Overview
You will be responsible for managing all elements of volunteering within Borderline Arts, being central to the success in recruiting and retaining the volunteers needed to deliver the charity's objectives.
Responsibilities
* Recruit new volunteers
* Generate volunteering opportunities and role descriptions, as required
* Recruit new volunteers (Link with Derby Community Action, Reach Volunteering etc)
* Respond to volunteer email enquiries
* Review applications and hold interviews
* Provide inductions for new volunteers
* Manage our team of volunteers (currently 12)
* Regularly check in with volunteers (e.g. monthly) to ensure they feel supported, monitored, motivated and appreciated and to address any issues that arise
* Maintain our volunteer database and undertake any other admin duties
* Encourage volunteers to record their hours (via timestation)
* Make volunteers aware of any training relevant to their role
* Attend committee meetings (2-4 times a year), preferably as a trustee
* Nominate volunteers for annual Derby Volunteer awards where appropriate
* Organise occasional social events for the team (e.g. a Christmas meal or a summer BBQ)
Qualities & Skills
* Positive, enthusiastic and committed
* Patient and empathetic
* A team player
* Creative (ideally)
* Knowledge and Skills: Experience of coordinating a team
* Common sense
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Keeps informed about activities/plans and understands/works with our ethos and aims
* Motivates/encourages others
* Ability to use (or learn to use) Google Drive and our Access Database
What you will be doing
* Recruit new volunteers
* Generate volunteering opportunities and role descriptions
* Respond to volunteer email enquiries
* Review applications and conduct interviews
* Provide inductions for new volunteers
* Manage our team of volunteers and check in regularly
* Maintain the volunteer database and perform admin duties
* Organise training relevant to volunteers’ roles
* Attend committee meetings (2-4 times a year)
* Support volunteering hours and records
* Support the charity’s aims and contribute to a positive volunteering culture
Time Commitment
Minimum of 12 months – to be negotiated. Approximately 3 hours per week (some weeks may be less, some more). Attendance at Committee Meetings (2-3 times a year, 1-2 hours per meeting).
Location
Nottingham, Derby, Long Eaton area, United Kingdom
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