Volunteer Coordinator
RSPB
Do you enjoy supporting people and would you like to make a positive impact for nature? We are looking for organised people with excellent communication skills to join our team of Volunteer Coordinators and to help support our sites and operations.
Volunteer Coordinators undertake a wide range of tasks, including:
- Dealing with queries from potential new volunteers who get in touch.
- Being one of the points of contact for our existing volunteers and answering general queries.
- Lead on advertising new volunteer roles (on the RSPB and external websites, in the local community)
- Set up interviews with potential volunteers and assist with induction administration.
- Administrative tasks such as recording volunteer hours, registering new volunteers on our volunteer management database and organising rotas.
- Championing the RSPBs annual volunteer engagement survey.
- Supporting the Site Manager or Line Manager, Reserve Wardens and Project Officers with volunteer administration and recruitment as necessary.
- Volunteering time is approximately 15/16hrs per week.
We'll ensure you're provided with an RSPB mobile phone and are set up with access to the RSPB computer network so you can comfortably carry out your role at home.
You'll be trained in everything you need to know beforehand and we'll support you in your role every step of the way.
Beneficial skills for this role are:
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- You need to be a great people person, friendly and approachable.
- Excellent telephone manner and written communication skills.
- An ability to lead/inspire others and work as part of a team.
- Creative and forward thinking.
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a small team.
- Excellent record keeper.
- Happy to work from home or office.
- Tact/diplomacy.
This is a rewarding and enjoyable role. You will be part of a small and friendly team of staff and volunteers. This is a chance to gain experience in working with people of all ages and to learn new skills and develop existing ones.
You'd be making a real difference by helping us keep the reserves well-supported by volunteers, ensuring they are safe for visitors and well-managed for wildlife.
There is room for development within the role, an opportunity to volunteer for additional days or role-share.
You'd be helping us to ensure that volunteers have a rewarding and enjoyable time with us. It's a wonderful opportunity to make a genuine contribution to wildlife conservation..
Kindly note this role is NOT suitable for under 18's.
We cannot accept applications from outside the United Kingdom.
About RSPB
The RSPB is a charity for the conservation of birds and nature. We bring people together who love birds and other wildlife, and who want to take action to restore the health and diversity of the natural world. We carry out conservation on a large scale, protect and restore habitats, and save species from extinction. We’re living in a nature and climate emergency, and we won’t stop whilst the threats persist.
We believe our work makes a real difference to the world we live in. It takes a great team to
save nature and we need a wide range of skills to make it happen.
As an RSPB employee, you will be helping to save nature every time you come to work. There’s never been a more important time to protect our wildlife and wild places, so we want to make sure you feel rewarded for everything you help us to achieve.
The RSPB is a charity for the conservation of birds and nature. We bring people together who love birds and other wildlife, and who want to take action to restore the health and diversity of the natural world. We carry out conservation on a large scale, protect and restore habitats, and save species from extinction. We’re living in a nature and climate emergency, and we won’t stop whilst the threats persist. We believe our work makes a real difference to the world we live in. It takes a great team to save nature and we need a wide range of skills to make it happen. As an RSPB employee, you will be helping to save nature every time you come to work. There’s never been a more important time to protect our wildlife and wild places, so we want to make sure you feel rewarded for everything you help us to achieve.
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