Volunteering Co-ordinator - Homebased

Volunteering Co-ordinator - Homebased

Permanent – 37 hours per week

Remote working with occasional travel to Derby for meetings

Salary - £33,410 per annum

An exciting opportunity has become available for a passionate, dynamic, and proactive Volunteering Coordinator to join the experienced and established Central Volunteering Team at MHA who lead on volunteer recruitment into all areas of the charity.

Working with a range of internal and external stakeholders throughout the charity the main purpose of the role is to:

• Work in a Business Partner model to assist care homes, Communities and Retirement Living Schemes to fulfil their volunteering requirements
• Provide a comprehensive, consistent, and professional resource to recruit and onboard volunteers into a variety of settings across MHA
• Proactively advertise for volunteers using a variety of methods including MHA website, national and local organisations and through MHA’s digital (including social) channels.
• Select and onboard volunteers including interviewing, conducting DBS checks, collecting references, allocating training, delivering an online induction, distributing various documents, and liaising with sites to enable smooth transition of volunteers
• Utilise SugarAI to create and update volunteer records which document the volunteer journey
• Build good working relationships with all allocated sites
• Flexible in approach to meet the needs of volunteer applicants and in assisting colleagues

We offer the flexibility of remote working with occasional travel to head office in Derby for meetings.

The ideal candidate will be well organised to manage a high caseload of volunteers in the recruitment process, IT proficient including the use of CRM, able to prioritise and deal with a variety of different tasks and processes in a short space of time. The ideal candidate will also need to be friendly and approachable and have the ability to build good working relationships with allocates sites.

As the role is home based, a high level of commitment and motivation is required to perform at the level required to meet set targets around volunteer placement.

Perks of joining the MHA family:

• Values driven culture - we're super proud of our culture. Click here to learn more!
• Access to Blue Light Card - The UK's no.1 discount service for emergency services, NHS, social care sector & armed forces!
• 28 Days Holiday - including bank holidays (pro-rota FTE is 37 hrs per week)
• Care and Support for You - Our in-house Chaplaincy service is widely recognised within MHA and beyond and is available to all staff members who may benefit from pastoral care and support.
• Buy and Sell Annual Leave – buy or sell up to a week’s holiday per annum (depending on your annual entitlement)
• MHA Cares for You – Our bespoke scheme offering a wide range of deals and discounts in leading retailers and online stores.
• Highly supportive leadership team

About MHA:

As the largest charity care provider for older people in the UK, we offer some of the highest quality care, accommodation, and support services throughout Britain. Our mission is to inspire the best care and wellbeing at every stage of later life. Click here for more information.

For more information about the role please review the attachedJob Description.

MHA are fully committed to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) as this is embedded in our values: respect, nurture and inspire. In addition, as a committed employer we have been awarded level 2 under the Disability Confident Scheme. Click here to read more about this.

Please note that interviews may take place prior to the advert closing as and when suitable applications are received. If a suitable candidate is appointed the role may close early, therefore please do not hesitate to submit your application.

“Agencies: Please note, MHA do not accept unsolicited CV’s from any agencies, regardless of whether they are on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) or not. We only accept CV’s from agencies that have been appointed and briefed by MHA’s central Talent Acquisition Team.”