Volunteering & Community Manager

Summary

Are you seeking a challenging but rewarding position? We’re looking for a hard-working and experienced community outreach manager who can inspire, engage and enable.

This is an opportunity to work with communities in the heart of London with a particular focus on children and young people. You’ll promote the positive impact that green spaces, nature and community can have on people’s lives.

If you think this is for you, we’d love to hear from you.

Salary Range: £33,228 to £35,139 depending on experience. The advertised salary is inclusive of an Outer London weighting allowance of £3003 per annum.

Interviews will be held at Morden Hall Park on: week commencing 18 March 2024.

This role is required to work with vulnerable groups including children and any offer of employment or volunteering is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

What it's like to work here

Morden Hall Park is just 500 metres from the Northern Line, yet it feels as if you’re in the middle of the countryside. We’re dedicated to welcoming everyone to explore this great green space, and improving people’s welfare is at the heart of everything we do.  

Reporting directly to the General Manager, you’ll be part of the property leadership team. As leader of the Volunteer, Community and Children & Young People team, you’ll line manage four people, and oversee significant outreach to the wide diversity of communities we serve.

You’ll take your turn as Duty Manager on a rotational basis, which will include some weekend working, including on Bank Holidays.  Time off in Lieu (TOIL) is given for any extra hours accumulated.

What you'll be doing

This is a key position and carries significant responsibility. You’ll develop external partnership working, building and sustaining local networks to understand local needs and identify opportunities for collaboration. You’ll oversee the work of the team in supporting our considerable volunteer workforce and will champion the recruitment of new volunteers from across the communities we serve.

Morden Hall Park is one of the National Trust’s Children and Young People (CYP) Hubs, and so you’ll have a particular focus on identifying opportunities for young people (under 25) facing barriers to engaging with nature, beauty and history. You’ll have a good understanding of the motivations and experiences of diverse young audiences. You’ll build an impressive range of external contacts working with CYP to enhance the range and quality of engagement opportunities we can offer for young people.

Who we're looking for

• Experience in building, nurturing and managing complex relationships both with youth work and community professionals and young people, enabling fundraising and identifying new projects
• Experience of programming or engagement for marginalised groups and communities, and people at risk
• Demonstrable insight into the future potential and needs of different groups of young people who live in the local area, the services that work with them, and create opportunities for them
• Planning and organisational skills
• Able to effectively communicate, influence and negotiate at various levels
• Knowledge of ways to engage children and young people in new topics
• Line management experience

Please include a CV and cover letter with your application

The package

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

• Tax-free childcare scheme

• Rental deposit loan scheme

• Season ticket loan

• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts

• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.

• Flexible working whenever possible

• Employee assistance programme

• Free parking at most Trust places

• Independent financial advice

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