About the Role

35 Hours per week

We are looking for a Volunteering Delivery Manager to work in our regions across England.

You will work alongside multi-disciplinary teams of both staff and volunteer leaders to grow our volunteer offer, ensure our volunteers have the best experience and drive improvement so we can enable and serve our communities. Each Region is made up of a number of Districts – you will be an integral part of both the Regional and District Leadership Teams shaping the way in which our people volunteer across a number of activities, including but not limited to NHS operational support which currently includes vaccinators and hospital volunteering, event first aid, fundraising, community advocacy and services and with our young people. You will also act as the conduit between those regional teams and the wider organisation including our County Priory Groups, Fellowship and County Presidents.

You will work closely with the Regional Commissioner from the Volunteer Leadership Network.

The successful candidate can be based in any of the following counties, Thames Valley, Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex or Kent.

Travelling throughout the region is required but home working is a possibility for some of the time.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You

We are looking for dynamic, personable and energetic people who can drive collaboration and effectively influence across multiple teams. You will be a team player who is able to role model our HEART values and be compassionate. You will have resilience, a sense of purpose and a passion for volunteering.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive:

• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date: 28th January 2022

Application Review Date: 16th January 2022

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.

Please note, St John Ambulance does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any speculative CVs submitted without invitation will not be considered