VCH is recruiting a Best Practice Adviser in Volunteer Management to support the hundreds of community groups and charities that are delivering vital services across Hackney.

Over the last year, multiple frontline groups have sprung up to deliver essential supplies and services to people suffering the impact of COVID, while hundreds more charities continue to deliver essential programmes for residents to help people live better lives. Many of these groups are overrun with demand, and may benefit from support and guidance to develop programmes to ensure the effective and efficient recruitment and support of volunteers.

We’re seeking someone with previous experience in supporting community and voluntary groups around issues relating to Best Practice in volunteer management, to support new and existing organisations in making the most of their volunteer programmes. Alongside delivering bespoke, 1 to 1 support to individual groups, you’ll also help oversee the development of brand new good practice resources such as engaging training videos, online webinars, as well as facilitating group training courses and discussion forums.

We actively encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for this opportunity as we really want applicants to reflect the diverse demographics of Hackney residents. We are committed to equal opportunities and access for all people.

Project Manager – Volunteer Engagement

Location: Rugby, UK, CV21 3HQ and Homeworking (due to COVID)

Salary: £30,000 - £34,000 (depending on experience)

(2 year fixed term contact)

IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) is the leading professional qualifying body for chemical, biochemical and process engineers.

Founded in 1922, IChemE advances chemical engineering's contribution worldwide for the benefit of society. We support the development of chemical engineering professionals and provide connections to a powerful network of over 33,000 members in more than 100 countries.

We are a multi-national institution with primary offices in the UK and Australia. Our members are found in a range of industry sectors, and at different stages of their careers, from students and graduates in training through to senior Fellows at the highest levels of leadership in business and academia.

We support our members in applying their expertise and experience to make an influential contribution to solving major global challenges, and are the only organisation permitted to award Chartered Chemical Engineer status and Professional Process Safety Engineer registration. We are working towards ISO 9001 accreditation with the goal of achieving complete certification in 2022.

We are looking for a Project Manager who will focus primarily on developing and implementing the volunteer engagement strategy, scoping out the requirements of the volunteer engagement project through engagement with key stakeholders across the organisation and creating an appropriate project plan.

You will be educated to degree level or relevant professional qualification with a project management qualification ideally Prince2.

Core responsibilities of the role include:

• Development of robust project plans
• Production and maintenance of required project documentation
• Co-ordination and completion of projects on time, within budget and within scope
• Preparation of overall business case including project spend and the benefits realisation plan
• Working with the Communications Team to successfully manage stakeholder and wider project communications and defining the value proposition around volunteering
• Project reporting and governance
• Working within organisational project management methodology

Due to IChemE’s international nature, this position requires a willingness to work flexibly and to engage in business discussions outside of normal working hours. This role will be based at our Rugby office however during the COVID 19 pandemic our employees have all transitioned to remote working. Therefore, initially the role will be a home working role with occasional requirements to attend the Rugby office. This will be reviewed again in-line with Government and local advice.

Only applicants eligible to work in the UK will be considered.

This is a full-time role based on 37.5 hours per week working Monday through to Friday.

Starting salary will be in the region of £30,000 - £34,000 per annum (depending on experience) plus benefits which includes an excellent pension scheme.

To apply; please provide a CV and a cover letter highlighting your experience against the areas listed above and why you think you are the ideal candidate for the role. To request a copy of the full job description or to formally apply for the position, please email our HR team.

(Please note that applications sent without a cover letter will not be reviewed)

The closing date for all applications is close of business Friday 22 January 2021 however interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis as and when suitable applicants apply and IChemE reserves the right to make an offer of employment before the closing date should we wish. An immediate start date can be available for the right candidate.

For more details about this and other vacancies at IChemE please visit our website.

Volunteering Services Coordinator - North England
Fixed Term (12 Months)
£21,500 - £26,000

The role is based in and around the North West, North East and North Cumbria region, and candidates from this locality would be preferred.

About the role
This is a pivotal role in which you will have the opportunity to support the delivery of volunteering roles in our health and social care services so that a wider range of people can get involved in supporting people affected by cancer.

You’ll support the growth of volunteering in these services by delivering volunteer involving opportunities and enabling their sustainability. A key component of the role will be to work collaboratively with your peers and lead volunteers to enable a positive volunteer experience and delivery of effective practical and emotional support interventions to people living with cancer.

