At a Glance
- Tasks: Recruit, support, and inspire volunteers for rehoming and fostering services.
- Company: Join Blue Cross, a community-focused organisation making a difference.
- Benefits: Generous holiday, health support, pension scheme, and discounts.
- Other info: Flexible part-time role with opportunities for personal development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in your community while gaining valuable experience.
- Qualifications: Experience in volunteer management and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 12488 - 13821 £ per year.
Department: Rehoming & Fostering Services
Location: Hertfordshire
Application Deadline: 19 July 2026
Compensation: £12,488 - £13,821 per year (pro rata)
Contract: Permanent, 18.75 hours per week
Location: Kimpton, Hertfordshire, SG4 8EU
Closing date: Sunday 19 July 2026
Interview date: 27-31 July 2026
We’re recruiting a Volunteer Coordinator for our Rehoming & Fostering Team in Hertfordshire! As Volunteer Coordinator you’ll recruit, support, and inspire volunteers to enhance rehoming and fostering services, while promoting Blue Cross in the community and driving local volunteering initiatives.
More about the role
Your responsibilities will include:
- Recruiting and supporting volunteers
- Promoting the benefits of volunteering
- Raising awareness of our centre and Blue Cross
- Ensuring volunteers are fully integrated into the team
- Building relationships with local communities and partners
- Providing more targeted support
This role is part-time over a 2 week rota:
- Week 1: Tuesday, Thursday
- Week 2: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
About you
You will be an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills, a self‑motivated and forward‑thinking approach to volunteering, and enjoy being involved in local volunteering events and national initiatives. You will work collaboratively with people at all levels, be organised, flexible and analytical, and be able to offer pragmatic solutions to volunteer situations. You have the resilience to work in an emotionally charged environment and are emotionally intelligent, showing empathy and support for volunteers and colleagues.
Knowledge, skills, and experience
- Demonstrable experience of supervision or management of volunteers
- Good experience of running and marketing recruitment campaigns for volunteer roles
- Experience of working with local communities and promoting volunteer opportunities
- Relationship building with a range of external stakeholders
- Experience of actively managing a bank of clients or volunteers
- High standards of verbal and written communication
- Previous experience in a client focused environment delivering high customer satisfaction
- Strong organisational, administrative and analytical skills, including use of computerised systems
- Good interviewing and recruitment skills
- Awareness of health and safety legislation
- Current full driving licence
- Ability to demonstrate, understand and apply Blue Cross values
It would also be great (but not essential) if you had:
- Qualifications in managing volunteers or similar
- Training or coaching skills
- Presentation skills
- Experience working with animals and knowledge of animal welfare
- Event organising ability
- Understanding of safeguarding issues
How to apply
Apply online before the closing date, Sunday 19 July 2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive an overwhelming response.
Blue Cross benefits
Our generous benefits package includes:
- Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday, rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)
- Programs for physical and mental wellbeing support
- Free access to GP via MetLife‑24/7 services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family
- Health cash plan
- Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
- Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
- Professional fees covered with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support
- Life assurance
- 20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Recognition scheme
- Annual volunteer days
- Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers
