Volunteer Training and Events Coordinator - Victoria Park

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Job Description

Victoria Park Volunteer, Training and Events Co-Ordinator - Fixed term contract / secondment opportunity up to 31 March 2026 due to funding

Salary: Band 6; £26,073 - £29,777 p.a.

37 hours per week

Your New Role

Victoria Park has been at the heart of Portsmouth for over 140 years. The park has stood as a witness to over a century of change in Portsmouth and beyond, sometimes getting caught up in events and often providing sanctuary within its gates. In December 2021, following extensive local engagement, we were awarded £2.4m of National Lottery Heritage Funding to restore and revitalise the People's Park. The works to provide a new community building - the 'Green House' - and wide-ranging infrastructure and planting improvement works are nearing completion and will ensure the park remains welcoming and inclusive for all its users.

We are looking to appoint a volunteer and training coordinator to assist with the delivery of the Activity Plan of our project. Duties will include the implementing of the Volunteering policy and plan for the park. You will administer the management, supervisory and appraisal process for the volunteers as well as recruiting volunteers to the park from across Portsmouth. In addition, you will be responsible for developing and managing the training programmes for volunteers and project colleagues whilst ensuring volunteers engagement and satisfaction. As well as the volunteer's you will manage the varied activities to be carried out by them and will support the Community Engagement Officer to manager the event diary for the Park. You will also work with the Project and Communication Team on press releases, social media and website content.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role and the duties.

What you'll need to succeed

You will have experience of managing, supporting and motivating volunteers and engaging with the local community. With excellent interpersonal skills you will ideally have a good understanding of the social and economic issues affecting communities in Portsmouth as well as experience of working with volunteers in a project setting. Flexible and adaptable ideally you will have a relevant qualification in volunteer management, events management and/or communications, or equivalent experience.

Please read the full job profile of what you need to enable you to do the role

What you'll get in return

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services - access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/

Application process:

Please read the full job profile (click here) for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.

When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points in the profile with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is important, or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information on the home page of the careers website. PLEASE DO NOT JUST SUBMIT A CV.

If applying as a secondment you will need permission from your current line manager releasing you for this secondment. Please state you have this on your application form

We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

Closing date: 26 April 2024 @ 23:59 pm

We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.