Volunteering Adviser (Ireland) - Temporary to end 2025

Volunteering Adviser (Ireland) - Temporary to end 2025

Salary: €47,104 to €55,416 / £34,253 to £40,298 depending on experience
Vehicle: A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties
Contract type: Temporary: Fixed Term Contract or Secondment
Hours: Full Time
Location description: This role is home-based and includes extensive travel across the region, often outside of regular business hours. Occasional travel to our Support Centre in Poole is also necessary.
Interview location: Initial interviews remotely via Microsoft Teams. 2nd stage in person
Interview date: 1st stage: w/c 8th April. 2nd stage: w/c 15th April (TBC)
Closing Date: 01-04-2024
Reference: 17194

About us

Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. Since the 19th?century, our crews have been risking their lives to save those who are in danger of drowning.

Volunteering is at the heart of the RNLI, and we have over 35,000 volunteers in a variety of roles from operational crew and lifeguards to water safety and fundraising volunteers. This is a great time to enjoy the RNLI People Team as we regionalise the delivery of HR and volunteer service to the 6 RNLI regions.

Home based within the region, with regular travel to the regional office in Swords, Dublin, and other sites across the area, you will report to the Regional People Lead and work closely with the People Advisor. Understanding the opportunities within your region, working with the local leadership team and your peers in the wider People Team, you will be responsible for supporting great 'people’ service and delivery.

You will also be required to support a volunteering helpline service for approximately 2 weeks’ a year (until 8pm weekdays and 10am - 4pm weekends).

Some of the benefits

- Salary of €47,104 to €55,416 / £34,253 to £40,298, depending on experience
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
- Life assurance
- Health and dental cashplan option

Your Role

We are seeking to recruit a Volunteering Adviser to join our team on a temporary basis until the end of 2025, operating across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

As a Volunteering Adviser, you will work closely with a range of stakeholders across the organisation, supporting the development of volunteering across the Ireland region, and the wider RNLI.

This will include:

- Implementation of initiatives to improve the volunteer experience.
- Developing sustainable opportunities along with taking a proactive approach to how we support and manage volunteers.
- Providing staff and volunteers with expert advice and guidance in all aspects of volunteering, including areas such as recruitment, retention, problem solving and recognition.
- Supporting local implementation of the volunteering strategy.
- Assisting with the development of volunteer management toolkits and support managers in the use of these.
- Delivering volunteer management training workshops to diverse groups of volunteer managers both in-person and virtually.
- Being an ambassador for volunteering and ensure it is championed at all levels.

You will also be required to support a volunteering helpline service for approximately 2 weeks a year (until 8pm weekdays and 10 am - 4pm weekends).

About You

To be our Volunteering Adviser you will need:

- Extensive volunteer management experience.
- Confidence in delivering face-to-face and virtual workshops.
- The ability to manage a complex workload.

Experience in handling volunteering problem-solving issues is desirable. In this role, you will need to be able to work and plan autonomously. You will also need to have a proactive and flexible approach to work along with excellent interpersonal skills.

This role is home-based and includes extensive travel across the region, and occasionally to the Support Centre in Poole, often outside of normal business hours.

This post requires a valid driving licence.

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; ensuring the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero tolerance approach to proven incidents of bullying, abuse, harassment or exploitation. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.