Volunteering Co-ordinator
| Posting date: | 28 May 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2025 |
| Location: | leicestershire, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5356 |
Summary
Description for Internal Candidates
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Leicestershire County Council , County Hall , Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA.
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £27,717 - £30,066 per annum (pro-rata for part time)
Working Hours: 15 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 16th June 2025
Interview Date(s): 03/07/2025
About the Role
Do you believe in the transformative power of volunteering? Why not apply to be our Volunteer Coordinator. Be part of the Culture Leicestershire Service-wide volunteering team. Recruit, interact and cooperate proactively with volunteers, ensuring good teamwork, inclusive practices and following volunteer best practice.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
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About you
To apply for this post, you must:
- Support the development of opportunities and recruitment of volunteers to assist in delivering Participation projects
- Develop bespoke and targeted marketing strategies using a variety of effective channels to ensure broad uptake of volunteering opportunities.
- Support the management and training of C&W volunteers including organising individual reviews, bespoke course and other appropriate developments based on the needs of volunteers and business goals.
- Support the long-term sustainability of community volunteering, through the provision of advice and guidance and the establishment of effective volunteer networks to share best practice of volunteering with a cultural focus.
- To develop, lead and co-ordinate volunteer-led projects, including identifying opportunities for new projects
- Contribute to the marketing of the service, including developing social media content and posting on relevant platforms
- Be responsible for protecting and managing information securely, and reporting breaches or suspected information security breaches, in line with Council policies.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Name: Pippa Vidaldavies
Telephone: +441163058078
Email: Pippa.Vidaldavies@leics.gov.uk
How to ApplyLeicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
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