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Sport Volunteering Development Worker

Volunteer Centre Lewisham
Sport Volunteering Development Worker
Funded until March 2013

Salary Scale NJC Scale SO1 Point 29 £24,646 Plus LW pro rata 14 hours per week (mostly evenings and weekends).

This is an exciting opportunity to develop Volunteering Lewisham sports clubs and organizations, encouraging good practice in volunteer management and increasing the number of sports volunteering roles available in Lewisham.

We are looking for someone with experience of working with and developing sports organisations, as well as being knowledgeable in volunteering and volunteer management.

Deadline for receipt of applications: 12 noon Friday 29th January 2010

Interviews will take place on: Friday 12th February 2010

Job Description

Job Title:

Sports Volunteer Development Worker

Responsible to:

Director

Responsible for:

Development of volunteering in sports organisations throughout Lewisham

Starting Salary:

NJC Scale SO1 Point 29 £24,646, plus LW

Overview of Role

The Sports Volunteer Development project is a partnership between Volunteer Centres Lewisham and Greenwich. This advert is for a 14 hour position based in Lewisham, the purpose of which is to increase volunteering within sports and physical activity in and across the borough according to local needs. The Development Worker will be responsible for the development of this new service, the day to day management and the provision of services. The post holder will also contribute to marketing the service, promoting good practice in volunteer management, delivering the training elements of the service and working within the standards of Volunteer Centre Quality Accreditation.

Duties

1. Development

To identify and encourage sports clubs to engage volunteers within a good practice framework.
To support sport clubs and organisations to develop exciting, relevant opportunities for volunteers.
To analyse sports clubs strengths and weaknesses in line with good practice or appropriate accreditation.
To capacity build club volunteers, signposting them to courses, workshops and seminars.
Signpost to relevant workshops and seminars and arrange for the Borough to host relevant courses.
Report on progress.
Maintain detailed records.
Work closely with LBL Sport and Leisure, CSPAN, PAP, and other relevant local bodies.
Work with National Governing Bodies, Local Authority, other volunteer and statutory agencies and stakeholders to promote accreditation.
Responding to enquires from members of the public about volunteering in sports and/or physical activity.
To assist with a development plan, which clubs can use to assist them in identifying their capacity building requirements.
Working closely with other VCL staff to provide information to sports and physical activity organisations.
Recruiting volunteers on:-
Volunteer Programme development.
Good practice in volunteering.
Writing role descriptions.
Recruiting volunteers.
To provide an advice and referral service for sports and/or physical activity organisations recruiting volunteers.
To ensure the service is accessible and meets the needs of the diverse communities of the borough in which they are employed.

2. Marketing and Publicity

To represent the service and promote its work both locally and to the wider community.
To liaise with other agencies to implement both borough wide and localised volunteering initiatives and other high profile events, such as Volunteers’ Week and local fairs.
To develop and maintain links with other agencies in the voluntary, private and public sectors in order to raise awareness, promote sports volunteering and develop new initiatives.
To update information on sports volunteering on Volunteer Centre web site.

3. Good Practice Development

To keep up to date on good practice and disseminate information on good practice to other agencies.
To Liaise with other staff members on training relating to good practice in volunteer management for sports organisations working with volunteers in the borough.
To develop and implement policies, procedures and relevant quality assurance systems.

4. Policy Response and Campaigning

To respond to policy initiatives and disseminate information to sports organisations working with volunteers within the borough.
To respond to issues raised by sports organisations such as: policy, good practice, training, local strategy with regards to volunteering.

5. Strategic Development of Volunteering

To contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the service in order to measure its effectiveness to produce regular reports as required by funders and other stakeholders.
To contribute to the discussions and planning for the on-going development of the service.
To develop and maintain links with other strategic agencies.
To notify the Director of opportunities to expand and develop the service.

6. Other

To recruit, train and manage any volunteers assisting with the project and Organisation.
To ensure the maintenance and development of the service administration and IT systems in partnership with the Director.
To ensure that equal opportunities and other organisational policies are actively implemented in all areas of work.
To contribute to budget preparation and management.
To be administratively self-servicing with the help of computerised systems.
To work with other Volunteer Centre Lewisham staff, Board and volunteers as part of a team.
To undertake occasional further duties commensurate with the responsibilities of the post, as identified by the Director.
To comply with the Volunteer Centre Health and Safety and other policies at all times.

Person Specification

Knowledge and experience	At least 1 years experience of working with or within voluntary or community sector
	Good knowledge and understanding of the link between volunteering, sports and physical activity
	Experience of volunteering and a good understanding of the needs of volunteer involving organisations
	Good knowledge or understanding of the challenges faced by sports clubs in involving volunteers
	Experience of managing a varied and challenging workload within an office environment
	Experience of working to targets, outputs, monitoring and evaluation
	Experience in marketing and promotions, and being able to adapt this according to the audience
Skills, abilities and attributes	Able to arrange information events and make presentations to a variety of audiences
	Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and sensitively
	To have an understanding and experience of quality standards and the role that volunteering has within these
	Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
	Good IT and typing skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office systems, email and the internet
	Experience of using data bases
	A thorough understanding of equal opportunities and how to apply it in a work setting
	To be able to undertake a substantial amount of evening/weekend work
Availability	This position requires the worker to be available for a number of weekends and evenings

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