Senior Community, Participation & Volunteering Manager - Bristol

National Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent conservation organization in Bristol is seeking a Senior Community, Participation and Volunteering Manager to drive community engagement and participation. This full-time role involves strategic thinking, partnership building, and innovative volunteering practices. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in community engagement and volunteer management, with a willingness to actively participate in local outreach efforts. Competitive benefits include a substantial pension scheme, flexible working options, and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

Substantial pension scheme

Free entry to National Trust places

Rental deposit loan scheme

Season ticket loan

EV car lease scheme

Gym memberships and shopping discounts

Flexible working options

Employee assistance programme

Free parking at most locations

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of good practice in community engagement and experience in various contexts.
• Strong experience in volunteer engagement and increasing participation.
• Ability to analyze data to engage different audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead community engagement and participatory practice.
• Innovate volunteering and increase participation.
• Build effective partnerships and coach colleagues.

Skills

Community engagement

Volunteering innovation

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Partnership working

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Community, Participation and Volunteering Manager for the Bristol Property Group. The new role sits within an Ending Unequal Access prioritised property group and will work as part of the Property Leadership Team. The role will lead the development of the Community, Participation and Volunteering offer across the property group and reach outwards into local communities including Bristol and North Somerset to broaden community participation and engagement. The role is full time and will require regular weekend and bank holiday working, with rotational property group duty management responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

The role includes leading community engagement and participatory practice, applying it across a range of contexts, innovating volunteering and increasing participation, thinking strategically, demonstrating analytical skills, using data and insight to prioritise and decide how to engage audiences, building partnership working, coaching people to increase confidence/capability, and driving community engagement and participation.

Key Requirements

• Excellent understanding of good practice in community engagement and participatory practice, and experience of applying it in a range of contexts.
• Excellent understanding of volunteer engagement and experience of innovating volunteering and increasing wider participation.
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills.
• Able to use data and insight to prioritise, make effective choices and decide when and how to engage different audiences.
• Significant experience of partnership working.
• Ability to build effective and collaborative working relationships with leaders and wider teams, and to coach people to increase their confidence/capability and increase community engagement and participation, including volunteering.

Additional Criteria for All Other Candidates

• Willingness to engage beyond the property portfolio, including active involvement in the local community, partnerships, and outreach initiatives.

Benefits

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary.
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18).
• Rental deposit loan scheme.
• Season ticket loan.
• EV car lease scheme.
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts.
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
• Flexible working whenever possible.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Free parking at most Trust places.