* Life assurance
* Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
* Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
* Free access to GP via MetLife
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