Volunteer Development Officer - (Maternity Cover)
Volunteer Development Officer - (Maternity Cover)
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Job Description
Children and Families Department
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Coalville Family Hub High Street Coalville LE67 3EA (main base) and across North West Leicestershire
Worker Category: Field-Based Worker
Salary: 27.717 - 30.066 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours:37 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed term for (12 months) (secondment available for internal applicants)
Closing Date: 6th July 2025
Interview Date(s): 4th August 2025
***If you are an internal applicant interested in this as a secondment please gain your managers approval prior to applying***
An exciting opportunity to be part of a strong and ambitious team of Volunteer Development Officers this could be the role you have been waiting for!
At Leicestershire County Council we are committed to doing our very best for vulnerable children and families working to make a positive impact on their lives so they can achieve their potential and flourish.
We received the Investors in Volunteers award for the fourth consecutive year which is a testament to our volunteer offering and the support volunteers receive.
Over the last five years our volunteer offering has grown stronger with more support training development and celebration of the impact volunteers bring to our service and what we can deliver for children and families.
Across Leicestershire we currently have 6 Volunteer Development Officers and around 200 volunteers who on an average weekrun:
- 18 stay and play groups
- 25 youth and parent mentoring sessions
- 3 parent wellbeing groups
- 5 community fridges
- and support staff-run activities
About the Role
The Volunteer Development Officer will play a crucial role in supporting and enhancing the services provided by the Family Help Service in North West Leicestershire. This position is dedicated to recruiting training and supporting volunteers who work directly with families in need. Our volunteers in North West Leicestershire run stay & play groups at Family Hubs across the district run the Coalville community fridge and mentor children and parents. The Officer will ensure that volunteers are well-equipped to contribute effectively to the program enhancing the overall impact on families within the community.
Work outside usual office hours depending on operational needs may be required.
Driving licence & access to a vehicle/car are essential.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
Please refer to the 7-point criteria giving examples of how you meet the criteria below
- Detail your standard of education to NVQ3/NNEB and/or any relevant Childcare Youth and Community Health and Social Care IAG Community Regeneration qualifications.
- Explain your experience of working with volunteers.
- Detail your experience of working with parents and/or children.
- Describe your knowledge of child development and the differing needs of children and young people and your understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child
- Tell us about your excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities IT skills to include the ability to use Microsoft packages and databases/case management systems
- Explain your ability to engage with people from a variety of backgrounds in particular children young people and families that are hard to reach
- Demonstrate any experience in designing and delivering training or group activities.
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to provide evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees in balancing their working lives with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style that determines where it can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories on the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Lisa Dinsdale Volunteer Coordinator
Telephone:
By the Way
A Few More Benefits of working in Leicestershire.
- Mileage paid at 45p per mile.
- Free parking (if based at County Hall and some other local offices).
- Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation with over 5000 employees.
- Committed to equality diversity and inclusion.
- Work for an organisation which 93% of our staff say is a good employer.
- Working within a Department which is rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
- DBS check paid for by us.
- Competitive salary.
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Generous annual leave entitlement.
- Commitment to learning and development.
- Access to staff wellbeing and counselling service.
- Access to an employee discount scheme providing a whole host of retail discounts including your supermarket weekly shop holidays and gym membership!
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when applying for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Volunteer
