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Volunteer management and engagement specialist, with strong sector-wide relationships and a passion for forward thinking and new developments. Key skills:- Volunteer management: Currently managing a mentoring programme providing support to accounting and finance undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with an international pool of volunteers. Previous volunteer coordination and management experience in a national multi-site charity with 3500 volunteers, including strategic planning, recruitment, management, training, recognition and engagement. Experience based on many years of volunteering in a range of organisations, including charity trustee, front of house / visitor reception, guiding, living history costume productions, retail, administration. - Developing and maintaining partnerships: ongoing working relationships with a wide range of educational and volunteer involving / development organisations. Member of the Association of Volunteer Managers.- People engagement: experienced in wide range of communication tools (face to face meetings and presentations, enewsletters, social media, web content creation, events, survey development and delivery) to deliver information / gain feedback from audiences. - Event and training coordination: development and delivery of a range of events, including conferences and recognition events. Developing and delivering Volunteer Management Training in a variety of learning styles, including online modules and face to face training sessions- Museums and Heritage sector specific: postgraduate academic training in Museums and Gallery Studies, paid / voluntary curatorial and collections management experience in multiple organisations, supervision of two National Lottery Heritage Fund funded internships.

Listed skills include Volunteer Management, Volunteer Recruiting, Historical Research, Museums, and 14 others.