"A lot of my friends wonder how I do it, but I honestly enjoy it! Hopefully, I make life a little bit easier for the families I visit; just like my life was made a little bit easier when my father was poorly." Rebecca, Hospice Neighbour Volunteer

Do you want to make a difference to people with a progressive and life limiting illness? Do you love working with committed and caring people? Do you have great organisational skills? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Volunteer Engagement and Administration Coordinator to join us.

With over 1250 active volunteers, volunteering lies at the heart of St Peter’s Hospice. 

As a key member of the Volunteer Resources Team, you will act as first point of contact for our Hospice Neighbours project, ensuring appropriate matches between volunteers and patients. You’ll also provide administrative support and ensure excellent volunteer experience across the organisation.  Reporting to the Head of Volunteering, this broad role covers our clinical, retail and fundraising teams.

What will you be doing?

• Coordinate support for our community volunteers as part of our Hospice Neighbours project.
• Provide administrative support in the recruitment, training, and retention of all our volunteers.
• Produce regular monitoring reports and drive the collection and analysis of volunteer data.
• Ensure the access control, quality, retention, and security of volunteer data.

We’re looking for a highly organised, and capable coordinator and administrator, who is fully competent in MS office. With great interpersonal skills, you’ll be approachable, open and able to communicate with volunteers and staff across the organisation. You’ll have a positive solution focused outlook, with the ability to prioritise a broad workload.

What we can offer you:

• Salary up to £22,417 (FTE) / £17,933 (actual) per annum, dependant on experience
• Working hours are 30 per week - we are looking for someone who can ideally work over five days and are happy to discuss
• Based at both our Brentry and Long Ashton offices

We know sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for job if they don't tick every box. If you are excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience, we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could just be what we are looking for! 

For more information, please view the job description or contact Russell Cowan, Head of Volunteer Resources at russell.cowan@stpetershospice.org or 0117 915 9448.

You must have a clean driving licence and access to a car.

We will be screening and offering interviews as we receive applications and therefore strongly encourage applications as early as possible to avoid disappointment.