Job Title: Community and Volunteering Support Officer
Duration: Permanent
Hours: 36 hours net per week, including occasional evenings and weekends
Salary: £33,200 per annum, plus pension and benefits
Location: CCT North region (includes Midlands) – Hybrid with occasional York working
Overall job purpose
CCT’s 2025-30 strategy centres on three strands: Conservation, Community, and Creativity, and we will grow our community of support by listening, regularly collecting feedback, and consistently expressing our gratitude to our volunteers, members, donors, and funders.
The organisation has worked with volunteers for over 50 years, but we recognise that we need to maintain and build these relationships, ensuring we remain relevant and welcoming to anyone who wants to give their time to CCT either informally or in a more defined volunteering role.
The postholder will become CCT’s trusted expert on volunteering, advising colleagues on best practice and ensuring compliance.
Management of volunteers will remain with the local representative, however the postholder will be responsible for ensuring volunteers and Friends Groups follow policy, process and compliance.
Key responsibilities
The role will work on the following key areas:
- D eliver regular events, an awards scheme and the annual volunteer survey.
- Develop and support channels of two-way communication between all levels of the CCT and our volunteer
- Support the implementation of the CCT Friends Group policy, including helping groups establish governance structures and adopting policies.
We have recently published our TRUST values, which outline the behaviours and expectations that act as our foundations at CCT. We have attached the pack, outlining each value, which we will also be using as part of our shortlisting and interview process to find the right candidates that align with our values.
We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to valid right to work in the UK being provided.
