Volunteer Experience and Engagement Officer

St.-Barnabas-House; Worthing; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme or NHS pension

Up to 35 days' annual leave inclusive

On-site education support

Bupa access and healthcare cost relief

Free parking and subsidised meals

Gym membership discounts and Blue Card

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in Service

Job summary

Southern Hospice Group is seeking a Volunteer Experience & Engagement Officer to lead initiatives that welcome, value and empower volunteers across Worthing, Hove and Arundel. This newly created role offers an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about people, building relationships and driving continuous improvement.

You’ll develop volunteer recognition activities, create engaging communications and gather feedback from surveys and forums to identify opportunities for improvement.

Job description

Volunteer Experience and Engagement Officer

Location Worthing, Hove and Arundel Vacancy Type Part Time/Permanent Pay Range Grade 5 - £31,660 Pro rata for part time roles Contracted Hours 30 hours per week Application Deadline Sunday, November 15, 2026 Job Profile Job Profile document

Job Summary

About the role

Volunteers are at the heart of Southern Hospice Group, giving thousands of hours of support each year to help us provide hospice care to local people. We're looking for a Volunteer Experience & Engagement Officer to help create an outstanding experience for the people who give their time to support our work. In this newly created role, you'll lead initiatives that help volunteers feel welcomed, valued, connected and empowered to make a difference. Working across the organisation, you'll strengthen engagement, recognition and communication, develop meaningful ways to gather feedback and insight, and increase the visibility and impact of volunteering. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about people, building relationships and driving continuous improvement.

You’ll be

• Leading projects and initiatives that enhance the volunteer experience and strengthen volunteer engagement across Southern Hospice Group
• Developing and coordinating volunteer recognition activities that celebrate contribution and support volunteer retention
• Creating engaging communications and promoting volunteering through a range of internal and external channels
• Gathering volunteer feedback through surveys, forums and other engagement activities to identify opportunities for improvement
• Working with colleagues across services to support volunteer recruitment, outreach and growth
• Collecting, analysing and presenting volunteer insight and impact data to support decision-making and continuous improvement
• Building positive relationships with volunteers, colleagues and community partners to maximise the contribution volunteers make across the Group
• Championing the value, impact and visibility of volunteering throughout Southern Hospice Group

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Chestnut Tree Houseis the children's hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days' annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Bupa and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Your application and interview should give us an accurate and authentic picture of your skills and experiences. Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Before you submit an application, we will ask you to confirm the information you provide is true and accurate.Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

Some of our roles aresubject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it may be necessary for a disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.