About the Role
RSL LifeCare is seeking a Volunteer Manager to lead their Volunteer Program across residential aged care, retirement living, and veteran services. This role is crucial in supporting veterans and seniors, aligning with the organization's vision of creating proud communities.
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver RSL LifeCare's volunteer management framework, policies, and processes.
- Manage volunteer recruitment, onboarding, training, engagement, and recognition programs.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and volunteer management standards.
- Maintain volunteer records and reporting, including training and compliance requirements.
- Support managers and teams who work with volunteers across the organisation.
- Coordinate volunteer involvement in key events, including ANZAC Day, Remembrance Day, and community initiatives.
- Drive continuous improvement and implement best-practice volunteer management initiatives.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external community partners.
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years' experience in volunteer management, recreation therapy, leisure and lifestyle, or a related field.
- Relevant qualifications in Volunteer Management, Human Resources, Management, Health Sciences, or similar.
- Strong knowledge of the National Standards for Volunteer Involvement.
- Experience managing compliance and risk in a regulated environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and volunteer management systems.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A compassionate, people-focused approach with the ability to build meaningful relationships.
- A valid Police Check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check, as required for the role.
Skills
- Volunteer management
- Recreation therapy
- Leisure and lifestyle
- Human Resources
- Management
- Health Sciences
- National Standards for Volunteer Involvement
- Compliance management
- Risk management
- Microsoft Office
- Volunteer management systems
- Communication
- Stakeholder engagement
Location
- North Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 2 years' experience
Education Level
- Relevant qualifications in Volunteer Management, Human Resources, Management, Health Sciences, or similar
Salary/Compensations
- Salary packaging benefits of up to $15,900 per year
Benefits
- Salary packaging benefits of up to $15,900 per year through our not-for-profit status.
- Access to Maxxia Rewards, with discounts across hundreds of leading retailers.
- Fitness Passport membership.
- 17.5% leave loading on annual leave.
- Universal Paid Parental Leave.
- Ongoing opportunities for professional development and growth.
About the Company
- At RSL LifeCare, we provide care and services to veterans and seniors living in our communities and receiving support at home.
- Our vision of creating proud communities living their best lives is at the heart of everything we do as we continue our proud legacy of supporting veterans and their families for more than 100 years.
- Joining RSL LifeCare means becoming part of a large, purpose-driven organisation where your expertise will make a genuine difference in the lives of veterans, seniors, and their families.
- Our values guide everything we do: Do the Right Thing, Aim Higher, Care from the Heart, and Act as One Team.
Equal Opportunity
- We value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people across our community, particularly veterans, current and former ADF personnel, their families, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, valued and heard, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or disability.
