The Children's Society
Volunteer Coordinator - Gateshead TIME
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Youth Impact Advert
Volunteer Coordinator – Emotional Wellbeing Service
Permanent with funding until 31st March 2027
14 hours per week (shift pattern to be agreed with successful candidate)
£12,240 pro rata
Location: Metro Centre Gateshead - some travel expected across Gateshead to support volunteers
Benefits include but not limited to:
- 36 days’ annual leave (pro rata for part time roles), inclusive of flexible bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- We match up to 8% pension
- Free counselling service
- Opportunities to develop and widen your skills
- 2 days of paid volunteering time per annum to support another part of the organisation
About us:
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.
Our Youth Impact domain creates impact for children and young people. With highly skilled and experienced staff working across England and Wales, we provide direct support to children, young people, parents and carers, as well as conduct research and influence Government to make changes. We also provide training for professionals. Our value driven team change the lives of children in this country for the better — and with your help and expertise, tomorrow we can support even more.
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About the role:
To support the Service in the recruitment, training and support of Volunteers through the coordination of consistent and effective policies and procedures.
There will be some requirements to have a flexible shift pattern to ensure that you can provide support to all volunteers. You will also have the opportunity work alongside the other volunteer’s coordinators to provide joint training and support
Key skills and experience:
The required skills and competencies for this role are:
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Organisational skills
- Ability to establish and sustain good working relationships with volunteers and other relevant professionals
- Computer literacy and ICT skills
- A high degree of self-motivation and an ability to work alone under pressure
Experience
- Experience of working alongside and managing volunteers and developing volunteer recruitment, training and induction programmes
- Experience of delivering group work e.g. group supervision, Skill sharing
Desirable
- Experience of providing safeguarding training to volunteers
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Closing date: Midnight on Wednesday 9th September 2026
Interviews: Date to be confirmed
The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protection of the children and young people we work with. As such, our safer recruitment process includes a Basic or Enhanced DBS check, 5 years of references, and additional vetting checks relevant to the role. We have a comprehensive range of policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices across all areas of our organisation.
In support of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, shortlisting is carried out on an anonymised basis. Personal details are hidden from the shortlisting panel, and candidates are referenced by a candidate number only. As part of this process, we ask that your CV is anonymised before submission - this means removing personal information such as your name, contact details, age, and any other identifying details.
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