Volunteer Recruitment Officer

Salary: £27,000 – £29,000 per year depending on experience.

Job type: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week

Location: This is a home-based role. There will be a requirement for extensive travel throughout Scotland (including at evenings and weekends with occasional overnight stays) to visit volunteers, external partners and take part in project-related activities.

You will also be required to participate in monthly in-person staff meetings, plus additional ad hoc project meetings and staff trainings at Girlguiding Scotland Headquarters, 16 Coates Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7AH. We’re open to flexible working and are happy to have a discussion about how this post can work for you.

Closing date: 11.59pm on Wednesday 15 April.

Purpose of the role:

In this role, you will play a key part in transforming how we advertise volunteering opportunities, work with external partners and welcome more volunteers into guiding.

As one of a team of volunteer recruitment officers you will work with the head of membership development and growth and existing guiding volunteers from across Scotland to identify opportunities to improve how we recruit and welcome new volunteers.

You will also help deliver tailored recruitment and welcome plans in local communities across Scotland. You will use data and local insight to identify geographic areas most in need of additional volunteers. You’ll build relationships with existing volunteers in these areas and deliver volunteer recruitment and welcome events (in person and online).

You’ll make links with relevant external stakeholders and support local and national working groups. By developing new training materials and support resources, you’ll also build the knowledge and skills of existing volunteers.

Main areas of responsibility 

Support local recruitment and welcome activity 

• Use membership data, local knowledge and relevant external sources to identify geographic areas most in need of additional volunteers  

• Persuade existing volunteer teams within identified target areas of the value of working with a recruitment officer.  

• Provide tailored support to local volunteer teams to help them develop evidence-based recruitment plans  

• Build and maintain effective relationships with community-based stakeholders that can support volunteer recruitment (e.g. schools, colleges and universities; volunteer centres; job centres; corporate partners, etc)  

• Identify opportunities to inspire volunteers of different abilities, backgrounds and ages to get involved with Girlguiding  

• Deliver a range of volunteer recruitment initiatives based on local need (including promotional talks, recruitment stalls and social media posts)  

• Support local teams to identify opportunities to improve the welcome that new volunteers receive and speed up progress through our recruitment and vetting process  

• Provide time-limited admin support to help clear backlogs of volunteer enquiries in supported areas 

• Provide support with local ID verification processes to help new volunteers complete disclosure checks in a timely manner 

Facilitate best practice sharing  

• Support the lead volunteer for membership development and growth to deliver our regular, online Getting Started with Girlguiding Scotland info sessions for prospective volunteers 

• Develop and deliver new training, good practice guidance, templates and other resources to support current volunteers to be more effective in how they recruit and welcome new volunteers  

Monitoring and evaluation 

• Ensure each phase of work in a targeted geographic area is appropriately evaluated with input from local volunteers  

• Maintain accurate records of recruitment activity and use these to populate monthly and quarterly reports, identifying relevant learnings and impacts as the work progresses 

Apply now

Download the application pack.

To apply please fill in the application form. The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Wednesday 15 April.

If you would like to have a conversation about the role before applying, please contact Louise Henderson, Head of membership development and growth and deputy chief executive on 07984 245 387 or email recruitment@girlguiding-scot.org.uk.