Volunteer Event Coordinator and Admin Support

Job information Volunteer Event Coordinator and Admin Support from the Company St Helena Hospice, this latest Volunteer Event Coordinator and Admin Support job vacancy is located in the city Hybrid work in Colchester CO JU. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Social field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Description :

Volunteering at St Helena

We ask that all volunteers are sympathetic to and be able to project the philosophy, vision and values of St Helena.

The benefits of being a St Helena volunteer include:

· The opportunity to develop new and existing skills and gain experience in the workplace

· The opportunity to make new friends with your peers in your local community

· The satisfaction of knowing you are making a difference to people facing incurable illness or bereavement

· Full support of a specified line manager within a dedicated team

· Volunteering has been proven to help improve mental health and wellbeing and is therapeutic by keeping you active

· Regular news and updates about what’s happening at St Helena so you feel part of the team

· Gives you a sense of purpose – the feel good factor!

Role summary

• To coordinate events and activities, and provide administrative support for the service area, with a specific focus on Compassionate Communities and Safe Harbour project work, with supervision from the line manager.
• To be able to volunteer a minimum of 5 hours per week

Main duties of the role

• To plan, attend and supervise events and activities.
• To oversee event and activity bookings and promotion, monitoring attendance and corresponding with delegates.
• To work closely with colleagues to contribute towards hospice objectives and attend team meetings when available
• To help build relationships with St Helena partner organisations and local communities.
• To work from home, St Helena sites and event locations, as and when required.

Training & supervision

· Regular supervisor meetings will be arranged within volunteer hours.

· Online training relevant to the role will be mandatory.

· Compassionate Conversations training to be taken online or in-person as soon as possible.

· IT training regarding use of systems that are used by the hospice to communicate internally and externally.

· Online induction programme to be completed before starting in post to help with understanding of hospice teams and services.

Experience & qualifications required

· Organising / managing own time within a business environment

· Working effectively within a team

· Organising events and activities in the public domain and online

· Experience of interacting well with the public

· Understanding and maintaining professional boundaries

· Using Microsoft software packages and other similar software / digital platforms

· Using social media

Personal attributes

· Passionate about helping people

· Attention to detail

· Well organised

· Open to new ideas

· Good communication and interpersonal skills

· Reliable and trustworthy

· Team player with a friendly outlook

· Qualities of tact and diplomacy

Job Type: Volunteer

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Colchester CO4 9JU