About you
It’s particularly important that you demonstrate sound knowledge of policies and procedures relevant to this role and experience of planning. A rounded understanding of volunteering in its widest sense is useful in addition. Most important of all though, your successful track record in supporting a range of volunteer led services working with a vulnerable client group within a health and care setting is needed to achieve our goals.

And what do we offer you in return? We commit to actively developing you and offer benefits including private medical insurance, life assurance, pension, generous leave, and interest free loans for season ticket and gym membership.

Any offers on this role are made subject to a criminal records disclosure check or equivalent.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths so we seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, reflecting the diverse nature of our society.

We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any reasonable adjustments required in accordance with the Equality Act. Please contact the Macmillan HR Team if you require support.

Shannon Trust is a charity operating across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, supporting thousands of people in prison each year to transform their lives by unlocking the power of reading. We inspire and train prisoners who can read to teach prisoners who can’t.  2020 was a year of adaptation brought about by COVID19 – we revised our delivery model and now, in 2021, we want to develop much further.  To support this, we are now recruiting to new roles and are seeking proactive, committed, and enthusiastic applicants to join our team and help us continue our journey.

Working closely with prisons, volunteers and mentors, this role will lead the delivery and development of our prison-based programme across South West England and Wales, maximising opportunities for people in prison to learn to read.  You’ll be an excellent relationship builder, confident in the management and training of volunteers, and able to problem solve.  We want to hear from applicants who can lead, be a team player, with knowledge of the criminal justice system (CJS) and who are comfortable with the use of digital business tools.

Shannon Trust is a charity operating across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, supporting thousands of people in prison each year to transform their lives by unlocking the power of reading. We inspire and train prisoners who can read to teach prisoners who can’t.  2020 was a year of adaptation brought about by COVID19 – we revised our delivery model and now, in 2021, we want to develop much further.  To support this, we are now recruiting to new roles and are seeking proactive, committed, and enthusiastic applicants to join our team and help us continue our journey.

This role will lead the piloting of our community provision across Hertfordshire, Esex & Suffolk.  You’ll work closely with a handful of agencies and prisons, testing the delivery of our reading programme outside of the prison environment.  You’ll be an excellent relationship builder, confident in the management and training of volunteers, and able to problem solve. A proactive self-starter, you’ll bring your experience of community projects and will relish the opportunity to develop and deliver new programmes, seeking learning and innovation through the lifetime of the pilot.  Leaders, team players, those CJS savvy and familiar with digital business tools should apply.

Job title: Field Veterinary Officer
Salary: Up to £54,398.20 per annum plus excellent benefits
Location: Homebased covering the Midlands
Job type: Permanent
Hours per week: 35 hours per week
Closing Date: 26 January 2021
Interview Date: w/c 08 February 2021

We are looking for a qualified veterinary surgeon with significant experience in small animal practice to join Cats Protection’s Veterinary Department.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2019 we helped around 191,000 cats and kittens, an average of 520 per day.

The Veterinary Team are responsible for ensuring that the behaviour and welfare, husbandry and treatment of cats in Cats Protection's care is maintained to a high standard at all times. The team supports our adoption and homing centres, branches and all other departments by offering advice, assistance and training where required. We also administer centralised ordering systems for commonly used veterinary products, so the charity can benefit from substantial discounts.

Reporting to the Senior Field Veterinary Officer the post-holder will be involved in the development and delivery of veterinary services throughout the charity with specific responsibility for the centres and branches in the Midlands region. The role is home-based and candidates must live in the area specified in the job description - some travel is necessary for the execution of the post holder’s duties throughout the UK, although during the Covid period this role will be completely home based.

The successful candidate will be pro-active, self-motivated with excellent communication skills, have a special interest in feline medicine and welfare and be able to work at a senior level within the charity. They will have the personality and knowledge to enthuse and engage with volunteers, employees and professional colleagues and help to promote Cats Protection’s veterinary policies nationally. Continuing Professional Development is actively encouraged.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY button. Our application process requires you to submit a CV and answer screening questions – including explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.

We are looking to recruit an experienced and dynamic Communications Coordinator to further promote, develop and support our confidential telephone befriending service to the sight loss community.

