Volunteer Co-ordinator

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Are you looking for a new challenge?

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join Barnardo's as a Volunteer Co-ordinator working with our Bridgend Team as part of the 'Ti'n Werth Y Byd' Service, to support children, young people and adults with lived experience into Barnardo's volunteering roles in Bridgend.

'Ti'n Werth Y Byd' directly translates to 'You're Worth the World'. The aim of the project is to recruit and support individuals with lived experience of neurodiversity into volunteering opportunities, to develop skills and gain qualifications through our Agored Centre. These volunteers will include children, young people and adults and clear opportunities will be created within our Atebion, disability family support service to 'give something back', remain connected with the service and provide an exit plan through befriending support. Volunteer roles will include peer mentors, family befrienders, administration support and group supporters for both children/young people and parent/carer group delivery. Opportunities to volunteer will be flexible and include face to face, virtual and administrative activities.

As the Volunteer Co-ordinator for 'Ti'n Werth Y Byd' you will:

• Work closely with Barnardo's Atebion colleagues to reach, recruit and supervise volunteers with lived experience, starting from the age of 11 years old.
• Support volunteers to identify suitable opportunities to utilise their strengths to support others, whist further developing their own skills and knowledge.
• Develop and deliver relevant training and suitable modules through the Agored Centre and support volunteers to work through the content to gain relevant qualifications.
• Liaise closely with relevant colleagues from the Barnardo's Volunteering Team and the Media and Communications Team to support volunteers and ensure content is regularly available for publicity.
• Support the Team Manager in preparing the monthly outcome reports using the bespoke Project Data System.

What are we looking for?

• Experience of recruiting, training, supporting and supervising volunteers.
• A passion for working with children, young people and their families.
• An understanding and knowledge of neurodiversity and its impact on an individual, their family, and the ability to access social and learning opportunities and work experience and employment.
• Proficiency in using digital systems and providing outcome data and feedback through both verbal and written reports, case studies and presentations.
• An understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures.

This role is fixed term until 31st March 2025 offering 20 hours per week. The working days of the job will be negotiable between Monday and Friday and you will be responsible for managing your own diary.

Additional Information:

Please include as much relevant detail in your application to demonstrate how you fulfill the requirements of our Volunteer Co-ordinator job role, as outlined above and in the Job Description/Personal Specification. Experience can be from previous employment, education, training, volunteering etc.

Need more information?

If you require any further information about this opportunity, please contact Kirsty Badman (Team Manager) on 07596 333 308.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.