Volunteer Support Officer

Salary: £22,000 - £24,000

Hours per week: 35 hours

This is a full time role but we would be very happy to talk about flexible hours, part time working or job sharing for the right candidate so please just let us know in your covering letter if this is something that you would like us to consider.

We are recruiting a Volunteer Support Officer to help support our 4,500 volunteers across the UK and Channel Islands. It's a really exciting time to join NCT as we looking at how we develop our new strategy for the future of volunteering. We want to make volunteering simpler, more inclusive and more rewarding. 

Responsible for supporting volunteers to organise and deliver parent support and fundraising activities this role is perfect for someone who loves variety in their work.  Speaking to volunteers, developing new resources, thinking creatively and improving processes are all a big part of this role.  

We are looking for someone who is: 

• Passionate about delivering a good volunteer experience
• Great at communicating with a diverse range of people
• Naturally curious and good at unpicking complexity.
• Willing to be brave and try new ideas or learn new skills

This role will involve some occasional evening and weekend work.

We are taking positive action to increase diversity throughout our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion for all our people and the parents and families that we support.  More details about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion action can be found here.

We are committed to zero discrimination both internally and externally regardless of visible or invisible difference such as sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital/civil partnership, family status including single parents, socio-economic background and pregnancy and maternity.   We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. 

We welcome and actively encourage applications from all candidates including those from under-represented groups within NCT such as individuals from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQI+ people and people with a disability. 

Closing date for applications:  Thursday 19th May 9am 

Interviews: Tuesday 24 May and Wednesday 25 May