Project Coordinator

**Project Coordinator**

12 Month Contract
Job Ref: V444
Hours/Days per week: 35 hours per week - (Flexible days/hours)

**Salary**: £25,000 per annum plus attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP
Location: Homebased (Southend on Sea)
Closing date: Tuesday 11th April
Interview date and Location: Via Zoom/Teams, date TBC

**Volunteering Matters**

At Volunteering Matters we use volunteering’s unique power to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.

We bring people together to resolve some of society’s most complex issues. From social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence, and opportunity; to ensuring young people can become change makers in their community, the impact that we make is great. And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive.

People-led and impact driven, we are a national charity that is deeply embedded in local areas across the UK. We operate in five regions: London and the South East; Wales and the West of England; East of England; the Midlands and North West England; and Scotland and North East England. We also have an Employee Volunteering Team with over 25 years’ experience, acting as a broker to provide tailor-made solutions to employers. We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all.

This is an exciting time to be joining the team. We’re changing the way we work to meet new ambitions and make sure our impact continues to grow alongside out business.

***JD-Project-Coordinator-Southend-Grandmentors**

**Role Purpose**

Grandmentors is an innovative volunteering project where older volunteers use their lifetime of skills and experience to support and mentor under supported young people (aged 15-25) with experience of the care system. These young people often need a guiding hand and role model to support them to find work, continue their education or begin training - giving them the skills and self-belief to lead successful and independent lives. Volunteers meet with a young person regularly to boost their confidence and work towards goals, which are unique to each young person.

Volunteering Matters has Grandmentor projects across England & Scotland and have been granted funding to establish a new Grandmentor project in Southend-on-Sea. The post holder will be leading on establishing the project in Southend, working closely with Southend-on-Sea County Council and other Grandmentor projects nationally. The postholder will be required to have a flexible and adaptable approach.

The postholder will be expected to develop new relationships with local partners and will be working to achieve match and referral targets whilst ensuring young people are getting the support they need from their mentors.

**Key Duties Responsibilities**
- To effectively deliver the service to ensure the project meets its agreed match targets and milestones
- Maintain effective relationships with stakeholders and local authority staff
- To ensure volunteers are recruited, engaged, and retained by taking them through the appropriate on
- To maintain accurate records on all aspects of the project and submit data onto the CRM database
- To manage and maintain effective monitoring and evaluation records to capture impact and outcomes for reporting purposes
- To implement and maintain appropriate risk assessment management processes
- To promote and adhere to Volunteering Matters Equality and Diversity Policy and all other Volunteering Matters policies which relate to the work of Grandmentors
- To comply with Health and Safety and Safeguarding regulations

**Desired Skills**
- Excellent communication skills - listening, written and verbal
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a demanding and developing workload
- Ability to assess risk and carry out risk assessments
- Evidence of good administrative skills and the ability to maintain project monitoring and administrative records
- Strong IT skills including use of Outlook, Microsoft Office, and video calls
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, and partners
- The ability to motivate, enthuse and empower yourself and others
- Evidence of recruiting and managing volunteers
- Ability to listen and work with young people to ensure their needs are met where appropriate
- Able to collate impact data and to present this in an informative and/or creative way

**Experience Required**
- Has supported young adults and/or understands the issues they face
- Has recruited, trained, and managed volunteers and/or staff

**Qualifications**

Relevant experience and values alignment is more important for this role than specific qualifications.

**Other**

**Location**:
Locally home-based, with potential for local desk space if required. Please note this post is only available to applicants who are l