Volunteers Co-ordinator - Lowestoft, United Kingdom - East Suffolk Council

East Suffolk Council

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Lowestoft, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

East Suffolk Council, Riverside, Lowestoft NR33 0EQ or East Suffolk House, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1RT:

£21,575
£21,968 per annum (pro rata for part time staff):

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25 hours per week:

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Fixed term until January 2025

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work and a great place to make a real difference to people's lives, delivering vital services to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

Could you support people into volunteering? Are you interested in arts and culture? The 'Cultural Connections' volunteering project will create a new reality for volunteering in East Suffolk, helping people who haven't volunteered before to take the first step into volunteering, focusing on volunteering at local cultural events.

Volunteers will be fully supported into meaningful volunteering roles that help them progress and grow.

The experience volunteers gain through Cultural Connections will be a springboard into training, further education and employment, in the cultural sector and beyond, changing lives forever.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the East Suffolk Council's Communities Team as a
Volunteers Co-ordinator.

Your role:

As part of the council's new 'Cultural Connections' volunteering programme, you will recruit volunteers through engagement activities and local events.

You will focus on attracting first time volunteers from groups that experience the highest barriers to becoming a volunteer.

You will connect new volunteers into appropriate volunteering opportunities at exciting cultural events, and travel across East Suffolk, supporting volunteers wherever they're volunteering, as well as supporting volunteers to run their own small events.

You will collect feedback from volunteers and then work with the team to improve their experience, signposting them into further volunteering and training opportunities, playing a key role in making the Cultural Connections project a success and helping your volunteers make real progress.

What you will need:

You will ideally have previous experience of supporting volunteers, planning community events and working within a community setting.

The ability to build relationships and motivate and empower others from different backgrounds and with a variety of needs is also essential.

Why work for us?
East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access.

To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council,
take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube).

Here are some of the main benefits:

Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays)
Local government pension scheme
Flexible working arrangements
Learning and development tailored to your role
A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.

Find more information about what we offer in our
benefits brochure (pdf).

For more information
For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact
Alex Heys, our Digital Marketing, Safeguarding and Community Projects Manager, on

Closing date: 1.00 pm, 28 February 2023.

Interview date:
w/c 13 March 2023.

How to apply

Step 1 - Read the advert and the
Job Description and Person Specification (docx)

Step 2 - Complete the
Supporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work and a great place to make a real difference to people's lives, delivering vital services to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We hugely value our staff and know that in order for us to remain successful, it is essential for us to recognise talented employees, developing and retaining them within the organisation.

We are therefore committed to investing in our staff and providing first-class support to ensure a positive culture and rewarding careers.