Volunteering Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 10 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | leicestershire, LE3 8RA |
| Cwmni: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6058 |
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Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 per annum - pro rata for part time
Working Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 15 September 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
The successful applicant will be the professional lead for high quality volunteering across our Heritage, Library, Collections and Learning services. The remit underpins the work of over 1000 volunteers in over 100 roles supported by up to 30 staff. The position sits in the Cultural Participation team who deliver unique community engagement projects with targeted communities across Leicestershire. The successful applicant will also support the programme of work for this team.
For more information about our team and to download the full job description and personal specification for this role please visit www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/apply
An enhanced DBS check for regulated activity is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post, you must have experience in:
- Developing, managing, and sharing policies and procedures which meet local and national volunteering best practice.
- Experience of initiating, developing, and managing bespoke volunteering projects which meet the needs of targeted communities, the strategic objectives of the service and the commitments of our Arts Council NPO.
- Collaboration and co-creation with a range of organisations and groups in order to develop a broad range of partnerships that will enhance the overall volunteering offer
- Supporting, managing, advising and training volunteer leaders including overseeing volunteer opportunity development.
- Leading on recruitment, marketing and promotion campaigns
- Co-ordinating the evaluation of volunteering activity and leading on evaluation methodology, system procurement and management of internal partnerships around data analysis.
- Budget management, including procuring appropriate resources, advising on external funding opportunities, managing freelance opportunities and personnel and co-ordinating service-wide need.
For all essential criteria please see the job description / person specification which can be downloaded here www.cultureleicestershire.co.uk/apply
Equal Opportunities
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
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:
Amanda Hanton, Audience Development Manager
Telephone: 0116 305 3422
Email: amanda.hanton@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire 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: https://emss.org.uk/support
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