Volunteering Team Lead

OverviewChange Grow Live is a charity dedicated to believing that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are Be open, be compassionate and be bold and our teams apply these daily offering support and respect in a safe environment treating each service user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment support and care options.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to become a Volunteering Team Lead building a peer network to support those who use our services in Nottinghamshire and the provision of highly skilled and well‐trained peer mentors and volunteers. We are hoping this role is for you.

Our Team Leaders here at Change Grow Live play an integral role in ensuring an effective service provision for our people by creating a focussed culture engaging staff to provide an innovative and continually improving service and provide leadership support and development to a wide range of staff.

Where:Working throughout Nottinghamshire. Choice of main working base to be discussed from several locations in the county.

Hours

Full Time 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary

35220.59 – 37184.90 dependent on experience (based on full time hours pro rata for part time hours)

Contract: PermanentPlease note: Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

ResponsibilitiesVolunteers play a vital role in all the work we do. Our volunteers are an integral part of our service teams and contribute in a wide variety of ways; they provide vital support to people who use our services, our staff teams and bring a variety of talents, skills, wisdom and experience.

The Volunteering Team Lead role is essential in developing a strong volunteering offer within our services.

Working in collaboration with service managers and staff teams to identify meaningful opportunities for volunteers

Creating and supporting a positive culture of volunteering within the service

Recruit, train and coordinate volunteers

Supporting the welfare and wellbeing of volunteers

Developing internal and external links in order to attract volunteers.

To deliver and assess accredited and regulated training in order to support the development of volunteers; working within the framework of our Awarding Body.

Training colleagues in how to support and supervise volunteers, providing direct line‐management supervision when required.

Investigate and resolve volunteer conduct matters when they arise.

Leading on service user involvement, facilitating conversations between service users and decision makers within the service.

Lead on service user involvement working collaboratively with the team to promote meaningful service user involvement within the service. This includes facilitating the production of regular service user bulletins.

About You

Experienced in recruiting, training and managing volunteers

Aware of the challenges faced by the people using our services

Experienced in delivering learning and training to others

Accomplished written and verbal skills and a high degree of IT competency

Capable, committed and influential leader

Experience of promoting the voice of service users

What we will give to you

25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays. Additionally, you\’ll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.

Paid Wellness hour each week along with a Wellness hub and Employee Assist Programme.

Contributory pension scheme

A great selection of benefits including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays etc.

A friendly and supportive team

Training career development & progression opportunities

Refer a friend scheme.

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live then we would love to talk to you.

Direct applications only; we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time‐limited visas we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

Shahida Akram

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