Volunteer Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - NFP People West Youth Zone

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Job description

Volunteer Coordinator

This is a great opportunity for a Volunteer Coordinator to join the newly constructed Hammersmith & Fulham's Youth Zone, named "WEST" by local young people, which is due to be completed at the end of 2023.

OnSide is built on five core values:

Young People First:
Young people are at the heart of everything we do


Excellence:
We encourage ourselves and each other to be the best we can be


Respect:
We act with honesty and integrity, celebrating diversity across the whole organisation


Ambition:
We are passionate and driven in taking on new challenges and embracing new ideas


Collaboration:
We create and nurture strong, creative partnerships to achieve better results and outcomes for young people.


Position:
Volunteer Coordinator


Salary:
£26,000-29,000 (dependent upon experience)


Location:
Hammersmith & Fulham Youth Zone


Hours:
Full-time, 37.5 hours per week


Contract:
Permanent


Benefits:33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays; workplace pension; free gym access (once WEST has opened); access to OnSide's Talent Academy; bespoke training and mentoring.


Closing date: 9am, Monday 3rd July


Interviews:
First stage interviews Thursday 13th July. Second stage interviews Friday 21st July


Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

About the Role

We give 8-19 year-olds, (and up to 25 for young people with additional needs) affordable access to a broad range of sport, arts and employability services, designed to empower them to lead healthier, positive and more active lives - raising their aspirations for themselves and their community.

Construction of Hammersmith & Fulham's Youth Zone, named "WEST" by local young people, is due to be completed at the end of 2023 and open in spring 2024 as the fourth OnSide Youth Zone in London.

The Volunteer Coordinator holds overall responsibility for the Youth Zone's volunteer strategy for universal and open access provision including, recruiting, training, and supporting them to work alongside and be managed by the staff team.

You will be responsible for the recruitment and retention of volunteers as well as training and supporting the team to best manage and values volunteers.

Once the Youth Zone is open your place of work will be there.

In the months prior to the Youth Zone opening (which is estimated to be at the end of 2023) you will be contracted to work in an office opposite the Youth Zone's site in Scale Space, White City.

• Supported the Youth Zone to achieve 1500 visits by young people a week by ensuring volunteers play a key role in service delivery
• Collaborated with the delivery and operational team to ensure volunteer opportunities are identified, created and established
• Put in place a robust volunteer recruitment pathway
• Created a 'culture of volunteering' and ensured the critical role of volunteer is understood and valued across the whole organisation
• Supported each member of the operation and delivery team to line manager between 24 volunteers each, providing between 6 and 30 hours of volunteering a week.
• Put in place a reward and recognition scheme that celebrates volunteers' successes

About You
We are looking for an individual who has experience of volunteer management, including developing and supporting a wide range of volunteering opportunities and an understanding of volunteers' motivations and the benefits they can bring to an organisation


You will have experience of:

• Developing and delivering a variety of training to small and large groups
• Managing successful relationships with colleagues, volunteers, and external partners and confident in providing advice and guidance to others around policy, procedure and good practice

About Onside

We're OnSide, a national charity that believes all young people should have the opportunity to discover their passion and their purpose.

To find out what they've got and where it could take them. We fund and build state-of-the-art, multimillion-pound Youth Zones in the country's most economically disadvantaged areas. We train the amazing people that run them. And we offer continuing support to Youth Zones nationwide through the national OnSide Network.

Youth Zones are brand new, purpose-built spaces, fizzing with energy and crammed with incredible facilities.

They are staffed by skilled and dedicated Youth Workers who truly believe in young people; helping them see what they could achieve, and giving them the skills, confidence and ambition to go for it.

This is life-changing support that helps tens of thousands of young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to thrive.

Please submit a CV and one page cover letter, setting out your suitability for the role and explaining how you meet the person specification.

The strength of OnSide comes from the diversity of the people within our vibrant network. We are proud that our Youth Zone teams reflect the communities th