Interim Area Support Coordinator
A leading national healthcare charity is seeking an interim Area Support Coordinator for a 3–4-month contract.
Position: Interim Area Support Coordinator
Location: Homebased – travel across Hampshire, Isle of Wight & Jersey
Contract: Full-time, 37 hours per week.
Salary: £38,115.55 per annum plus travel expenses
About the role:
As Interim Area Support Coordinator you will lead the provision of all the charities services and support, delivered primarily through volunteers and working directly to support people in need of the charity's services. The role is to lead and coordinate all aspects of volunteer activity, specifically branches, groups and support volunteers.
Some other key responsibilities include:
- Responsible for leading and managing a team of AVs/support volunteers.
- Develop branch and group capacity, effectiveness and succession planning, including establishing new groups as required.
- Assist branches and groups to understand the local needs of people with/affected by the charities cause and collaboratively support them to plan, design and deliver a range of appropriate support activities (support groups etc) to meet those needs.
- Seek guidance as necessary to escalate or assist with unresolved issues.
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with care centres/networks, care coordinators, multidisciplinary health and social care professionals, hospices and other partners to effectively integrate all aspects of area support activity with local services.
- Create, develop, and maintain strong and effective relationships with volunteers providing leadership, support, coordination and motivation as required.
- Proactively manage the recruitment, selection, and induction of volunteers.
About you:
To be successful in this role you will need:
- Experience of leading directly managed and/or coordinating self-managed groups of volunteers, ideally in a not-for-profit setting.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Skills to identify, assess, and respond to support needs through a person-centred approach.
- Demonstrable understanding and delivery of care and support services in the statutory, private and/or voluntary sectors including value and challenges of volunteering.
- Experience of working with vulnerable people and/or carers and families.
- Demonstrable understanding of the management of risk and safeguarding.
- Skills to manage relationships and networks; able to influence individuals and external agencies, services, and partner organisations.
- Commitment to respecting diversity and anti-discriminatory practices; able to engage with diverse communities, individuals, and groups.
- Able to prioritise, plan and make autonomous decisions.
- Good standard of computer literacy and able to use a range of different applications effectively.
- Able to work flexibly, including some unsocial hours.
- A full driving licence.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Area coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Engagement, Community Engagement Office, Community Development Worker, Community, Partnerships Officer, Community Engagement, Community Project Officer, Support Services. #INDNFP