Are you organised and proactive? Great with people? Do you have a super flexible schedule?

This role is all about organising and supporting our volunteers. As Volunteer Coordinator you will create a monthly rota and actively communicate with both our ushers and with our Box Office to make sure that the required volunteer shifts are filled. You’ll assess new volunteer candidates when needed and provide training and support for new (and existing) volunteers. You’ll respond to questions and feedback from our volunteers and manage any issues when they arise. You’ll host monthly volunteer breakfasts and occasional outings to visit other volunteer groups too.

This role is Depot based, working 4-6 hours per week, very flexibly. 

Responsibilities and Duties
– Train and coach volunteers, making them feel valued and appreciated
– Respond to new volunteer enquiries via email, assessing suitability for our volunteer role
– Ensure our volunteer training materials, handbook and policies and procedures are up to date
– Ensure each volunteer fills in medical / next of kin / health and safety forms and liaise with Admin to ensure these are filed and easy to find when needed in the drive
– Coach volunteers whilst on shift, making sure you see everyone regularly
– Fill in and share the online rota monthly
– Respond to volunteers’ emails, answering any questions, concerns or feedback
– Work with Box Office to ensure important updates and communications reach all volunteers
– Assist with new enquiries in relation to our volunteer gardeners, getting them set up before passing them onto our main gardener
– Work with local community groups to improve community relationships

Please apply by sending your CV and a cover email to [email protected] no later than Monday 15th December. Interviews will be held Thursday 18th December and we hope the new recruit will start week commencing 5th January.