Volunteer Recruitment and Support Officer

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Volunteer Recruitment and Support Officer

Hours: 22.50 hours

Salary: £15.70 per hour

Location: Volunteer Opportunity Centre, Cannock

As one of the UK's leading charities providing essential specialist equipment to disabled and terminally ill children, Newlife is dedicated to making life better - for the families we serve, and for the people who help us to make that happen. Through grants and emergency equipment loans, we ensure children get the vital equipment they need, when they need it, while our free nurse helpline offers crucial support and information - as well as a listening ear. Our campaigns help to give disabled children and their families a voice, even being instrumental in changing laws to benefit the families we serve. And we support adults with additional needs with volunteering and employment opportunities, providing a means for career development.

We are not like any other charity. All the stock in our stores is new, donated by retailers, allowing us to create a heaven for bargain hunters and savvy fashionista shoppers who want high street products at discount prices.

The Opportunity:

Volunteers play a crucial role in supporting the many different activities that take place across Newlife. Volunteer opportunities at Newlife offer volunteers increased social interaction, a chance to develop new skills that could aid employment, and the opportunity to make a real difference, changing the lives of disabled children and their families. Reporting into the Volunteer Manager, the role of Volunteer Recruitment and Support Officer is to recruit both individual and groups of volunteers across our various programmes of activity, presenting and showcasing what Newlife has to offer to a variety of audiences so that we can continue to grow our volunteer offering. The role will also support the Corporate Partnerships and Fundraising teams in the recruitment of volunteers for events.

• Work with Newlife department managers to identify volunteer opportunities and to subsequently create volunteer role profiles.
• Identify and recruit potential volunteers for the many volunteer opportunities across the organisation working with local businesses, schools, higher education institutions and others to showcase all that Newlife has to offer.
• Work with the Communications and Marketing team to produce engaging volunteer recruitment campaigns, demonstrating the many benefits of volunteering for Newlife.
• Identify and work with local businesses and other corporate contacts to organise and run group volunteer days/sessions.
• Make appointments and present to a variety of audiences including at volunteer recruitment days/exhibitions, local groups, corporate and business contacts and education institutions.
• Work with others to demonstrate and communicate the impact that volunteering at Newlife can have for volunteers and for those who the charity supports.
• Report on key data related to volunteer activity including recruitment and number of volunteer hours given.
• Work with the communications team to organise and oversee the bi-annual volunteer event, celebrating Newlife's volunteers.
• Liaise with all volunteer sites where necessary to support volunteer recruitment and stewardship.
• Assist with the training of new volunteers in liaison with relevant managers from individual sites based to create a welcoming environment for new volunteers.

The Benefits:

You will receive 28 days holiday, health cash plan membership, team member store discount, pension scheme membership and of course the satisfaction of knowing that what you do is making a difference!