Volunteer Co-Ordinator (Part-Time)
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,761 to £30,094 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | Depending on experience |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2025 |
| Location: | ellenor Hospice, Gravesend DA11 7HQ |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | ellenor |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 250716 |
Summary
Are you passionate about building meaningful relationships, using creativity to solve problems and want to deliver a meaningful experience for our volunteers?
If so, this could be the role for you!
We are currently seeking a Volunteer Co-Ordinator to join our team at ellenor. Volunteers play a pivotal role in supporting every aspect of our work with hundreds of individuals generously volunteering their time, skills and passion. We are seeking a positive and enthusiastic individual with the ability to build connections with a diverse range of people through exceptional interpersonal skills and empathy.
We offer professional development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package, including a pension scheme (with the option for NHS Pension Scheme members to transfer their pension), an employee assistance program, discount schemes, a generous annual leave allowance, and much more.
Key Responsibilities of the role include:
• Develop a volunteering strategy to support us in our aim to meet ellenor’s increasing needs.
• Actively working with teams to identify needs and create roles to market and advertise appropriately.
• Be the first point of contact for volunteering enquiries and applications, ensuring a seamless onboarding process.
• Support Managers with co-ordinating opportunities within their directorate.
• Deliver volunteer training and inductions.
• Work collaboratively to deliver a calendar of activities for volunteers to engage in.
Essential requirements of the role include:
• As an experienced volunteer co-ordinator, you will have exemplary interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with a diverse range of people and be able to quickly develop positive and trustworthy relationships.
• You’ll be a confident and credible communicator with a positive attitude and experience of working within a sensitive environment.
• A confident user of Microsoft products and databases with demonstrable skills in analysing and interpreting information, producing reports and an excellent attention to detail.
• You will have experience of supporting and coaching others with prompt and effective advice on volunteer supervision and performance management. You should also be committed to your own continuous personal and professional development.
This post is subject to Standard DBS clearance.
UK Immigration:
ellenor is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, which do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.
How to apply:
By application form, either online or downloadable from our website or by submitting a CV and cover letter to hr@ellenor.org, CVs without a cover letter will not be considered.
If so, this could be the role for you!
We are currently seeking a Volunteer Co-Ordinator to join our team at ellenor. Volunteers play a pivotal role in supporting every aspect of our work with hundreds of individuals generously volunteering their time, skills and passion. We are seeking a positive and enthusiastic individual with the ability to build connections with a diverse range of people through exceptional interpersonal skills and empathy.
We offer professional development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package, including a pension scheme (with the option for NHS Pension Scheme members to transfer their pension), an employee assistance program, discount schemes, a generous annual leave allowance, and much more.
Key Responsibilities of the role include:
• Develop a volunteering strategy to support us in our aim to meet ellenor’s increasing needs.
• Actively working with teams to identify needs and create roles to market and advertise appropriately.
• Be the first point of contact for volunteering enquiries and applications, ensuring a seamless onboarding process.
• Support Managers with co-ordinating opportunities within their directorate.
• Deliver volunteer training and inductions.
• Work collaboratively to deliver a calendar of activities for volunteers to engage in.
Essential requirements of the role include:
• As an experienced volunteer co-ordinator, you will have exemplary interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with a diverse range of people and be able to quickly develop positive and trustworthy relationships.
• You’ll be a confident and credible communicator with a positive attitude and experience of working within a sensitive environment.
• A confident user of Microsoft products and databases with demonstrable skills in analysing and interpreting information, producing reports and an excellent attention to detail.
• You will have experience of supporting and coaching others with prompt and effective advice on volunteer supervision and performance management. You should also be committed to your own continuous personal and professional development.
This post is subject to Standard DBS clearance.
UK Immigration:
ellenor is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, which do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.
How to apply:
By application form, either online or downloadable from our website or by submitting a CV and cover letter to hr@ellenor.org, CVs without a cover letter will not be considered.
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