Overview
Volunteering Officer (Employability)
London (hybrid working)
The Organisation
Our client helps hospitals do more through grants, arts, volunteering, and fundraising.
They are now looking for a Volunteering Officer to join them on a part-time basis, working 21 hours per week for a 12 month fixed term contract.
The Benefits
* Salary of £32,718 per annum FTE (£19,630.80 for 21 hours per week)
* 25 days’ holiday per year plus bank holidays (pro rata)
* An extra day’s holiday to be taken one week either side of your birthday
* Pension (with employer contributions of 10%)
* Sick pay
* Support towards healthcare costs, including eye tests and dental, and access to mental health support through counselling
* Additional access to gym discounts
* Interest-free season ticket loan
* Life assurance
* Staff arts club, including free entry to London galleries
* Access to a range of high street and online discounts
This is a rewarding opportunity for a passionate individual with experience working with, or managing, volunteer programmes to join our client’s supportive organisation.
You’ll be at the heart of creating life-changing opportunities, and supporting volunteers to develop new skills, find their voice, and grow in confidence as they make a real difference across hospitals.
So, if you’re passionate about supporting people to develop skills, confidence, and brighter futures, our client would love to hear from you.
The Role
As a Volunteering Officer, you will support our client’s programme, helping local people enhance their career prospects through meaningful volunteering opportunities.
Acting as the first point of contact for applicants and volunteers, you’ll provide seamless administration and co-ordination to ensure a smooth and supportive volunteer journey from initial enquiry to active placement.
Day-to-day, you’ll manage applications, vetting processes, ID passes, and uniforms, as well as co-ordinating volunteer inductions, training, and recognition activities.
By maintaining accurate systems and records, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the programme runs efficiently and delivers real impact for both volunteers and hospitals.
Additionally, you will:
* Provide pastoral support to volunteers
* Contribute to policy reviews, communications, and volunteer newsletters
* Support emergency response needs by helping to deploy volunteers when required
About You
To be considered as a Volunteering Officer, you will need:
* Experience working with or managing volunteer programmes
* Experience managing and planning events
* Experience working within project management principles
* Competency in Microsoft Office and 365 programmes and web-based CRM/database systems
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* The ability to travel between hospital sites in London
All job offers with our client are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and references. The DBS check level required for this role is enhanced.
This role will close on Sunday 28th September at 11:30pm. Interviews will take place on Thursday 16th October.
Other organisations may call this role Volunteer Development Officer, Volunteer Engagement Officer, Charity Volunteering Officer, Volunteer Programme Officer, Community Volunteering Officer, or Volunteer Advisor.
Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you’re looking for an impactful role as a Volunteering Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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