About the Role
Cancer Research UK is seeking a collaborative and organised Volunteering Executive for a part-time, fixed-term role to support the delivery of key volunteering activities. The role involves providing resources and expertise to create excellent volunteer experiences and drive continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of centralised volunteering activity and business-as-usual initiatives that enhance volunteer experience and organisational efficiency.
- Produce, maintain and improve volunteering resources, guidance and tools for colleagues across the organisation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to achieve agreed outcomes and support proposition objectives.
- Provide expert advice and support on volunteering-related matters across Cancer Research UK.
- Ensure volunteering activity complies with relevant legislation and Cancer Research UK policies and procedures.
- Champion equality, diversity and inclusion across all volunteering activity and contribute to wider organisational objectives.
Requirements
- Experience delivering a project, programme of work or defined area of responsibility.
- Proven ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders.
- Experience using insight, feedback or data to identify improvements and enhance audience or volunteer experiences.
- Strong communication skills, including presenting information and writing proposals or business cases.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a changing environment.
- A proactive, curious and solution-focused approach, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Presenting information
- Writing proposals
- Writing business cases
- Organisational skills
- Time management skills
- Collaboration
- Relationship building
- Data analysis
Location
- Home-based
Work Type
- Part-time
- Fixed Term Contract
Experience Level
- 6 Month Fixed Term Contract
Salary/Compensations
- £12,400 Pro-rated based on 14 hours
Benefits
- Wide range of career and personal development opportunities
- High-quality tools
- Policies and processes enable work-life balance
- Supportive working environment
- Generous benefits package
About the Company
- At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
- Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do: Bold, Credible, Human, Together.
- We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
Equal Opportunity
- Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do.
- We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
- We believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
- We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work.
- We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.
- Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
