Volunteer Groups Support Officer

South Gloucestershire Council; Yate; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading council as a Volunteer Groups Support Officer, where you'll empower community groups to improve green spaces. This full-time role involves advising volunteers, managing projects, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. With a focus on community engagement and environmental improvement, you'll play a key role in enhancing local areas while enjoying flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Employee wellbeing support

Access to staff discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working with community and voluntary groups.
• Understanding of horticulture and landscape management principles.
• Ability to engage effectively with colleagues and partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and support to community groups.
• Organize volunteer agreements and coordinate training.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.

Skills

Community Engagement

Horticulture Knowledge

Project Management

Education

Professional or Technical Qualification in Horticulture or Landscape

Job description

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How You'll Make a Difference

We have a number of community groups and volunteers who help look after our green spaces in South Gloucestershire. As a Volunteer Groups Support Officer, you will be the main point of contact for these groups, empowering them to carry out landscape and environmental improvement projects, which contribute towards the enhancement and maintenance of our communities and spaces.

How You'll Make a Difference

We have a number of community groups and volunteers who help look after our green spaces in South Gloucestershire. As a Volunteer Groups Support Officer, you will be the main point of contact for these groups, empowering them to carry out landscape and environmental improvement projects, which contribute towards the enhancement and maintenance of our communities and spaces.

Assisting with the delivery of a wide range of community, landscape and environmental projects, you will help to achieve the council’s policies in relation to open space management and support the efficient and sustainable management of open spaces.

What You Will Be Doing

• It will be your responsibility to provide advice and support to community groups, partners and customers, identifying areas where support is required to engage people in the provision and delivery of services.
• You will support volunteer groups who manage and maintain our community open spaces, including organising volunteer agreements, co-ordinating training and skills opportunities, promotion and recruitment, networking and celebrating the work of our volunteers.
• As part of the Place Improvements Team, you will be the first point of contact for our community groups and volunteers, providing support on policies and technical issues, ensuring that effective relationships are established and the advice provided is understood and accurate.
• It will be key for you to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, by guiding groups on their responsibilities and establishing robust foundations for volunteer groups to be sustainable.
• Regularly, you will contribute to the preparation and presentation of reports, reviewing data and developing solutions to given problems, ensuring that clear options and recommendations are put forward.
  
  

What We Need From You

• It is essential you have experience of working in a relevant specialist environment and ideally be working towards a professional or technical qualification (e.g. horticulture or landscape) or already be part qualified.
• You must have experience of working with and supporting community and voluntary groups to manage green spaces.
• We require you to have relevant practical experience and be able to demonstrate an understanding in the principles of horticulture and landscape management.
• Given the nature of the role, you will be able to engage effectively with colleagues and external partners and influence others based on your technical knowledge.
• You will have some experience or training in the monitoring of resource budgets and control of costs.
  
  

What You Need To Know

• This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week.
• This is a limited term contract until 22nd April 2027.
• The role is suitable for both office/home working.
• You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area so you must have a full, valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel.
  
  

Interviews will be held week commencing 16th June 2025.

How a Career At South Gloucestershire Council Is Different

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We invest in the careers of our people and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.
• As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
  
  

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
• We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses.
• We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.
  
  

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We’re making a difference, be part of it!

To view the full job description, please click this link: Open Spaces Volunteer Groups Support Officer - Job Description

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