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Volunteering Leader

Canal & River Trust13 open roles

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Stoke Bruerne, Towcester NN12, UK
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12.1% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Canal & River Trust postings stay open a median of 19 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.1%7 days
  4. 19.1%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 52.7%60 days
This job: posted 2 days ago

Canal & River Trust median: 19 days open

The posting

Join Our Team: Volunteering Leader - National Collections Navigate your future and lock in your career as we keep our canals open and alive. Help unlock the potential of volunteers supporting one of the UK's most significant waterways heritage collections. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside volunteers who help care for, document, conserve and share the Canal & River Trust's National Collections. From collections audits and digitisation projects to historic vessels, steam engines and conservation activities, no two days are the same. Working Hours & Location This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week. The Volunteering Leader will be based at Ellesmere Port, home to the National Waterways Museum and a significant part of the Trust's National Collections. Regular travel will be required to support volunteers and activities at our other National Collections sites, including Gloucester and Stoke Bruerne. A full UK driving licence is essential. Role Overview As Volunteering Leader, you will lead, coordinate and support a growing community of volunteers who make a vital contribution to the care, conservation and interpretation of the Canal & River Trust's National Collections.Working closely with Collections Officers, Technicians and the wider Heritage & Collections team, you'll spend much of your time working directly alongside volunteers, providing practical support, guidance and supervision while helping to create a positive, rewarding and inclusive volunteering experience.Our volunteers bring a wide range of skills and experience, supporting everything from collections documentation, audits and digitisation to collections care, conservation, historic vessels and the operation and maintenance of historic steam and diesel engines.You'll help ensure these activities are well planned and delivered safely, with a strong focus on volunteer wellbeing, health and safety, safeguarding and compliance. Key responsibilities:

Lead, support and supervise volunteers across a varied programme of National Collections activities. Organise volunteer rotas, communications, briefings and day-to-day support, including volunteer welfare and pastoral care. Build positive relationships with volunteers, recognising their individual skills, experience, interests and aspirations. Support volunteer recruitment, induction, training, development and retention. Work with Collections colleagues to plan volunteering activities that support National Collections priorities. Promote a strong culture of health, safety and wellbeing, ensuring volunteer activities are appropriately planned, risk assessed and delivered safely. Maintain accurate volunteer records and activity data using digital systems. Identify opportunities to improve the volunteer experience and develop volunteering across National Collections.

About You

We're looking for an organised, enthusiastic and people-focused individual with experience of leading and supporting volunteers.You'll be confident coordinating people and activities, communicating with a wide range of peo-ple and building positive relationships. You'll understand the importance of health and safety, safeguarding, volunteer wellbeing and inclusive working practices.You don't need previous experience of working within a museum, collections or heritage en-vironment. What's most important is your ability to lead, support and develop volunteers. Train-ing and support will be provided to help you develop your knowledge of the National Collections and the standards needed to care for them.An interest in heritage, conservation, historic collections, industrial history or waterways herit-age would be an advantage.

Skills & Qualifications Essential

Proven experience of working with and leading volunteers. Experience of coordinating, supervising or leading people and activities. Strong interpersonal, communication and organisational skills. Experience of using digital/online tools. Understanding of health and safety responsibilities within a practical working environment. Experience of delivering activities to agreed timescales and standards. Commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion. Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly between National Collections sites.

Desirable

NVQ Level 3 or BTEC Level 3 in an appropriate subject. Experience within a heritage, museum, conservation, visitor attraction or community setting. Experience of delivering training, inductions or competency-based learning. Interest in heritage, historic collections, conservation, industrial history or waterways heritage.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Contact & Application If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]. We encourage early applications as we may close the vacancy once we receive enough suitable candidates. What We Offer In addition to your annual base salary of £29,670, we also offer a competitive pension scheme, increasing holiday entitlement, and a range of employee benefits. For a full breakdown of our benefits, check out our brochure here: EVP - 1. Learn more: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us/our-benefits #INDHP

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