Independent Volunteer Lead Coordinator (5924)

Independent Visitor Lead Coordinator (for the Nottingham/shire IV Service)

Permanent with funding until March 2026 (with view to extend)

25 hours per week 

£21,857.14 pro rata

Location - Castle Cavendish Works, Dorking Road, Nottingham, NG7 5PN

The Independent Visitor’s (IV) Lead is responsible for recruiting, training, and supporting volunteers who act as Independent Visitors for children and young people in care. We are looking for an experienced practitioner or volunteer coordinator who can successfully engage volunteers, young people and other professionals. 

The Independent Visitor Lead is the key central support for volunteer recruitment and the wider volunteer journey at The Children’s Society, recruiting, supporting and managing volunteers with everything they need to be involved effectively. This is a varied and rewarding role, working with volunteers to ensure that together we can achieve the maximum positive change and transform the lives of children and young people. We are currently looking for someone who is passionate about volunteering to join our dynamic, ambitious and child centered team.

A key part of this role will be your ability to:

• To demonstrate experience and understanding of recruiting, assessing and training volunteers to high standards, and have knowledge of providing support and supervision of volunteers within best practice and compliance with policies and procedures. Understanding of matching volunteers with children and young people is essential.
• You will be able to demonstrate exceptional communication skills and have experience of networking to develop and maintain positive and professional relationships with stakeholders. You will have a drive to be inclusive of all, recognising the value in a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and approaches.
• You will be organised, with experience of managing and maintaining records and providing reports and monitoring. You will be able to demonstrate experience of evaluating service provision and outcomes to support the Service and Area Managers to review processes and improve quality of service.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

•  GCSE English and Maths or equivalent
• Working knowledge of legislation as it relates to children and young people 
• Experience of working with children and young people in the care system 
• Passionate about the values and challenges of volunteering 
• The skills and attributes to communicate with a wide section of the community, putting people who want to volunteer at ease as well as supporting them to fulfil the role to a good standard.

Benefits

• Up to 8% pension match
• YourStar retailer discounts (770 retailer discounts offered).
• Life assurance-death in service (4 x salary gets paid)
  Cycle to work - 39% off bikes - cost can be spread across the year.
• Salary Sacrifice available
• Salary finance

INFO ABOUT THE CHILDREN’S SOCIETY

The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We deliver essential local services that provide safe, trusted support to children and young people during times of significant need.

The Children’s Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children’s lives happier and safer.

Every day we’re changing the lives of children in this country for the better – and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, which includes the disclosure of criminal records, vetting checks, and the provision of appropriate references. The number and type of references required may vary depending on the nature and responsibilities of the role, ensuring that each appointment is carefully assessed. We have a comprehensive range of policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices across all areas of our organisation.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 2nd November.

Interviews will be held on 10^th and 17^th November.

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