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Volunteering Coordinator
- Part time
- £20,599 – £23,173 pro-rata
- Glasgow
- Closing 30th October 2022
- Advertised from 17th October 2022
- Contractual hours: A minimum of 14 hours a week, up to a maximum of 21 hours per week. £12,359.40 - £13,904.39 for a 21-hour week.
Role
The Volunteering Coordinators play a vital role in our regional teams by attracting and onboarding sufficient volunteers to support and grow our services and income.
The successful candidate will support their local teams in either Glasgow or Hamilton, to deliver a positive volunteering experience and to attract and retain experienced volunteers.
This is a Hybrid role with the number of days spent working in either the Glasgow or Hamilton offices being negotiable.
We can offer a flexible approach to the working hours, we require someone who can work a minimum of 14 hours a week, up to a maximum of 21 hours per week.
The hours can be spread over the working week after agreement by the manager
We offer full time employees 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year which would be prorated to the number of hours worked.
We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.
More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity, and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.
Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people, and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.
Candidate profile
To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include:
Essential
• Educated to GCSE grade C or above in Maths and English or equivalent qualification.
• Experience of Managing and supporting volunteers.
• Experience of implementing new working practices within a team.
• Proven experience of supporting and advising others on policies and procedures.
• Demonstrable and up to date knowledge of good practice in equality, diversity, and inclusion. Demonstrable and up to date knowledge of GDPR and use of Customer Relationship Management systems.
• Proven ability to plan and implement projects and programmes of work.
• Demonstrable ability to problem solve and advise with complaints.
• Computer literate with an intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
Desirable
• Relevant qualification in volunteer management or equivalent.
• Personal experience of volunteering. • Demonstrable negotiating and influencing skills.
• Proven experience of working in a large or geographically dispersed organisation.
For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.
If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
Contract type: Fixed Term/Secondment
Contract duration: 9 months
Application notes
To find out more and apply please visit our website
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- Full time
- £27,768
- Candidate must be based within Scotland (Remote)
- Closing 5th May 2024
The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for autistic people. Since 1962, we’ve been transforming lives, changing attitudes and helping to create a society that works for autistic adults and children.
We transform lives by providing support, guidance and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers. Autistic people turn to us at key moments or challenging times in their lives, be it getting a diagnosis, going to school or finding work.
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What we can offer you:
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- 25 days annual leave (pro-rata)
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- Part time
- £24,024 pro-rata
- Clackmannanshire/Stirling/Falkirk (Hybrid)
- Closing 29th April 2024
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