Volunteer Strategy and Policy Manager

Volunteer Strategy and Policy Manager Contract – Permanent Full time – 35 hours per week Salary – From £40,000 + £3344 Inner London Weighting if applicable Location – flexible / home or local office or mix of both

This exciting new post is part of the British Red Cross’ new Volunteering and Youth team. This new team, created as part of a recent transformation programme, will set the future direction for volunteering and youth engagement at the BRC and support the entire organisation to ensure volunteers and young people are engaged in meaningful ways that work for them and help deliver our strategy.

Why this role matters…

You will lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of the volunteering elements of our BRC volunteer and youth mobilisation strategy. Your work will pave a way for the BRC to ensure its volunteering offer remains relevant and able to attract people to support our activity.

What you’ll be doing…

You will also be responsible for ensuring our strategy is implemented and volunteering policies are appropriate, proportionate, and compliant to legislation. You’ll design and review quality standards for the organisation to gain assurance across volunteering activity.

You’ll create the conditions for staff to flourish by empowering and enabling them to deliver and be part of a wider team that is continually learning, reflecting, and seeking to be ‘best in class’ as designers and guardians of our volunteering ambition and experience.

What you’ll bring to the role…

– Experience of developing strategy and delivering complex programmes – Proven record of coproduction in strategy, product or service development – You are a passionate advocate to influencing change and upskilling colleagues to play their part in delivery equity for our users – You have experience of working across teams to support others to achieve their objectives as well as to drive change and new ways of working

– People management experience

About the Team…

You’ll be part of the new Volunteer Experience team within Volunteering and Youth which is responsible for developing and delivering volunteer strategy, polices, awards and recognition and designing new volunteering products. It’s a great time to join us, as we refocus our efforts to start a new phase aiming for excellence in volunteering.

The closing date for this vacancy is midnight on the 27th of July, with interviews taking place on zoom across the following two weeks.

A little bit more about us…

The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK and overseas; get the support they need if crisis strikes. Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.

At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Diversity is something we celebrate, and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.

In the British Red Cross, we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated, and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.

British Red Cross also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme for roles within the International Directorate. In line with the scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures. If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation’s Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.

As part of its recruitment and selection process the British Red Cross undertakes DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking of all individuals who regularly work with or have access to children and vulnerable adults. If driving is an essential requirement of the role, appropriate driver checks will be completed in line with current policy. Follow us on Twitter @RedCrossJobsUK and on Linked in – British Red Cross, to hear about our latest job vacancies.

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