Job Description

Volunteering Manager

We are recruiting a Volunteering Manager to develop PAPYRUS’ volunteering offer, embedding a culture of best practice volunteering across the organisation.

What you will do:

· Design and embed a Volunteering Strategy for the organisation, raising our profile and making PAPYRUS a great choice for those who wish to volunteer.

· Ensure effective volunteer recruitment, training, and employee and volunteer engagement, working closely with the People and Culture Department to develop a culture of best practice.

· Drive the effective performance of the Volunteering department.

· Develop, implement and manage the volunteering provision across the organisation to ensure best practice in volunteering is established and maintained.

· Promote volunteering opportunities by raising awareness in corporate and private sector through direct contact e.g. presentations and talks, recruitment fairs and community events.

To be successful in this role you will have:

· Volunteer Management qualification or equivalent experience

· Previous successful experience working as a Volunteer Manager

· Proven experience of programme and product evaluation and quality assurance

· Experience of identifying gaps in the market for products through customer engagement.

· Ability to build effective cross-functional partnerships and communicate across all levels of the organisation

· Ability to travel across the UK as required by the charity

Please visit the careers site for the full job description and person specification for the role.

Salary: £37,336 per annum (Scale SCP 29) progressing by increments to £40,221 per annum (Scale SCP 32) If based in the London office, you will receive an additional cost of living allowance of £5,000 per annum.

Hours: 36 hours per week Contract: Permanent

Location: Warrington, Newcastle, London, Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast, or Glasgow. Applications will also be considered based at any hubs nationwide, please see our website for further information on our other locations. There will also be a requirement to travel across the UK.

Benefits: You will receive 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time workers), hybrid and flexible working arrangements, an attractive pension scheme, Simply Health membership and enhanced sick pay. Please visit our website for more details.

Closing date: Midnight on 11th August 2024

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier if we receive sufficient applications so, please submit your application as soon as possible.

PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its recruitment policies are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The charity expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.