Senior Advisor

1 week ago


Paisley, United Kingdom British Red Cross Full time

**Senior Advisor - Volunteer Management & Retention**

**Location: UK Flexible based from home or local office**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week**

**Salary: £32,170 per annum**

It’s simple: people make the British Red Cross.

At the British Red Cross we care about our people. We understand that our workforce is central to both helping people in crisis, and maintaining our reputation as one of the most trusted charities in the UK.

We are looking for someone who will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality volunteer management support across the organisation, ensuring that our people who are responsible for volunteers (themselves a mixture of staff and volunteers) have the skills to always deliver a high-quality volunteer and youth experience.

**A day in the life of a**
**Senior Advisor - Volunteer Management & Retention**
**will involve**:
Work collaboratively with colleagues, prioritise competing organisational demands to support colleagues involving and managing volunteers. Instil flexibility and dynamism within your team enabling them to succeed while adapting to rapidly changing demands, including disasters and emergencies.

Maintain a portfolio of tools and support packages relevant to the specific contexts in which the British Red Cross involves volunteers ensuring teams and individuals have the support they need to succeed leading to increased volunteer deployment and retention levels.

**Key areas of responsibilities include**:

- Providing support and management to the Volunteer & Youth management support
- Collaboration and development activity
- Volunteer systems
- Providing data and insight
- Leading the Team

**To be a successful**
**Senior Advisor - Volunteer Management & Retention**
**, You’ll need**:

- Knowledge of volunteer management and approaches to recruiting, engaging or deploying volunteers
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to build relationships across a large, complex organisation, including with volunteers
- Experience of Volunteer engagement/ management
- Previous experience of working within a changing and ambiguous environment
- Experience of advising and negotiating with stakeholders
- Data savvy: Experience of creating and using data and insight, sharing this with stakeholder and using it to inform the work of colleagues
- Production of resource/ recruitment plans

**day the 30th of May 2023**
**with interviews to follow.**

**In return for your commitment and expertise, you’ll get**:
***
Holidays - You’ll get 36 days annual leave (including bank holidays) and the option to buy an additional 5 days leave.
- Pension scheme
- We offer up to 6% contributory pension.
- Flexible working - We will do what we can to make sure you work in a way that suits you
- Learning & Development Opportunities - We are one of the UK’s largest charities and have a wide range of career opportunities. We also provide comprehensive learning opportunities for staff to develop themselves.
- Discounts - You’ll have access to brilliant discounts through the Blue Light Discount Card and our own employee benefits platform.
- Wellbeing Support - Staff wellbeing is always priority. You’ll have access to mental health and wellbeing support.
- Team Working - You will be working as part of a team that is supporting our mission of helping people in crisis.
- Cycle2Work -The cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle.
- Season ticket loan - We offer an interest free loan to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work.
- At The British Red Cross, we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our staff and volunteers. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination. We do this through regular data reporting, and the support of our internal Race and Equality Network (REEN), LGBT+ Network, our Disability and Wellness Network (DAWN), Gender Network, Carers Network and Youth Network.


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