Volunteer Coordinator WLS

Are you an experienced Volunteer Services Coordinator looking for a new challenge? We have an amazing opportunity to join our Marie Curie team in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.

Title: Volunteer Services Coordinator – Swansea and Neath Port Talbot

Salary: £24,620 – £27,350 per annum

Hours/Contract: 35 hours per week

Contract Type : Permanent

Based: Home based with an opportunity to work from our offices at Dafen, Llanelli or Pencoed, Bridgend

Closing date: Monday 10 th April 2023

Interview date: Interviews will take place on Wednesday 19 th April 2023

We’re looking for someone with a passion for volunteering and who has experience and understanding of the value volunteers can bring to supporting end of life care for people and their families and carers.

This is an exciting role for someone to work with operational and volunteering teams across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot to identify and support opportunities to develop new services to support a ‘Compassionate Cymru’ .

The successful candidate will support the delivery and coordination of the volunteer services including the management and supervision of volunteers, receiving referrals and matching volunteers with terminally ill people and/or their carers. Volunteer services could include our Helper and Companion Service; bereavement support; and supporting care homes, people with dementia and vulnerable groups.

The role will also be responsible for developing strong partnership networks with the community, community groups and organisations in the area in order to develop better end of life care for all.

For an informal discussion, please contact Michelle Herbert, Community Engagement and Development Manager michelle.herbert@mariecurie.org.uk or Rachel Jones, Associate Director at rachel.jones1@mariecurie.org.uk

To Apply:

Please review our job description and ensure you outline in your covering letter how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria within our person specification.

We are looking for someone with:

• Knowledge and experience of end of life care
• Experience of working with and managing volunteers
• Strong planning and operational service delivery skills
• An understanding of the needs of different communities, including people with protected characteristics
• Excellent communication skills
• A willingness to travel across West Wales and throughout Wales as necessary
• Welsh language speaker would be an advantage
  

What’s in it for you:

• Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Continuous development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Working
  

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Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory enhanced criminal record check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

Every day of your life matters – from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We’re a passionate, committed and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left.

Everyone knows our daffodil, but it’s our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.