Volunteering and Community Coordinator

Applications are invited for the above permanent, part time (0.8 FTE) post, working in the Students' Union (Undeb Bangor).

Undeb Bangor is looking for an enthusiastic and organised individual to coordinate and develop our volunteering and community offer. You’ll play a vital role in supporting students to lead impactful, inclusive, and meaningful volunteering projects that benefit both Bangor University students and the wider community.

We’re looking for someone who has experience supporting volunteers or working in community/voluntary settings. You must be organised, proactive, and confident managing multiple projects and be able to communicate clearly and build strong relationships with a wide range of people. You should have an understanding of the importance of student development and inclusion and be able to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

The ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh is desirable for this role.

Applications will also be considered to carry out this role on a job share basis.

Committed To Equal Opportunities.

Overview
- Work closely with the Student Opportunities Lead on the Union’s volunteering and community offer.
- Coordinate and grow a diverse, inclusive, and impactful volunteering and community offer for students at Bangor University.
- Support and develop student volunteers, project leaders, and student staff, helping them lead safe, engaging, and meaningful activity.
- Work collaboratively with staff, Sabbatical Officers, and external partners to deliver high-quality student-led projects, events, and campaigns.
- Ensure all activity meets legal, safeguarding, and health and safety requirements, with effective record-keeping and data reporting.
- Promote opportunities and achievements through engaging communications and regular insight-led improvements.

Purpose of the Job

Support and to coordinate the activities of some student staff roles as and when necessary.

To coordinate and grow volunteering and community activities, ensuring they are relevant to students, inclusive, impactful, and well-resourced. The role will also coordinate the recruitment, onboarding, and training of student volunteers and project leaders, providing them with personalised support and enabling student-led volunteering activity to thrive.

Main

**Responsibilities**:
Volunteering and Community Project Delivery
- Coordinate and grow volunteering and community activities to ensure they are inclusive, impactful, and well-resourced.
- Help shape and implement effective policies, procedures, and internal processes across our volunteering projects and community work.
- Support students to plan and deliver events, projects and campaigns relevant to our volunteering, community and sustainability work.
- Provide support and guidance to student-led RAG (Raising and Giving) activity, ensuring the committee and volunteers are well-supported in planning and delivering their fundraising.
- Support UMCB (The Welsh Union) to develop Welsh language volunteering and community activities.
- Ensure the volunteering and community offer is continuously reviewed and shaped by student insight, interests, and evolving needs.
- Supervise and mentor student staff to effectively support our volunteering and community work.

Volunteer and Student Leadership Development
- Coordinate the recruitment, onboarding, and training of student volunteers and project leaders, ensuring they are equipped to deliver safe, inclusive, and impactful activity.
- Provide personalised support to volunteers and project leaders, enabling student-led volunteering activity to thrive.
- Support and develop volunteers and project leaders through coordinated training, events, and impactful recognition initiatives.
- Support Sabbatical Officers to deliver their priorities aligned with our volunteering and community work.

Compliance, Data and Evaluation
- Ensure all volunteering activities meet legal, safeguarding, and health and safety requirements, including implementing tailored risk assessments and audits.
- Ensure volunteers have the necessary qualifications and DBS checks and maintain accurate records.
- Coordinate data collection and insight on volunteering activity to evaluate and report on student engagement and impact.

Engagement, Communication and Partnerships
- Work with the Communications and Marketing Team to create engaging content and keep the Union website and other platforms up to date with volunteering and community activities.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, university departments, local organisations, and national partners to expand, promote and improve volunteer opportunities.

General Duties
- To support the development and implementation of relevant policies and procedures within the Union, working closely with the relevant manager and Officer.
- Supporting the relevant democratic structures within the Union.
- Demonstrating that the core principles of the Studen