Volunteering & Community Manager - Truro Summary INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY We're looking for a Volunteering & Community Manager to join our property team in Trelissick. You'll support volunteer managers across the property with improving the volunteer experience and increasing support in targeted ways. You'll support our community engagement and partnerships, sometimes with a volunteering focus. Working with property colleagues you'll ensure our volunteering offer grows and develops. Capable of managing complex relationships you'll lead for greater engagement with our communities. We're a busy property with nearly 350 volunteers working in every area of our operation, so occasional weekend and Bank Holiday work are required as part of this role. You'll be required to work one weekend per month. This is a fixed term contract due to end when the previous employee returns from maternity leave. At this point we cannot confirm exactly how long this contract will last, but it is unlikely to be more than 12 months. This role is required to work with vulnerable groups including children and any offer of employment or volunteering is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. What it's like to work here Trelissick estate is set on its own peninsula, with panoramic views over the Fal estuary. The woodland garden comprises meandering paths, exotic planting, sweeping lawns and herbaceous borders bursting with colour. At the heart of the garden lies a two-acre walled garden, once famed as the ‘fruit garden of Cornwall’. For decades, this former kitchen garden has sat dormant and inaccessible. Now we have an incredibly exciting opportunity to breathe new life back into this space in the coming years, as well as developing and empowering the team to care for a flagship garden. At Glendurgan, three valleys join into one to create an incredibly unique garden, in which a beautiful and intriguing blend of exotic and native plants thrive. There are impressive plants and natural beauty to be discovered at every turn, including the historic laurel maze planted 200 years ago by the Fox family, the creators of the garden. Hidden away down a Cornish country lane, Trerice is home to a small but varied garden. From the formal knot garden, inspired by grand Elizabethan ceilings, to the wilderness of the mowhay where wildlife thrives, the garden at Trerice is full of variety. Its sense of tranquillity is enhanced by informal cottage borders, a productive potager garden and a Cornish orchard. What you'll be doing Reporting to the General Manager you'll work in partnership with the property leadership team to strategically plan, implement, evolve, and support the property volunteer managers (Heads of Department) in how they lead for volunteering within their departments. Coaching colleagues to increase their confidence and capability and creating a positive, flexible, and inclusive environment for volunteers whilst increasing the number of volunteers. Supporting the General Manager to develop an inclusive culture and embed the ‘Everyone Welcome’ value, you'll be a key member of the property leadership team and be collectively responsible for the effective delivery of the property business plan. Who we're looking for We would love to hear from people with the following skills/experience: • Understanding of good practice in volunteering, volunteer recruitment, volunteer management• Experience of community engagement, participation, and partnership working• Practical and successful experience in developing and implementing innovative approaches to volunteering• Strong knowledge of relevant legislative requirements relating to the role – including the legal distinctiveness of volunteering• Able to build effective and collaborative relationships with property leadership peers and their teams, and partners The package The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too. • Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary • Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18) • Rental deposit loan scheme • Season ticket loan • EV car lease scheme • Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts • Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria. • Flexible working whenever possible • Employee assistance programme • Free parking at most Trust places Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.