Volunteer Support Officer - Wales Cardiff, South Glamorgan £18k - £21k (p.a)

Within Diabetes UK the development of volunteering is led by the Central Volunteering Team, with Volunteer Development Manager and Volunteer Support Officers leading local delivery from our different Regional and National Offices from where they are managed.

Interviews: w/c 21/09/2020

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan (on completion of your probation period)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

We have a strategic commitment to growing the engagement and support of volunteers across all parts of the organisation.

A key objective for the overall Volunteer Development Team is to support, develop and grow our network of volunteer/partner led local groups and communities. Local groups form a part of Diabetes UK, but have their own names, are financially self-sustaining, and are all run locally by a committee of volunteers, community groups generally have one lead volunteer and may require additional support from the national or regional volunteer team.

Other key volunteer roles that are supported locally will include those that are engaged in running awareness events, undertaking speaking engagements, risk assessments, campaigning and on occasion fundraising.

• Effective project management skills with and ability to work on own initiative and lead on well-defined work areas.
• Effective time management skills with an ability to juggle conflicting workloads.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be able to demonstrate good IT skills, including experience of email, Word, Zoom, and databases,
• Good team working skills...... click apply for full job details