Working closely with our Volunteer Development Manager you’ll join an experienced and friendly HR team to champion and represent volunteering as you support the delivery of a key strategic aim of our work.
Quite a bit of the role involves admin but as the role evolves and our strategy takes shape you’ll be out and about across communities too, this would include Wales wide travel and some travel to the South of England.
We aim to be people’s first port of call to volunteer so you’re someone passionate about this, promoting the value of volunteering, its impact to our work and how volunteers are welcomed, supported, developed and recognised at all times.
Creating inclusive volunteer programmes where people feel engaged and fulfilled in the volunteering they do or when they supervise volunteers is important to all we do here. So, you’ll work with all our communities, volunteers and business areas to do this when it comes to implementing new ideas, supporting existing volunteer campaigns, ways we engage with our volunteers and develop current opportunities.
In this Volunteer Officer job you can expect to be doing things like:
Working with external partners and in local communities delivering talks and presentations about volunteering
Working collaboratively with colleagues across the business to foster and support our one team working ethos to support delivering our volunteer strategy
Supporting our volunteer thanking and recognition events such as our Annual Volunteer Awards
Promoting volunteer recruitment and engagement opportunities across communities including attending in person events and talks
Planning and running creative and effective volunteer recruitment campaigns as well as recruiting for ad hoc volunteering roles or working with our employer volunteering groups
Supporting recruitment, induction and development of the department’s own volunteers
Admin and computer work such as running and producing reports, writing and placing adverts and interpreting data to make practical business recommendations
We’re looking for skills to show us you’ve:
Worked in a fast paced role involving a varied and changing workload, using problem solving and collaboration skills to mange workloads and resolve conflicts.
Demonstrated inclusivity and creativity when it comes to working with various stakeholders and the ability to build positive relationships
Been involved in designing or delivering creative work including presentations, social media posts, job adverts, workbooks, information booklets and questionnaires
Worked with others in delivering policies and processes such as safeguarding
Handled personal data paperwork such as application forms and used various database’s or CRM and efficient at using Office 365 especially Teams, SharePoint and Excel
Been involved in recognition work and promoting and / or representing volunteering to external and internal stakeholders
The Full Job Description and Person Specification:
28 hours per week flexibly with a Monday and Wednesday working requirement and one day a week (currently Wednesday) in Head Office (please note your available working hours on your application)
In return you’ll be part of a people orientated culture, make impact through a worthwhile cause. Check out our amazing staff benefits on our work with us page here;
About us
Around 20,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in Wales every year. We’re proud to support over 10% of those and we want to be there many more.
We give help, hope, and a voice to everyone affected by cancer. We understand how cancer can impact every aspect of life and how it affects families and friends too. Our wide range of services offer information, advice, and specialist support to people living with cancer, and their loved ones.
We’re committed to listening to the real experiences of people affected by cancer in Wales to drive the changes that make a difference.
At Tenovus Cancer Care we’re committed to making our workplace diverse and inclusive where everyone feels they belong and can be their authentic selves at work. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer who does not discriminate based on the Equality Act 2010’s Protected Characteristics. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and we will adjust our recruitment processes where we can to support people who wish to join us.
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