Volunteer Project Coordinator

The Women & Families Resource Centre (WFRC) is a registered charity based in Wolverhampton which supports, empowers and advocates for women and children. We aim to actively encourage women to be self-reliant, through empowering them to identify their own needs, make their own choices and create their own solutions.

Overall Responsibility for coordinating the service delivery and impact measurement of thr charity shop on a day-to-day basis.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be instrumental in the growth and development of a fast-growing women & children’s charity. We are looking for someone to be an integral part of our team by ‘masterminding’ all aspects of running the charity shop. With your positive approach, you will enjoy working proactively and have the ability to juggle multiple tasks and respond to the day to day needs of the service. You will be a confident
communicator with the ability to build rapport and get conversations going with a wide range of people. You will lead and coordinate a team of volunteers in the implementation and provision of a responsive, high quality and service user-focused project.

Project Management

• Develop and implement operational plans for your area of responsibility
• Allocate and monitor the progress and quality of work in your area of responsibility
• Provide leadership in your area of responsibility - Lead your team
• Establish information management and communication systems
• Receive, analyse, process and store information
• Establish, maintain and use relationships with the media to explain and promote the organisation and its work
• Promote your organisation and its services to stakeholders
• Preparing reports and returns
• Manage finance for your area of responsibility
• Identify and evaluate opportunities for innovation and improvement
• Ensure health and safety requirements are met in your area of responsibility

Volunteer Management

• Coordinate the implementation of WFRC’s volunteering policy
• Contribute to the recruitment and placement of volunteers for your team.
• Plan, organise and monitor the work of volunteers
• Lead and motivate volunteers
• Plan, organise and support team meetings

General Responsibilities

• Act within the limits of your competence and authority
• Develop productive working relationships with colleagues
• Synthesise new knowledge into the development of your own practice
• Contribute to the effectiveness of teams
• Take responsibility for continuing professional development of yourself and others
• Reflect on and develop your practice
• Make use of supervision
• Develop productive working relationships with colleagues
• Develop joint working agreements and practices and review their effectiveness
• Take responsibility for the continuing professional development of yourself and others

Communication

• Promote effective communication
• Maintain effective communication systems and practice

Equality & Diversity

• Ensure your own actions support the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals
• Promote the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals

Safeguard & Protect Individuals

• Support the safeguarding of individuals
• Contribute to the protection of individuals from harm and abuse
• Contribute to the prevention/management of abusive/aggressive behavior
• Contribute to and act upon risk of danger, harm and abuse
• Comply with legal requirements for service user confidentiality

Community Development & Collaboration

• Develop effective relationships with individuals
• Relate to different communities
• Facilitate community research and consultations
• Use a Community Development approach to support collaborative and partnership work
• Develop, sustain and evaluate joint work between agencies

Job Type: Volunteer

Pay: £1.00 per year

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• UK visa sponsorship

Schedule:

• Day shift

Work Location: In person