Growth & Recruitment Officer – Midlands
Location: Home-based, with regular travel across the Midlands and occasional travel to Gilwell Park
Salary: £31,716 per year, Band E, Level 3, plus a car allowance.
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week - Evening and occasional weekend work required.
Contract: Permanent
About the role
Join a supportive, home-based team and help more young people experience Scouting. You'll work with local volunteers across the Midlands, providing advice, guidance and practical support to help grow Scouting, strengthen leadership teams and recruit and retain volunteers.
You'll deliver workshops and webinars, develop resources and tools, and work closely with volunteers to help them create welcoming, sustainable Scout groups where young people can thrive.
What you’ll do as our Growth & Recruitment Officer:
- Support local volunteer leaders to grow and strengthen Scouting in their communities.
- Help volunteers recruit, retain and develop adult volunteers.
- Deliver workshops, webinars and inductions for volunteers.
- Develop practical resources and tools to support volunteer growth and development.
- Build strong relationships with volunteers, colleagues and external partners.
- Record, monitor and report on activity, and represent Scouts professionally at all times.
What we're looking for as our Growth & Recruitment Officer:
We're looking for someone who:
- Has experience working with volunteers, community groups or volunteer-led organisations.
- Can build positive relationships and communicate confidently with a wide range of people.
- Is organised, able to manage a varied workload and work independently.
- Enjoys delivering presentations, workshops or training, both online and in person.
- Is confident using digital tools, including Microsoft Teams.
- Is passionate about supporting volunteers and making a positive difference for young people
Benefits
We’re proud to be an award-winning Charity of the Year (Charity Times Awards 2022) with over 400 employees across multiple locations nationwide.
- 28 days’ holiday, rising to 32 days after 2 years’ service, plus extra days at Christmas
- Flexible working hours and hybrid options
- Work in a way that suits you, your role, and your department
- Double-matched pension up to 10% of gross salary
- Family-friendly employer with generous family leave
- Learning and development opportunities via our internal learning hub
For a full list of our benefits, click .
Closing date for applications: 23:59 Sunday 26 July 2026
Interviews will be held on 12 August 2026, West Mercia Scouts HQ, E Park Way, Wolverhampton WV1 2DN
Strictly no agencies.
The Scouts is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute. We offer flexible working arrangements to support diverse needs and lifestyles, ensuring that our teams can thrive both professionally and personally. We welcome and encourage applicants from all walks of life, believing that varied perspectives strengthen our innovation and community. Your unique experiences and ideas are essential to our success, and we look forward to hearing from all voices.
Are you brilliant at establishing and developing relationships, and want to use your skills to support a charity which helps people across the Fylde coast live their lives to the full and live well to the very end?
Business Development Officer
Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 per annum.
Contract: Permanent, full-time, 37 hours per week, 0.8 considered.
Location: Blackpool; with a mixture of being on site, out and about meeting potential partners/networking. There will also be the opportunity to work from home 1-2 days per week.
Benefits: Stand out holiday allowance of 38 days including bank holidays as well as a host of other great benefits including free onsite parking, subsidised onsite canteen, time off in lieu, access to training and development opportunities, investment in your wellbeing, and eligibility for NHS Blue Light Care.
Trinity and Brian House Hospice believe in focusing on the positives within palliative care, providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness to improve quality of life for them and their loved ones. They do this through recognising that each person has individual needs and caters to these needs through offering their services in the hospice, the hospital, at home, or residential care home.
About the Role
The Business Development Officer will work closely with the Corporate and Community Fundraising Manager to secure new relationships across the Fylde Coat, developing a pipeline of sustainable income. Corporate is a very well-established income stream within the fundraising team, but there's lots of opportunity to grow by building on the brilliant 40+ year reputation of donor care and fundraising products.
Trinity is preparing for its second large-scale public art trail, which will take place in 2028. This is such an exciting opportunity for the new Business Development Officer who'll play a key role in sponsorship recruitment, corporate stewardship, business engagement as well as project planning and delivery. This is expected to become one of the most significant corporate fundraising and sponsorship opportunities over the coming years and offers considerable scope for visibility and impact
About You
This role would suit a natural relationship builder with a talent for finding creative ways to connect with corporate supporters while attracting new businesses opportunities. You may already work in a corporate fundraising, business development or sales role, but the hospices also open to someone with experience in partnerships, marketing, recruitment or professional services.
What's important is that you'll have a track record of meeting financial targets and balancing a demanding workload with competing deadlines. We'd love to see applications from people who are creative and come with a growth mindset, who are looking to increase their understanding of fundraising and build on the skills they already have.
This role requires a full driving licence with access to a car as you will be spending time out and about across the region as well as being on site at the hospice.
If this role sparks your interest, please send a copy of your profile or CV to Ellen Drummond at Charity People as the first step.
Deadline: 9am Monday 27th July
Interviews: Week commencing 3rd or 10th August
Please let us know if you have any issues with interview dates above as we understand that it's peak summer holiday time and we don't want this to impact your being able to apply.
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.