The successful candidate will work with the Services Manager and Services Coordinator to create and maintain the awareness of the service, gain volunteers and service users through promotional activities, and collect data needed for funding applications. If a candidate has a visual impairment this will be seen in a positive light because of the likely empathy the candidate will have with our Service Users and Volunteers.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values – collaborative, democratic, resilient optimistic, ordering chaos and authentic. You’ll get an experience like no other with the chance to fast forward your career.

We offer career enhancing opportunity, support and encouragement to develop new skills.

Successful candidates will be results and outcome-orientated with knowledge and lived experience of the criminal justice sector. As well as managing the development and delivery of the service, we are looking for motivated people willing to travel and go above and beyond to get the job done.

Our Engagement Teams are responsible for engaging with a diverse range of service users with different experiences in order to improve services and promote active citizenship.  As balanced Teams they have a range of complementary skills in order to achieve these aims, including service user engagement, service provider engagement, project management and administration.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

• Been in prison or on probation?
• A People person and a good listener?
• Good IT/literacy/numeracy skills?
• Turned your life around and want to help others?
• Have something to give and can say what it is?
• Manage your own life well, and can prove it?
• Highly motivated and passionate about change?

If the answer to ALL of these is yes, then we want you…!

WHAT’S ON OFFER?

• FPart-time positions
• 12 month fixed-term contract
• Up to £25,000 depending on experience (pro-rata for part-time)
• 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)

* The post is subject to a 6 month probationary period and Enhanced DBS check

We are currently recruiting in the following ares

• Cumbria
• Bristol, Gloucestershire, Dorset
• Sussex & Surrey
• Hampshire & The Isle of Wight

HOW TO APPLY?

Visit our website to download and application form and send to us with yorur CV 

Fixed Term Contract
Volunteer Manager - Health Champions Warwickshire
Ref: V299
Start date: ASAP
End date: 31 December 2021
Hours/Days per week: 35/5
Salary: £22,668
Location: Locally homebased – Warwickshire
Closing date: 29 January 2021 – 5pm
Interview date and Location: Online – Wednesday 3rd February 2021

Purpose of role

Volunteering Matters has been commissioned by Warwickshire County Council to deliver a new community-based programme to promote healthy lifestyles and encourage behaviour change to improve the health and wellbeing of people aged 18+ within Warwickshire. There will be a focus on COVID-19 prevention and prehabilitation messages. COVID-19 Prehabilitation refers to improving physical health and mental wellbeing in preparation of a “stressor” such as a COVID-19 infection, so that the individual is better equipped to cope with a possible infection and to minimise its impact.

In return for your commitment we offer 25 days holiday per year (FTE) plus discretionary festive leave + public holidays. We also offer a 3% employer pension contribution, flexible working opportunities and enhanced employee benefits.

To apply please visit our website. 

Your supporting statement is of equal importance to us as your CV and is a key part of our shortlisting process. It is an opportunity for you to outline your experience and credentials directly to the details of the post.

Volunteering Matters is committed to the provision of equal opportunities in employment and accordingly wishes to ensure that no job applicant is treated less favourably on unjustifiable grounds. To assist in the monitoring of our performance in relation to equal opportunities you are requested to complete the enclosed monitoring form. The questionnaire is for statistical purposes only. Upon receipt it will be separated from your CV and cover letter and will not form part of the selection process.

Please note: Due to the volume of applications we receive if we have not contacted you by the interview date it means that on this occasion, we are unable to take your application further.

GDPR Statement

If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months.  We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.

Permanent  Contract
Action West London Volunteer Manager
Ref: V297
Start date: ASAP
Hours/Days per week: 28 hours per week/ 4 days a week
Salary: £18,135 plus Outer London weighting - £19,596
Location: Home based with regular travel to Ealing/Brent expected later in the year
Closing date: 31 January 2021
Interview date and Location: TBC

Purpose of role

We are looking for a Volunteer Manager for our Action West London Project. The Volunteer manager will work to  successfully introduce and manage a new remote volunteering offer for the charity Action West London. The post holder will work closely with Action West London staff to ensure young people and adult beneficiaries on existing programmes have remote access to volunteers who can provide relevant information, advice and guidance regards education, employment, and training. They will also manage a new remote mentoring programme for young black men within the Borough of Brent who are seeking employment or to progress their careers.

