Black Country Women's Aid
Let us introduce ourselves…
Black Country Women's Aid (BCWA) is an established charity working across the Black Country and wider West Midlands, providing accommodation and community support services to victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and human trafficking. Services range from advocacy, civil remedies, support in court, individual and group support and access to a range of therapeutic interventions. All services are client and needs-led.
The service:
The Corporate Services comprise of BCWA's Finance, Fundraising, Human Resources, Development, Training and Governance teams. The work undertaken by Corporate Services underpins the support provided by our frontline staff. As BCWA continues to grow, we are expanding our volunteer programme and are now seeking a passionate and organised Volunteer and Involvement Coordinator to lead this work.
Job Role
Job Title: Volunteer and Involvement Coordinator
Position available: 1 full-time position (37.5 hours)
Salary: £29,267 - £33,281.98
Closing date: 16 October 2025
All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams
Is this you?
You're passionate about empowering people and creating opportunities for involvement. You have experience managing volunteers and understand the value they bring to an organisation. You are a confident communicator, digitally savvy and able to build strong relationships with volunteers, colleagues and external partners. You are committed to BCWA's feminist values and safeguarding principles, and will bring creativity and energy to the role.
The Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to shape and develop volunteering at BCWA. You will work across departments to identify opportunities for volunteers, peer mentors and experts by experience to contribute meaningfully to our services. You will lead on recruitment, training, support and celebration of volunteers, ensuring best practice and inclusivity throughout.
If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.
To be considered for this position, click 'apply' and you will be emailed a link to an application form, job description, and equal ops form, plus details on how to complete your application.
CVs will not be accepted.
Important information for all positions
Black Country Women's Aid is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for an enhanced disclosure to be made to the Criminal Records Bureau for details of any previous criminal convictions.
Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. The post holder must be female.
Employment checks
As a responsible employer, we adhere to safer recruitment practice and all our employees are subject to the following recruitment checks:
Right to work in the UK
Under Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act, we, as a responsible employer, need to ensure that we do not employ anyone illegally. To avoid discrimination, we treat all job applicants equally.
We therefore ask all candidates selected for interview to bring original documentation to show their Right to Work in the UK. A copy of these will be taken. Once the successful candidate has been appointed, the unsuccessful candidate's documents will be destroyed confidentially. You may be refused an interview if you do not bring the correct documents with you.
References
Following your interview, two employment references will be sought. One of these should be your current or most recent employer.
If you have finished full-time education and you have no employer reference, we will accept a reference from:
* a professional from your centre of study, for instance, a teacher, lecturer or headteacher
* GP or health visitor
* a character reference from a person who knows you
* a civil servant from a government agency
* a bank manager
DBS
All positions are subject to DBS checks at the relevant level.