LERO Volunteer Coordinator - Nottinghamshire

Help build something that matters. We’re looking for an energetic, organised and people-focused LERO Volunteer Coordinator to help grow an independent Lived Experience Recovery Organisation (LERO) in Nottinghamshire. This is a full-time role working 35 hours per week, based in Nottinghamshire with travel across the county. This is an exciting opportunity to support a movement shaped by people with lived experience of recovery, creating stronger communities, improving access to services, and driving positive change across drug and alcohol support services. You’ll play a key role in helping the LERO become a sustainable, independent organisation within three years.

What is LERO?

LERO is rooted in its community and led by the voices of those with lived experience. Everything is built through co-design, collaboration and partnership. The LERO focuses on three key priorities:

• Peer Support – building recovery communities through activities, events and mutual support
• Advocacy – improving access to services and amplifying lived experience voices
• Quality – helping improve accessibility and standards across services in Nottinghamshire

What you’ll be doing

You’ll lead on coordinating volunteers and supporting the Leadership Committee to thrive. Key responsibilities include:

• Recruiting, onboarding, training and supporting volunteers
• Coordinating the Leadership Committee and Community Engagement Worker
• Helping shape policies, structures and systems for the organisation
• Building strong relationships with partners, commissioners and stakeholders
• Monitoring performance, reporting progress and meeting KPIs
• Overseeing compliance including GDPR, DBS and safer recruitment processes
• Coordinating training opportunities, including recognised qualifications
• Promoting the LERO across meetings, events and networks

What we’re looking for

We’d love to hear from you if you are:

• Passionate about recovery, inclusion and community empowerment
• Experienced in volunteer coordination, community development or similar roles
• A confident relationship-builder with excellent communication skills
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities
• Comfortable working independently while supporting others to lead
• Motivated by creating long-term social impact

This is more than a job, it’s a chance to help create a lasting, community-led organisation that changes lives across Nottinghamshire. If you’re ready to make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community. We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity.

Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us as an employee, we will offer you the following benefits:

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Diversity at Forward Trust

The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness. When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know.

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview. If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.