Job Role Volunteer and Activity Manager
Job hours: 35 hours per week
Responsible to: Chief Operating Officer
Salary: £14.50 per hour
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND TRAINING
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Safeguarding and Leadership Training.
- Leadership experience-preferably in volunteer or community engagement roles.
- Exceptional relationship building skills.
- A tenacious and compassionate attitude for supporting individuals with complex lives.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
- Responsible for recruitment, selection, retention, training, and monthly supervision of volunteers.
- Work with all the Service Manager to attract, retain and develop volunteers with the skills needed to support each project.
- Lead and uphold the Charity values within the volunteer community. Building a culture around these values.
- Design and lead on a strategic plan for volunteer and activity services, including budget management and contribution to funding bids
- Provide opportunities for meaningful activity to support residents to live independent purposeful lives now and in the future.
- Further Develop the Happy Life Programme mapping out the routes to independence through Happy self, Happy Home and Happy Community
- Create a monthly Volunteer newsletter.
- Create and manage social media content related to the volunteer service, including volunteer recruitment campaigns and celebration posts that showcase impact and engagement.
- Maintain impact reports and case studies to reflect the pathway to independent and purposeful living for residents.
- Develop a volunteer development programme to encourage, reward and recognise volunteers.
- Develop a corporate volunteering strategy.
- Responsible for Safeguarding Volunteers as the Designated Safeguarding Lead for this function
- Develop partnerships to support residents into work experience and employment.
- Uphold consistent standards of volunteer care across each Service to ensure volunteers are scheduled, supported, and supervised during their shift.
- Participate in event subgroups to support with recruitment of volunteers
- Responsible for leading the team of volunteers and employees to deliver a relationship focused service for Adults and Families at Risk
- Process and verify appropriate DBS checks for volunteers.
- Responsible for the monitoring and evaluating of the volunteer and activity related outcomes.
- Assess risk and provide documentation relevant for activities.
- Be the gatekeeper of a high standard of Safeguarding training before commencement of the volunteer roles and plan in yearly refresher.
- Conduct 6 monthly volunteer engagement surveys to collate anonymous information to help shape the volunteer strategy. Take responsibility for communicating the results, actions and reviewing progress against actions.
- Be an active part of the management team to support the Charity strategic goals.