The Operations Volunteering Experience Coordinator helps people with sight loss live the life they choose by ensuring volunteers in Operations-based roles are set up for success by preparing and training them for their role.

Once in their role, they will support a positive volunteering experience by working to retain, further utilise and develop our volunteers in their role and wider into the Guide Dog family and community. Without our volunteers, none of our services would be possible.

We’re committed to enabling our staff to work where it best suits the needs of the individual, their team, and the organisation. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments that maximise their potential and best serve our stakeholders. 

For this role, you’ll work 35 hours per week, 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. Please be aware that this role may include some travel covering your region and work outside of your usual 9-5 working hours. This role will work across the two teams of Bristol & Exeter. A typical fortnight would include days working from the office, days in the community, and some home working. The role holder will manage the time and location of their working days.

We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity, and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Experienced with CRM database use, including navigation, inputting, report building, and analytics.
• · Experience of managing and supporting volunteers.
• Experience of implementing new working practices within a team.
• Demonstrable and up-to-date knowledge of good practice in equality, diversity, and inclusion. 
• Demonstrable and up-to-date knowledge of GDPR and use of Customer Relationship Management systems. 
• Relevant and up to date knowledge of safeguarding principles.
• Proven ability to plan and implement projects and programmes of work. 
• Demonstrable ability to problem solve and advise with complaints.
• Computer literate with an intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office packages. 

Desirable 

• Relevant qualification in volunteer management or equivalent. 
• Experience with Salesforce CRM database· Facilitation and/or training skills.
• Experience of creating an inclusive work environment for people with a disability.
• Personal experience of volunteering.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply
If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team on 0118 3540345 or TATeam@guidedogs.org.uk

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above.

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.

If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Please contact our Recruitment Team on 0118 3540345 or TATeam@guidedogs.org.uk if you require any support with your application.