Volunteer Event Coordinator and Admin Support

2 weeks ago


Colchester, United Kingdom St Helena Hospice Full time

**Volunteering at St Helena**

**We ask that all volunteers are sympathetic to and be able to project the philosophy, vision and values of St Helena.**

**The benefits of being a St Helena volunteer include**:

- The opportunity to develop new and existing skills and gain experience in the workplace
- The opportunity to make new friends in your local community
- The satisfaction of knowing you are making a difference to people facing incurable illness or bereavement
- Full support of a specified line manager within a dedicated team
- Volunteering has been proven to help improve mental health and wellbeing and is therapeutic by keeping you active
- Regular news and updates about what’s happening at St Helena so you feel part of the team
- Gives you a sense of purpose - the feel good factor

**Role summary**
- To coordinate events and activities, and provide administrative support for the service area, with a specific focus on Compassionate Communities and Safe Harbour project work, with supervision from the line manager.
- To be able to volunteer a minimum of 5 hours per week

**Main duties of the role**
- To plan, attend and supervise events and activities.
- To oversee event and activity bookings and promotion, monitoring attendance and corresponding with delegates.
- To work closely with colleagues to contribute towards hospice objectives and attend team meetings when available
- To help build relationships with St Helena partner organisations and local communities.
- To work from home, St Helena sites and event locations, as and when required.

**Training & supervision**
- Regular supervisor meetings will be arranged within volunteer hours.
- Online training relevant to the role will be mandatory.
- Compassionate Conversations training to be taken online or in-person as soon as possible.
- IT training regarding use of systems that are used by the hospice to communicate internally and externally.
- Online induction programme to be completed before starting in post to help with understanding of hospice teams and services.

**Experience & qualifications required**
- Organising / managing own time within a business environment
- Working effectively within a team
- Organising events and activities in the public domain and online
- Experience of interacting well with the public
- Understanding and maintaining professional boundaries
- Using Microsoft software packages and other similar software / digital platforms
- Using social media

**Personal attributes**
- Passionate about helping people
- Attention to detail
- Well organised
- Open to new ideas
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Team player with a friendly outlook
- Qualities of tact and diplomacy

**Job Type**: Volunteer

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Colchester



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