Volunteer Coordinator

Volunteer Coordinator

• Contract Type: Permanent
• Hours per week: Full time – 35 hours per week (excluding lunch breaks)
• Working pattern: Our core working hours are between 9.00am and 7.00pm
• Main
  
  Location:
  
  Hybrid working – working from home and at our Head Office in Victoria (8-10 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0DH
  )
• Reports to: Service Delivery Manager
• Direct Reports: None
• Annual Salary: £27,583
• Full Time Annual Leave Allowance: 25 days per annum (rising to 27 days after two years’ service and 30 days after five years’ service), plus bank holidays
• Pension Contributions: 6% (based on a 2% minimum employee contribution)
• Additional Benefits: flexible working, Employee Assistance Programme, staff discount scheme (Benefit Hub), salary sacrifice

Doorstep Library, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to discover the joy of reading. We work with children and families facing barriers to accessing books, helping to nurture a lifelong love of reading through regular, personalised reading sessions in the home and online. Since 2010, we’ve supported thousands of children across London, creating positive reading experiences that build confidence, strengthen family relationships and improve literacy.

Our work is made possible by a passionate community of staff, volunteers, partners and supporters who share our vision that every child should have the chance to thrive through the power of books.

Our impact is long-lasting. For us, the ‘happy ever after’ is when we know the power of literacy and the joy of reading are helping a child change their own story for good. Every story shared is a story changed.

• Recruiting & onboarding volunteers to meet strategic targets
• Engagement and retention of volunteers
• Scheduling of volunteers and coordination of volunteers for their reading sessions each week
• Managing stand-in volunteers

Our volunteers are at the heart of everything we do, and this role is key to ensuring they have an exceptional experience from the moment they apply. We are seeking two Volunteer Coordinators to lead the end-to-end volunteer journey, attracting, recruiting, onboarding and supporting volunteers who help transform children’s lives through the joy of reading. This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same.

You’ll build relationships with applicants, community partners and colleagues across the organisation, develop creative recruitment initiatives, coordinate training and events, and use volunteer feedback to continually improve our programme. If you’re an organised, people-focused professional who enjoys building connections, creating positive experiences and making a meaningful difference, we’d love to hear from you.