Volunteer and Skills Coordinator

“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

As a Volunteer Co-ordinator you will work as part of a team to attract, to manage, drive and influence performance through provision through Skills and Volunteer management. You will manage a caseload of volunteers by recruiting, training, coordinating and developing to deliver high quality expert volunteer support to our Work and Health Programme participants, whilst working with external stakeholders to procure skills and training to participants on the Work and Health Programme. This adds value to what Shaw Trust offers its Work and Health Programme participants, and that meets with the organisation’s values.

You will promote the Skills and Expert Volunteer Offer to our teams on The Work and Health Programme and give support to helping our participants get the right intervention support at the right time on their journey with us to enhance their journey back to work.

You will work alongside other internal Support Services to coordinate and develop our market leading offer available for participants on the Work and Health Programme.

**Essential**:
**You will have**:
Experience of using and updating CRM systems
Experience of managing community based initiatives on a regional basis
In depth experience of regional stakeholder management
Experience in dealing with and influencing a wide range of people

Download the Job Description for full details.

**Location**:
This is a hybrid role which will require frequent (2-3 Days a week) travel into Birmingham and surrounding areas.

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:
25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
2 days paid volunteering leave each year
An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network)
Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

Our Strategy

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;
We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.