Corporate Volunteer Officer

Corporate Volunteer Officer
London (with extensive travel to all Royal Parks)
The Organisation
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.
We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.
We are now looking for a Corporate Volunteer Officer to join us on a permanent, full-time basis.
The Benefits
- Salary of £32,666 - £36,830 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Hybrid/agile working options
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location
This is an unmissable opportunity for an enthusiastic individual with experience training volunteers and a background in habitat management to join our passionate organisation.
You’ll have the chance to immerse yourself in the beauty of London's iconic Royal Parks whilst playing a pivotal part in preserving them for generations to come.
What’s more, with access to a wealth of learning and development opportunities, you’ll be able to expand your skill set and grow your career to new heights!
So, if you’re ready to embark on a fulfilling journey to protect, preserve and enhance London's iconic green spaces, we want to hear from you!
The Role
As a Corporate Volunteer Officer, you will support the growth and development of our Corporate Volunteering Programme.
Planning and leading practical conservation, landscape maintenance and volunteer sessions across The Royal Parks, you will focus particularly on delivering our corporate ‘Park Days’ volunteering programme.
You will manage Corporate Volunteers to carry out important habitat and park management tasks and develop exciting new tasks and activities for them to be involved in.
Additionally, you will:
- Work with the Fundraising Officer to prepare proposals for Corporate Volunteer partners
- Write volunteer work plans, volunteer briefing documents, policies and risk assessments
- Plan, write and contribute to our monthly volunteer newsletter
- Ensure data and feedback on Corporate Park days are recorded
About You
To be considered as a Corporate Volunteer Officer, you will need:
- Experience working with, managing, leading and training conservation volunteers in habitat management
- Practical conservation, habitat, park and/or horticulture management knowledge
- The ability to use hand tools
Other organisations may call this role Horticultural Volunteer Officer, Volunteer Programme Officer, Volunteer Session Officer, Volunteer Programme Co-ordinator, Corporate Volunteer Co-ordinator, or Volunteer Programme Development Officer.
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The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Please visit our website to find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as a Corporate Volunteer Officer, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.