Volunteer Services Partner

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensure the best possible quality of life and make every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.

In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.

Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in Care, Fundraising, Retail, Facilities, IT, Finance, Marketing & Communications and Human Resources.

We employ around 400 employees and have more than 1,800 volunteers across the organisation, including 49 shops and a Retail Distribution Centre.

Shift Pattern:

Full-Time 37.5 hours, Monday-Friday – Applications for 30+ hours welcomed

Your work basis will be hybrid between working from home and fundraising office in Framingham Pigot, Norfolk.

Benifits

• Free onsite parking
• Flexibility of hybrid working
• Enhanced Annual leave Entitlement – 27 days + 8 UK Bank Holidays
• Additional holiday purchase scheme
• AVIVA pension package – up to 7% Employer Contribution inc
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Are you:

Someone who is passionate about the power of volunteering and who is interested in having a positive impact within a rewarding charity?
A strong team player who is self motivated and able to juggle workload with a flexible approach?
Confident in speaking with potential volunteers and engaging with internal and external stakeholders?

Do you have:

Experience in recruiting or managing volunteers/staff (preferred but not essential)?
Excellent IT skills including excel and ideally experience using a database?
Excellent organisational and administrative skills?

Responsibilities include:

• Recruiting and onboarding volunteers across Norfolk within in our shops, fundraising teams, Help at Home service and our hospice.
• Matching volunteers to areas compatible with their skills and to maximise these to the benefit of EACH and the volunteer.
• Nurture relationships with key external recruitment sources for your area.
• Providing potential and existing volunteers with friendly, responsive and effective support.
• Offer support and guidance to those who manage volunteers across the organisation.

The role:

This is an existing post working within a small busy team of 4 Volunteer Services Partners and reporting to The Volunteer Services and Development Manager.

To apply click on the LINK