Are you passionate about creating excellent volunteer experiences? Are you looking to use your skills in volunteer communication, training and engagement to make a difference? Then join Shelter as a Corporate Volunteering Experience Officer and you could soon be playing a vital role within our Corporate Volunteering team.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Part of our Equity, Inclusion & Culture Directorate, the Volunteering team is passionate about the positive impacts of volunteering for both individuals and organisations. Collaborative and supportive, we believe that volunteers are a vital part of our growing movement for change. Right now, we’re busy building a new Corporate Volunteering Team that sits within the wider Volunteering Team. We work closely with our High Value Partnerships team, which is responsible for generating income through partnerships with corporate organisations. Successes to date include developing and extending long-term, sector-leading partnerships with companies including HSBC UK, B&Q, M&S and Network Rail across England and Scotland. This is your opportunity to be part of our future success.

About the role

As a Corporate Volunteering Experience Officer, you’ll be instrumental in ensuring a quality corporate volunteering experience that equips volunteers and connects them with our cause. Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for cohesively managing corporate volunteering journeys so that each volunteer is enabled to deliver. Indeed, we’ll rely on you to manage all resources and communications that directly support the corporate volunteer experience, including training delivery. That will involve managing a planned approach to updating and improving resources, as well as developing new resources and methods of engaging with volunteers. And, with an exciting expansion of our partnership with HSBC accompanied by ambitious volunteer engagement plans, you’ll be key to putting a training programme in place for HSBC volunteers too. Supporting an innovative volunteer mentoring offer, managing the recruitment, onboarding and ongoing support of volunteer mentors and developing and expanding mentoring opportunities – all are part of this exciting new role.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

To succeed, you’ll need a background in supporting the implementation of best practice approaches to volunteering, particularly in volunteer induction, engagement, communication and learning and development. You’ll also need experience of designing and developing learning content, planning and delivering presentations and facilitating training and workshops. Confident and creative using a range of communication methods, you’re used to using the written word to engage audiences across different comms platforms too. What’s more, you have a proven ability to plan and coordinate projects and prioritise your workload, plus an innovative, solutions-focussed approach. You’re also comfortable working both on your own initiative and collaboratively and have the proficiency using Microsoft Office applications it takes to create engaging resources.

We understand that job security is a top concern for many people when considering their next career move. That's why we want to make sure that you know the full extent of the benefits that come with this fixed-term contract.

Although the contract offered currently has a set end date, we are committed to providing our employees with the same level of support and benefits that we offer our permanent staff. This includes access to training and development opportunities, a competitive salary and benefits package, and a supportive and inclusive work environment. Furthermore, you would be eligible for internal redeployment opportunities should the contract not be extended beyond its end date.

In fact, we are proud to say that our fixed-term employees often take advantage of the opportunity to gain valuable experience and build their skills in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. We are committed to helping our team members succeed and grow, and we believe that this commitment extends to all of our employees, regardless of their length of tenure.

So, if you're looking for a role that offers the benefits and support of a permanent position, along with the excitement and opportunity of a fixed-term contract, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Does your experience of developing and delivering volunteering (or involvement) initiatives, include delivering plans that have a lasting impact on improving volunteering (or involvement) in line with an organisation’s strategic goals? Then join Shelter as Volunteering Lead – Communities and you could soon be playing a leading role within our thriving volunteering team.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Part of our Equity, Inclusion & Culture Directorate, the Volunteering team is passionate about the positive impacts of volunteering for both individuals and organisations. Collaborative and supportive, we believe that volunteers are a vital part of our growing movement for change. That’s why we engage more than 2,000 volunteers in our shops, Hubs and local communities. Put simply, it’s an exciting time for volunteering in our communities as we develop new volunteering opportunities to realise the potential of engaging volunteers in our fight against the housing emergency.

About the role

Leading on the development of our volunteering offer, practice and culture within our communities teams, including Community Services, Community Fundraising and Campaigning, in Shelter and Shelter Scotland, is the challenge that awaits you here. You will lead a team of Volunteer Coordinators and will be responsible for shaping and inspiring your team. Day-to-day, we’ll rely on you to develop new ways for people to give their time and deliver our goals of tackling the root causes of homelessness and creating change for individuals experiencing housing issues. You’ll also need to build influential relationships with leadership teams and other key stakeholders, as together you design and plan involvement of volunteers and embed approaches to volunteering. Offering guidance on volunteering, designing new volunteer journeys and helping colleagues to implement them – these are just some aspects of this brand new role.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

To succeed, you’ll need experience of applying best practice principles to volunteer engagement (or involvement) including role planning, recruitment, induction, training and development, communication and feedback and risk management. You’ll also need a collaborative approach, good listening and questioning skills and a flair for leading and developing people and identifying practical solutions to problems. Well organised and great at influencing, negotiating and forging productive relationships with a range of stakeholders, you’re confident and creative when using a range of communication methods too. What’s more, you’re as comfortable planning and delivering engaging presentations and designing and developing learning content as you are monitoring and evaluating work or analysing data to ensure innovation and development is driven by insight.