In return for your commitment we offer 25 days holiday per year (FTE) plus discretionary festive leave + public holidays. We also offer a 3% employer pension contribution, flexible working opportunities and enhanced employee benefits.

To apply please visit our website.

Your supporting statement is of equal importance to us as your CV and is a key part of our shortlisting process. It is an opportunity for you to outline your experience and credentials directly to the details of the post.

Volunteering Matters is committed to the provision of equal opportunities in employment and accordingly wishes to ensure that no job applicant is treated less favourably on unjustifiable grounds. To assist in the monitoring of our performance in relation to equal opportunities you are requested to complete the enclosed monitoring form. The questionnaire is for statistical purposes only. Upon receipt it will be separated from your CV and cover letter and will not form part of the selection process.

Please note: Due to the volume of applications we receive if we have not contacted you by the interview date it means that on this occasion, we are unable to take your application further.

GDPR Statement

If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months.  We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.

Fulham Palace is a truly remarkable place. For centuries, this Grade I Listed building situated in extensive grounds by the River Thames was the country residence of the Bishops of London. The Palace is now managed by Fulham Palace Trust, which is inspired by a vision to restore our nationally significant historic buildings and gardens to their original beauty and to provide outstanding facilities for the local community and visitors from farther afield. 

We have recently completed a major restoration project, launched in May 2019. This has transformed the gardens and Tudor quadrangle to their former glory and developed a new exhibition space to tell the fascinating stories of the Palace over its 6,000 year history. Alongside the capital works we have a lively activity programme, including volunteering, community archaeology and events for families and young people.

Our volunteer programme has grown over the last 10 years and we now have 250 volunteers supporting us with our work – the largest volunteer programme in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Your challenge will be to develop this successful programme and make it even better, ensuring that volunteers are well organised, happy and truly engaged with the work of Fulham Palace Trust.

We are looking for an energetic and proactive individual with great organisational skills, highly developed communication skills and demonstrable experience of working with volunteers.

Interested candidates should visit the Fulham Palace website to read the full job description before completing the application and equal opportunities monitoring forms and return them to the Palace’s business support officer by post or email by 9.00 on Monday 25 January 2021.

Independent Age works to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.  To achieve this we provide information, advice and connection services for older people; campaign on the issues that matter most to them around health and care, poverty and loneliness and provide capacity building support to others working in the sector.

This is an exciting time to join the charity as we transition to our new ambitious strategy for 2021 – 2023 and increase our profile, impact and reach so more people can live a happy, connected and purposeful later life.

A key aspect in ensuring the success of our new strategy will be about how Independent Age recruits, engages and retains volunteers ensuring that their skills and passion play an increased role in ensuring that we all grow older well, with dignity, choice and purpose.

This post will provide effective volunteer recruitment, training and volunteer onboarding support across Independent Age, ensuring that volunteers have an excellent recruitment experience and commence in their roles feeling confident and inspired to support Independent Age.

The post will also support Independent Age’s national and local programme of UK wide volunteer recruitment, working closely with local Volunteer Coordinators and Wellbeing Project Officers (WPOs).

The ideal candidate will be a great communicator with a passion for volunteers and the difference they make. They will have excellent customer service experience and knowledge of recruiting and communicating with volunteers.

As well as a competitive salary we offer 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, learning and development opportunities, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, an employee assistance programme and a discount voucher scheme.

Please note that this role is currently home-based due to Covid19 restrictions.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion and creating an environment where we can ALL be ourselves

Please apply via the vacancies section of our website by uploading a covering letter letting us know how you meet the job role requirements as well as your CV.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Volunteer Journey Executive to join our team based in Chingford. You will join us on a full-time basis as part of a 3-month contract and in return for your hard work we will offer you a competitive salary of £35,354 per annum pro rata plus excellent benefits.
 

The volunteer journey describes an adult volunteer’s path through the Scouts. It goes from the moment they are first recruited and welcomed into the movement, through appointment and induction and into training, recognition and review.

