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Partner with businesses to support their strategic and operational priorities regarding volunteer involvement, engagement, development and progression. Recruit volunteers and match them to suitable opportunities, deliver learning and development opportunities, mentor and coach volunteers as part of a retainment schedule within a person centred inclusive approach. Develop and implement policies, strategy, influence culture, raise standards across the business to develop a healthy culture of investment in volunteers. Implement, manage and develop volunteer management systems, manage risk and uphold safer recruitment and safeguarding standards suitable for the environments and communities the organisation serve. Investor in people, culture and teams who invest in volunteering, co-produce with communities services that meet needs and make a difference with volunteer involvement.

Cheadle, England, United Kingdom

Coordinate community engagement plans across a wide range of services, departments, and teams within Seashell Trust. Lead on reducing levels of inactivity within SEND children and young people (aged 5 - 18yr olds) across Stockport Borough in an out of school setting as part of GM Moving local delivery pilot project funded by Sport England. Creating 'whole system change' in developing opportunities for people to move, move more and 'be active' as a social norm. Work with communities to identify needs and develop co-produced services to address needs, collaborate with organisations in developing whole system change. Utilising skills to evaluate, monitor the impact and change that has led to people being more active.

Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Successful in transforming the volunteer program at Seashell Trust, gaining 'Investors in Volunteers' kitemark (NCVO). Implementing and developing digital volunteer management systems to effectively manage and coordinate volunteers across a wide range of services. Collaborate with a wide range of services, teams, and departments in developing a volunteer offer.Improving quality/experiences of volunteers, coordinating volunteer forums, improving training, communication, and annual satisfaction surveys. Lead on community engagement initiatives ranging from informing communities to working with communities within a co-design approach, developing services. Effective stakeholder engagement, securing contracts and funding, leading on evaluation and impact of services.

Manchester, United Kingdom

£18m t/over national charity supporting children and young adults with complex learning disabilities and additional communication needs from across the UK. Seashell Trust provide, education and care, from 2 – 25 years, at our ‘outstanding’ Ofsted accredited residential school and college and through our short break services. • Reports directly to the Sports and Community Engagement manager• Leading on organisational transformational change for volunteer recruitment having inherited it from a member of staff who retired. • Responsible for the coordination and delivery of CADS (Children’s Able and Disabled Sports) inclusive camps covering maternity leave post.

Manchester, United Kingdom

£7.9m t/over national charity whose mission is to transform the lives of disabled children by providing the equipment, support and life skills they need, when they need them – giving them the chance to develop their full potential. • Reports directly to Regional Service Co-ordinator and / or members of the Camp Whizz-Kidz and / or Work Placements Team. • To lead, facilitate and ensure full participation of young disabled people at Ambassador Clubs, Wheelchair Skills Training schemes and Camp WhizzKidz events in several areas as defined by Whizz-Kidz. • To support young disabled people’s participation in the Whizz-Kidz Work Placements programme; Whizz-Kidz Trainers will conduct accessibility audits, complete risk assessments, undertake face-to-face briefings and deliver work skills training days. • Ensure that Young Leaders and Volunteers are supported and empowered to co-deliver Camp Whizz-Kidz, Ambassador Clubs, Wheelchair Skills Training and Work Placements.

North West, Uk

£3.5m t/over national charity that aims to build a network of Youth Zones. Youth Zones are world class 6million pound buildings, open 7 days a week with a membership of 30,000 young people. • Reported direct to the Openings Manager, and responsible for co-ordinating a £1.3m Big Lottery funded project.• Influenced/supported Delivery Partners, delivered CADS programme and training to the network, managed the project’s monitoring framework alongside an external evaluator. Engaged stakeholders and co-ordinated the Steering Group.• Increased membership of young disabled people by 400% to just under 3,000. Led the full cycle project management, commissioned training, engaged stakeholders, generated action plans, conducted performance reviews, developed standards. • Increased the quality of delivery, created transformational change to organisational cultures of inclusivity, developing workforce skills, knowledge and understanding. • Developed ‘Equality Standards’, quality framework for the inclusion of disabled young people. Led the development and formation of standards, involved key stakeholders and input from consultants, tested models, formation of policies and procedures.• Awarded 3-year project funding as part of a national 4.5million funded project. Strategic stakeholder engagement, scoped existing services, consulted young people, developed project proposal, mediated between partners, developed SLA’.

£3m t/over local charity, responding to the needs of local young people. Delivers a range of children’s and youth services, health services and provides accommodation for young homeless people.• Reported direct to the CEO and responsible for leading two commissioned contracts from Surrey CC. Lead the planning, implementation and delivery of NEET prevention projects in 2 boroughs. • Managed 7 full time youth centres to achieve a national quality mark. Achieved project KPI’s, awarded continuation commissioned funding with a 30% increase. • Increased the profile and reputation of a local charity for delivering quality, impacting youth work through successful stakeholder and partnership engagement, engaging local councillors and MP’s and through community engagement.• Improved quality of delivery by managing 7 Youth Centres and staff in Surrey to achieve the National Youth Agency Quality Mark for centre based youth work. • Improved the local youth offer by chairing and coordinating a consortium of voluntary sector youth providers and setting up and co-chairing a youth task force group.

£5.3m t/over local authority and statutory youth service provider. The work comprises of targeted and statutory led youth provision, connexions service and youth offending service. • Reported direct to the Team Manager and responsible for operational and strategic leadership of youth provision in Crawley and Mid Sussex, with 4 FT and 2 PT youth centres, outreach and detached teams, and delivered a new targeted support service. • Increased attendance of young people in neighbourhood youth projects by 700%. Conducted service review, developed action plans, recruited staff, developed vision, role modelled quality delivery, involved stakeholders including young people. • Created a charity with local residents that led to the delivery of key youth and play services. Delivered community engagement strategy, trained young people, staff and volunteers, fundraised £20,000, engaged stakeholders, led on asset transfer.• Developed new youth service provision in Leisure Centre’s. Created a concept, engaged stakeholders, communicated vision, fundraised £30,000, supported teams of youth workers, operationally led on the project, successfully replicated model.

Brighton, United Kingdom

£11m t/over regional charity, now part of ‘Downslink YMCA’, responding to the needs of young people right across Sussex and Surrey. Delivers a host of children and youth services, training, housing, counselling and youth advice. • Reported direct to the Youth Services Manager and responsible for operational, staff and budgetary management and delivery of all Youth and Community projects in Hove and surrounding areas engaging over 400+ young people weekly.• Reduced anti-social behaviour and crime by 70% through successful youth and community projects, outreach and detached youth projects. • Increased the income of youth service budget by 40% through delivering key projects, increasing profile and reputation and reach of youth service projects.• Supported, mentored and coached 3 volunteers, that progressed onto full time qualified youth workers and 3 young leaders that progressed into youth work as staff.

Burgess Hill

Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport

Lewes

Bachelor'S Degree, Professional Studies In Learning And Development

Diploma Of Higher Education In Youth And Community