We’re recruiting to a number of roles in the Volunteering Team in May. If this role has sparked your interest and you’d like to know more, or you’d like to find out about the other roles available and to get a feel for the team and for Shelter, we warmly welcome you to an online info session with Volunteering Team members from 12.00 hours to 13.00 hours on May 18th. Please email volunteering@shelter.org.uk to book a spot.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Frontline Fife works to end homelessness through preventative action and by supporting people to choose the life they aspire to.

As a charity which embraces change head on, we have secured additional funding and have taken bold steps to reshape our approach to support and care to ensure we continue to meet the needs of the people we serve. As a result, we are now seeking to recruit compassionate individuals who gain personal satisfaction from supporting people to be empowered and who are committed to enabling others to develop their skills and confidence to thrive in their communities. If you believe you have the ability to build positive relationships, enjoy developing new skills and knowledge and want to be part of a team which values diversity, wellbeing and self-improvement, then why not consider joining our team to help us achieve outcomes which can make a lasting difference across Fife.

Working collaboratively within the Square Start Families Project you will assist families to address any barriers and challenges they may experience to enable them to thrive and live well in their community. As a senior practitioner you will also be expected to actively promote the principles and practice of social inclusion, develop your leadership qualities, and contribute to the improvement and achievement of better family centred outcomes.

This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration. Frontline Fife will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or scheme record update.

Employee & Wellbeing Benefits

• 32 days annual leave per year with 1 day additional per year served up to 5 years (pro rata).

• Working Monday to Friday (9 to 5pm).

• Flexible and remote working arrangements.

• Competitive employer/employee Pension Contribution Scheme.

• Business travel allowance.

• Ongoing professional learning and development.

• Free access to an employee assistance programme with confidential advice/counselling support.

• Wellbeing and Lifestyle benefits e.g. discounts on lifestyle benefits, Gym Memberships and access to membership scheme e.g. Blue Light Membership Scheme.

• Where appropriate, welcome payment for PVG check and SSSC registration fee.

Successful candidates are subject to PVG Disclosure checks. Successful candidates securing a post regulated by the Care Inspectorate must register with the SSSC and must meet the required standards for the post within the permitted time as directed by the SSSC.

Do you have strong administrative and office IT skills, plus proven experience of experience of planning and coordinating events logistics across a whole event’s lifecycle, including providing on-the-ground event support? Then join Shelter as a Corporate Volunteering Administrator and you could soon be playing a vital support role within our Corporate Volunteering team.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Part of our Equity, Inclusion & Culture Directorate, the Volunteering team is passionate about the positive impacts of volunteering for both individuals and organisations. Collaborative and supportive, we believe that volunteers are a vital part of our growing movement for change. Corporate Volunteering is key to helping us win and maintain high value partnerships. We have successfully developed and extended long-term, sector-leading partnerships with companies including HSBC UK, B&Q, M&S and Network Rail across England and Scotland. And, in 2022, around 300 corporate volunteers contributed 1,000 hours as part of our fight against the housing emergency.

About the role

We are delighted to introduce this brand-new role, which will be integral in supporting the growth of corporate volunteering due to significant new partnerships, by providing general administrative support across the Corporate Volunteering Team. Among your challenges will be the need to co-ordinate the operational elements of corporate volunteering, including supporting the delivery of a range of corporate volunteering opportunities such as shop challenges, pop-up shops, mentoring, home makeovers and skill-sharing workshops. This will also involve coordinating the end-to-end delivery of volunteering activities, working with colleagues to plan and organise volunteering opportunities, setting up the volunteering database to manage volunteering activities, liaising with corporate volunteers to sign them up to opportunities and creating and delivering briefings to volunteers. In short you won’t be short of interest and variety.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

Strong administration skills, excellent attention to detail and great people skills are essential to this role. We welcome applications from people who have not worked in the world of volunteering previously, as we’re happy to support your learning in this area. Comfortable taking ownership of processes and confident in your ability to introduce new ideas, methods or processes, you have great project coordination skills and work well in a fast-paced environment where handling multiple demands, planning ahead and prioritising your workload is key. A proactive approach, lots of initiative and a flair for applying logic and creativity to problem solving are all important too. So are excellent customer service and relationship building skills and the ability to drive communication to ensure timely delivery. Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel, SharePoint, Outlook is also required, together as is experience of using a database.

We understand that job security is a top concern for many people when considering their next career move. That's why we want to make sure that you know the full extent of the benefits that come with this fixed-term contract.

Although the contract offered currently has a set end date, we are committed to providing our employees with the same level of support and benefits that we offer our permanent staff. This includes access to training and development opportunities, a competitive salary and benefits package, and a supportive and inclusive work environment. Furthermore, you would be eligible for internal redeployment opportunities should the contract not be extended beyond its end date.

In fact, we are proud to say that our fixed-term employees often take advantage of the opportunity to gain valuable experience and build their skills in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. We are committed to helping our team members succeed and grow, and we believe that this commitment extends to all of our employees, regardless of their length of tenure.

So, if you're looking for a role that offers the benefits and support of a permanent position, along with the excitement and opportunity of a fixed-term contract, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.