Volunteer Coordinator

WEBRECRUIT; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to promote volunteering across London & East England. This role involves recruiting and managing volunteers, coordinating community events, and ensuring volunteers receive necessary training. The ideal candidate will have strong networking skills, a background in community work, and be committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups. With a competitive salary and flexible working options, this is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact.

Benefits

28 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Hybrid and flexible working arrangements

Attractive pension scheme

Simply Health membership

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced parental pay

Qualifications

• Proven experience of recruiting, supporting, engaging and managing volunteers.
• Experience in community settings, delivering training sessions and leading workshops.
• Ability to tailor approaches to meet differing needs of audiences.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, engage, develop, and support volunteers.
• Coordinate volunteers for events and training delivery.
• Develop partnerships to enhance volunteer recruitment.

Skills

Networking

Creativity

Communication

Education

GCSE English Language & Mathematics Grade C or above or equivalent

Job description

Volunteer Coordinator

Home-based (due to regular travel across London & East of England, candidate must be based in this area)

Our client is recruiting a Volunteer Coordinator to promote volunteering across London & East England and recruit, engage, and manage volunteers to support the work of their charity.

What you will do:

- Contribute to the internal and external development of volunteering at the organisation, including the enhancement of their volunteering offer.

- Recruit, engage, develop and support volunteers.

- Coordinate volunteers and support them at community events and the delivery of our client’s talks/training delivery.

- Contribute to the generation of online/face to face volunteer-led events within local communities.

- Support volunteers to make local links and engage with projects and organisations that are in line with our client’s values.

- Develop and maintain partnerships to enable and enhance volunteer recruitment.

- Ensure that volunteers have the necessary training to carry out the tasks that they wish to do and to enhance their skills and abilities for their long-term development.

To be successful in this role you will have:

- GCSE English Language & Mathematics Grade C or above (or equivalent).

- Proven experience of recruiting, supporting, engaging and managing volunteers.

- Previous experience working in a community setting, delivering information and training sessions, leading workshops or educational activities.

- A proven track record of networking, building and managing effective relationships, tailoring the approach to meet the differing needs of the audience.

- Experience of using own initiative and creativity to develop a project, programme or area of work.

Please select the apply button and follow the on-screen instructions to the careers site for the full job description and person specification for the role.

Salary: £30,559 per annum (SCP 18), progressing by increments to £33,366 per annum (SCP 23)

Hours: 36 hours per week

Location: Home-based. Due to regular travel across London & East of England, candidate must be based in this area

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: You will receive 28 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time workers), hybrid and flexible working arrangements, an attractive pension scheme, Simply Health membership, enhanced sick pay and enhanced parental pay. Please select the apply button for more details.

Closing date: Sunday 27th July 2025

Our client reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier if they receive sufficient applications so, please submit your application as soon as possible.

Our client is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and their recruitment policies are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Pour client is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. They expect all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.

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