Volunteering and Youth Programme Delivery Manager

**Volunteering and Youth Programme Delivery Manager Location: UK Flexible (hybrid working between home and office) Contract type: Permanent Hours per week: 35 Salary: From £40,000 per annum (plus £3,344 Inner London Weighting allowance if applicable)

Can you take responsibility for leading externally funded youth and volunteer engagement programmes, managing externally funded project teams creating smooth processes for the setting up, implementation and setting down of time limited programmes?

About this opportunity**

This exciting new post is part of the British Red Cross’ new Volunteering and Youth team within People Services. 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 volunte ers and young people are engaged in meaningful ways that work for them and help deliver our strategy.

As the Volunteering and Youth Programme Delivery Manager, you’ll manage a portfolio of programmes, while working with both youth engagement and volunteering leads to identify appropriate needs/opportunities suitable for additional external funding to inform ongoing work with fundraising teams.

You’ll lead the development and ongoing implementation of a suite of diverse programmes that contribute to overall objectives and generate opportunities for innovation and learning, providing oversight and line management support to the programme delivery teams.

You’ll manage processes to gather insight from across the centres of excellence to identify potential activity/programmes suitable for flagging to fundraising teams or for partnerships, seeking out external opportunities to showcase British Red Cross activities to influence the wider sector and position us a partner of choice leading to future partnerships.

Diversity is something we celebrate

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.

This role might be for you if…

• You have proven people management experience, providing leadership, direction and supporting your staff’s wellbeing, along with experience of applying an equitable and accessible approach to recruiting and inducting staff
• You can demonstrate a record of successfully delivering externally funded programmes, managing competing priorities and changing requirements, from ideation through to continuous improvement
• You are comfortable working with external funders and partners to achieve objectives and drive change and new ways of working through collaboration and building positive relationships with colleagues to achieve your shared goals
• You have a proven record of coproduction in strategy, product or service development along with experience of engaging, advising and negotiating with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation
• You are financially astute, can prepare and monitor project budgets and can communicate in a clear and engaging way, keeping people informed in the right way at the right time, making the complex easy to understand

About the Team

The new Volunteering and Youth function will provide recruitment, deployment and retention support, based on prioritised need. A key aspect is the delivery of high-quality volunteer management support across the organisation, ensuring that those responsible for volunteers have the skills to always deliver a high-quality experience for them. The function also houses our award-winning Volunteer Support Line, a vital and valued service to support our volunteers wellbeing.

(Please read the full Role Profile/ Job Description for more information about this vacancy including responsibilities and full person specification)

Closing date for applications is (23:59), Sunday 7th of August 2022 with interviews anticipated to be held 22nd or 23rd of August.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, including:

• 36 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• Up to 6% contributory pension
• Flexible working policy
• Genuine investment in your development

A little bit more about us…

The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country – we’re there when you need us.

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.

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.

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.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

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