We want to make this journey easier and more rewarding for all volunteers. As part of the Skills for Life strategy we are developing and supporting amazing section leaders by:

- Making sure that section leader teams have the right support for the future, by ensuring we have the right adult roles responsible for the right things

- Transforming the adult recruitment and joining process, making sure it is inclusive and welcoming

- Simplify training, focusing on developing and supporting amazing section leaders

- Creating a positive and rewarding volunteer experience for new and existing volunteers

- Helping equip section leader teams with the practical skills and knowledge needed to deliver a challenging and adventurous programme

To do this we are fundamentally reviewing our whole volunteer journey, including how we attract, recruit, appoint, train, review, recognise and refresh all of our adult roles. We have started from scratch to design a process, based on user research, that provides a great experience and makes the best use of digital technology.

The Volunteer Journey Executive Role:

This role will assist the Volunteering Innovation & Transformation Manager in partnership with volunteer and staff colleagues to design and develop processes and support resources to transform the journey. This will help us recruit more volunteers and provide a quality and positive volunteer experience to enable us to provide even more young people with skills for life.

What will you be doing in the Volunteer Journey Executive role?

- Working with the Volunteering Innovation & Transformation Manager and volunteer Project Leads

- Lead on the creation and delivery of new processes, systems and resources to achieve the programme deliverables

- Organise and support user engagement and other means of information collection and design co-creation methods

- Liaise with staff teams, across the organisation

- Work closely with staff and volunteer colleagues to manage the transition of any new products/processes/systems

- Act autonomously to deliver on stretching objectives related to The Volunteer Journey design and development

- Work with partners from the voluntary sector and use best practise to influence our process design for the volunteer journey

What we are looking for in our Volunteer Journey Executive:

- Experience of volunteering development with the ability to co-create simple but effective processes and resources to attract, train and retain adult volunteers.

- Ability to co-create and implement effective plans and develop practical solutions

- Good planning and organisational skills

- Ability to co-create solutions with a wide range of stakeholders

- Proactive in approach to project design and delivery

- Creative and innovative and can react to emerging thinking and adapt accordingly

- Confident in using different technology and social media

- Ability to use project management methodology/systems

- Experience of developing volunteering processes and support resources for volunteers or for a similar organisation

- Knowledge and understanding of current volunteering trends, challenges and solutions

- Experience of supporting the design and delivery of activities

- Experience of process development and measurement including undertaking research

What we can offer you as our Volunteer Journey Executive:

- 25 days holiday pro rata per annum + bank holidays

- Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year

- Life Assurance

- Simply Health Scheme

- Generous Pension Scheme
- Free car parking
- Gilwell park minibus service

Term: 3 month contract
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Gilwell Park, Chingford, London
Salary: £35,354 per annum pro rata

Closing date: Sun, 24 January 2021, 23:59

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now!

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

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Buckinghamshire Mind shares national Mind's vision: We won't give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect . With one in four people experiencing a mental health problem at some point in their lives, people need Mind more than ever. We deliver high quality community-based services across the county of Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire to reach out and ensure everyone with a mental health problem gets access to the help they need.
We currently employ over 60 staff based in three different sites (Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Chesham), are supported by more than 500 volunteers and have an active Service User Council to ensure our services are tailored to need.

We are looking for an interim Head of Operations to join the team.

Key details
Organisation: Mind- Buckinghamshire
Job Title: Interim Head of Operations 6 months FTC
Salary : £40 000 per annum
Hours: Full time
Location: the successful candidate can be based in Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Chesham

The Interim Head of Operations will be responsible for the overall strategic operational management of all service delivery and for ensuring organisation wide quality and effectiveness. The postholder will lead, manage, develop and monitor operational processes, staffing structures and robust continuous quality improvement procedures, underpinning Buckinghamshire Minds continued sustainability and growth.
The postholder will also work with the Chief Executive to generate income through trust fundraising and responding to tender opportunities, to meet Buckinghamshire Minds goal of ensuring the long-term sustainability of services. The post holder will also support the Chief Executive in the planning and development of new business areas.

Person specification
Proven experience in a senior operational management role
Significant experience of managing/leading, motivating, developing and training staff.
Creative, with an excellent track record of securing funding for a charitable organisation from a variety of funding streams
Experience of compiling and interpreting performance data and reporting against fundraising and KPI targets.
Experience of Bid writing and presentations

We encourage applicants who are from underrepresented groups with protected characteristics, as we value having a diverse pool of applicants to find the best candidate

Closing date for applications 9 00 am Monday 11th January 2021