Volunteer Coordinator, Thirsk

Blue Cross; Thirsk; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading charity organization seeks a Volunteer Coordinator to oversee recruitment and support for volunteers in Thirsk. This part-time role focuses on enhancing rehoming and fostering services, strengthening community ties, and promoting Blue Cross's mission. Ideal candidates will exhibit strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational capabilities, dedicated to volunteer engagement and community outreach.

Benefits

38-43 days holiday based on service

Free access to GP services

Pension scheme with enhanced contributions

Life assurance

20% discount on Pet Plan insurance

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of supervision or management of volunteers.
• Good experience of running and marketing recruitment campaigns for volunteer roles.
• Experience of working with local communities and promoting volunteer opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and support volunteers to enhance rehoming and fostering services.
• Promote Blue Cross in the community and drive local volunteering initiatives.
• Build relationships with local communities and partners to provide targeted support.

Skills

Volunteer management

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Community engagement

Job description

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Volunteer Coordinator, Thirsk

Application Deadline: 3 August 2025

Department: Rehoming & Fostering Services

Employment Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Thirsk

Reporting To: Assistant Manager - Client Services

Compensation: GBP 23,993 - GBP 27,715 / year

Description

Contract: Permanent, part time (2.5 days a week)

Salary: GBP 23,993 - GBP 27,715 FTE per annum (GBP 11,996 - GBP 13,857 per annum for part time)

Location: Burford, OX18 4PF

Closing date: Sunday 3 August 2025

Interview date: w/c 11 August 2025

We're recruiting a Volunteer Coordinator for our Rehoming & Fostering Team in Thirsk!

As Volunteer Coordinator, you'll recruit, support, and inspire volunteers to enhance rehoming and fostering services, while promoting Blue Cross in the community and driving local volunteering initiatives. You'll be joining a team who strive to be the best versions of themselves, so that they can do the best for the pets who need our help.

More about the role

Our Volunteer Coordinators recruit and support our amazing volunteers in the local area, promote the benefits of volunteering and raise the awareness of our centre and Blue Cross.

Our fostering service is an integral part of the rehoming process, supporting the delivery of our strategy by increasing the service so that Blue Cross can help more pets.

As a Volunteer Coordinator you will be responsible for recruiting and supporting a diverse team of volunteers. Working closely with the Centre Managers and Assistant Managers, you will ensure that our volunteers are fully integrated into the team, ensuring that the team welcome and collaborate with these wonderful people.

In addition to this, you will be building relationships with local communities and partners, promoting the benefits of volunteering to provide more targeted support.

This role is working 2.5 days a week. Please note this role may require you to work the occasional weekend or bank holiday.

If you excel in an environment where you can see the difference you make every day, then this is the role for you. Interested? Then apply and let's work together to see if this is the role for you.

About you

You will be an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to actively promote to a range of external stakeholders the work of Blue Cross and the benefits of volunteering. You will be a self-motivated individual with a focused, creative, and forward-thinking approach to volunteering and will enjoy the opportunity to be involved in a range of local volunteering events and national initiatives.

With the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with people at all levels, you will have a passion for ensuring that volunteers have the right opportunities to thrive in their roles.

You will be organised, flexible and analytical in the way you work, and you will enjoy working to targets and managing a diverse team of volunteers. With an approachable and supportive manner, you will be able to offer guidance and advice, and will have the confidence to deal with volunteer situations should they arise and be able to offer pragmatic solutions.

You will know what it is like to work in an emotionally charged environment and have excellent 'bounce back ability' and resilience. In addition, you will be emotionally intelligent, showing empathy and knowing how to support volunteers and your colleagues.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• Demonstrable experience of supervision or management of volunteers.
• Good experience of running and marketing recruitment campaigns for volunteer roles.
• Experience of working with local communities and promoting volunteer opportunities
• Working with and relationship building with a range of external stakeholders.
• Good experience of actively managing a bank of clients or volunteers
• High standards of verbal and written communication.
• Previous experience in working in a client focused environment where delivering a high level of customer satisfaction is the norm.
• Strong organisational, administration and analytical skills, including use of computerised systems.
• Good interviewing and recruitment skills
• An awareness of health and safety legislation.
• Current full driving licence.
• Ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our Blue Cross values

It would also be great (but not essential) if you had:

• Qualifications in managing volunteers or similar.
• Training or coaching skills.
• Presentation skills.
• Working with animals, and knowledge of animal welfare.
• Organising events.
• Understanding of safeguarding issues.

Want to know more detail? Great! We have attached the job description which hopefully gives you everything you need.

How to apply

Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date on Sunday 3 August 2025.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Blue Cross benefits

Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.

In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.

Our generous benefits package includes:

• Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)
• Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
• Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family
• Free physiotherapy advice and face to face intervention
• Health cash plan
• Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
• Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support.
• Life assurance
• 20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Recognition scheme
• Annual volunteer days
• Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.