Volunteer Coordinator

1 week ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell Full time

**Description of Service**

Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell is a dynamic and expanding charity that provides a range of services and programmes for people aged 50 and over. We are seeking an enthusiastic, and engaging individual to join our organisation to support our expanding services.

**Note: This is a fixed term contract - Nov 2024 to Sept 2025 - 18 hours per week.**

**Job Purpose**

Volunteers are at the heart of the services we provide to older people and the core purpose of this role is to lead and co-ordinate the delivery of Age UK Birmingham & Sandwell’s volunteer engagement strategy. This will include recruitment, development, and retention of volunteers to ensure that there is a pool of reliable and experienced volunteers to support the activities of the charity. You will also design and implement evaluation systems to demonstrate the impact of the volunteer programme.

**Principal Duties**:

- To liaise with Service Managers to define roles and put together role descriptions for new volunteers
- To advertise both internally and externally the required volunteer job roles and complete all necessary checks, and other relevant recruitment and selection matters
- To work with Managers, to ensure that volunteers are appropriately placed in roles, according to their skill sets and interests
- To ensure that all new volunteers are on-boarded correctly and receive an agreed induction in line with current health and safety and safeguarding legislation and which ensures they are well-prepared to undertake all aspects of their volunteering role
- To manage the overall provision of training for all volunteers and work alongside colleagues to review and agree the content and ensure that all statutory and mandatory training is given and recorded
- To further develop, protect and uphold the organisation’s credibility and reputation for offering an exceptional volunteering experience
- To maintain the volunteer handbook and complete all processes for producing and updating all volunteer materials, policies, and procedures
- To manage the process of providing accurate and up to date records for all volunteers to ensure that internal and external reporting requirements are met.
- To ensure that mechanisms/processes are in place, so all volunteers have the opportunity of a voice and that their wellbeing needs are met as is reasonably possible in line with organisation’s ethos.
- To design and implement surveys and evaluations of the volunteer programme
- To organise volunteer events
- To attend and participate actively in all Management Team Meetings and compile all necessary reports as and when required.

**Other duties**
- To work to achieve the objectives of Age UK Birmingham’s Equality and Diversity Policy.
- Implement adherence to the Health & Safety, information assurance, safeguarding policies and all other policies relevant to service delivery.
- To undertake any other duties commensurate to the post not specifically mentioned in this job description.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 9 months

Pay: £13,619.00 per year

Application question(s):

- Do you have a driving license and own vehicle?
- Do you have experience with volunteers?

**Experience**:

- Administrative experience: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

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