Regional Volunteering Coordinator – North East and Northern Ireland
(Fixed term, full time, one year maternity contract)
About the Team and the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and committed individual to join Mencap as a Regional Volunteering Coordinator – supporting volunteering activity across the North East of England and Northern Ireland. This role sits within the Volunteering and Inclusion team, who are responsible for supporting volunteering and inclusion best practice and activities across the organisation. We currently support around 2000 volunteers a year and are growing quickly with an ambitious new volunteering strategy that aims to help us support even more people with learning disabilities to live their best lives, through the support of our volunteers. Our volunteers support a wide range of activities, from befriending volunteering, retail volunteering, events and corporate volunteering, as well as supporting our campaigns, fundraising, quality and communications teams with their skills and expertise to name just a few!
In this role you will provide direct support and expertise to our volunteer managers in Mencap teams in the North East and Northern Ireland ensuring a quality approach and sharing great practice across all volunteering activities, as well as directly managing the Mencap Visiting Service (MVS) volunteers, a befriending service to adults with a learning disability.
At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap!
The salary for this role is £32,954 and the hours are 37.5 a week (full time). The maternity cover contract will be until January 29th 2027 when we expect the person on maternity leave to return.
The counties you are responsible for in this region are: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, North Yorkshire, East Ridings of Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Durham, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Northern Ireland. In person visits to Northern Ireland are limited to no more than twice a year. With this role you would manage your own calendar and schedule for your travel, all work travel costs are covered by Mencap. So that we can best support and recruit our volunteers, this can include occasional evening and weekend working.
A FULL valid driver’s licence, with access to a vehicle you can use for business purposes is essential to be considered for this post, you must be willing to travel across your geographical area with occasional overnight stays further afield in the UK when required. Mileage and any accommodation (if required) will be paid for by Mencap. Generally, you will work from home in between travel with work.
Read more about this role in the attached Job Description. Please apply using an up to date CV and covering letter by Monday 29th September at 10am. First round interviews will take place in person on Thursday 9th October (likely in Leeds) with a second round with our Learning Disability Panel online shortly after.
Have a question about the role? Please reach out to the line manager Matt Hatt on [email protected]