FOREST HILL & SYDENHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Job Description
Job Title:Voluntary Service Coordinator (part-time)
Volunteer Driving Scheme
Responsible to:Centre Manager
Probation: 6 months
Salary:Scale 6 (spinal points 26-28)
£25,515-£27,009 pro rata including L.W.
Hours: 18/35 hours worked over 3 days per week
Within the core hours of 10am to 4pm
Holidays: 5 weeks pro rata
Purpose of Role:
To coordinate and administrate a voluntary driving servicefor disabled and/or vulnerable residentswho live within theBorough of Lewisham.To develop the project’s potential for growth both in service provision and funding resources. To work within a small team to ensure the organisations core aims and activities are effective,qualitive and timely.
Key Responsibilities:
- Process and match journey requests from referral agencies using the VCC criteria and procedures.
- Recruit, select, train and support volunteer drivers in accordance with VCC practices and procedures and to work with the team to organise and/or to facilitate group support sessions for all volunteers.
- Prepare, process and record volunteer expense claims, service user contribution and referrers invoices and carry out general office duties including communication/correspondence, write reports, maintain paper filing and electronic information storing systems.
- Produce and disseminate the projects publicity and information materials
- Monitor the service for quality, reliability and equal opportunities/social inclusion and to produce project statistic.
External Relationships & Project Development.
- Represent the organisation at external meetings and events, deliver presentations publicising and promoting VCC services and opportunities to raise the organisation’s profile within the Borough.
- Identify project development needs and opportunities, research potential funding sourcesfor project service enhancement; liaise/network with appropriate voluntary or statutory agencies to facilitate opportunities for partnership working and joint funding bids.
- Work with the Centre Manager to make appropriate development proposals to the Management Committee and to work in collaboration with team members to prepare potential funding bids.
- In the absence of the Manager share with the other Voluntary Service Coordinators responsibility for management and overall functioning of the Voluntary Care Centre.
General
- Flexibility is necessary; you must be able to work out-of hours/evenings and weekends as required, for which time off in lieu will be given.
- Attend training courses and meetings as determined by and/or agreed with the Manager.
- Deliver services within an Equal Opportunities framework taking positive action where necessary.
- To undertake any other duties as may be required to ensure the smooth running of volunteer projects, centre activities and administration.
The Job Description will be revised annually.February 2011