Volunteer Coordinator

3 days ago


Blackpool, United Kingdom Age UK Group Full time

The Silver Connects Service offers older people a helping hand to navigate difficult situations and to connect with organisations and services in their local area. We support people requiring a wide range of help, including accessing health and social care,housing and benefits services, and finding social clubs and events.

To support the growing demand of this vital service, we have an exciting opportunity to join the Silver Connects team as a **Volunteer Coordinator**.

The successful applicant of this multi-faceted role will recruit, train and support our committed team of volunteers. Volunteers assist older people by telephone, connecting them with local and national services that can offer relevant support. Volunteersmay also carry out light-touch advocacy work, such as making a call on an older person's behalf to the local council, a landlord, or a utility company.

As **Volunteer Coordinator**, you will utilise your strong organisational and interpersonal skills to support a team of up to 20 volunteers, and in some more challenging cases, may provide direct support by telephone.

If you have experience working with volunteers and a passion for helping others, then this may be the role for you

**This fantastic opportunity offers hybrid working between home and our Blackpool office. Applicants must therefore live within a reasonable commuting distance.**

**You will have**:

- Demonstrable experience of managing, training and supporting a team of volunteers to deliver services
- Experience of, and be passionate about, providing advocacy and support to vulnerable people, ideally older people, to make a difference in their lives
- A knowledge of how to meet the challenges of delivering a service that is high quality, keeps people safe, and keeps their data secure
- Excellent communication skills

**What we offer in return**

In return we can offer a salary of £20,519 per annum and great benefits including 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, excellent pension, life assurance, healthcare cashback plan, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, flexible working and much more.

**Additional Information**

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.



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