Coördinator lokale vrijwilligers & samenwerking

The Thuisgekookt Foundation is a social meal service by and for neighbours. Since 2012, we have been matching volunteer home cooks with people who can no longer cook for themselves. With a weekly home-cooked meal and a friendly chat at the door, we provide both nourishment and connection. Together, we are building healthy, connected neighbourhoods where people look out for one another.

We work closely with more than 30 focus municipalities. In these municipalities, we receive funding and work towards concrete local goals: creating matches, increasing visibility, and strengthening the local network of healthcare professionals, community organisations, and residents. As the Local Volunteers & Partnerships Coordinator, you make this happen in your municipalities.

You will be responsible for a number of focus municipalities. There, you will support volunteer local ambassadors and build a strong local network of healthcare and community partners. Functionally, you report to the Project Lead for Meal Recipients; hierarchically, you report to the Director.

Each focus municipality has local ambassadors: volunteers who represent the Thuisgekookt Foundation locally by connecting with healthcare and community partners, as well as potential meal recipients and volunteer home cooks. You will be their coach, sounding board, and primary point of contact.

• Recruit, select, and welcome new local ambassadors in your region.
• Actively support them through regular contact, practical guidance, and motivation.
• Ensure they have access to promotional materials, knowledge, and a supportive network.
• Monitor progress towards local goals and adjust where needed.

In addition to managing volunteers, you will actively strengthen the local network by building relationships with organisations that know or reach our meal recipients and volunteer home cooks.

• Identify relevant healthcare and community organisations, such as home care providers, neighbourhood teams, social welfare organisations, libraries, community centres, and health centres.
• Build and maintain relationships with these organisations, ensuring they know about the Thuisgekookt Foundation and refer people to our service.
• Coordinate and roll out local campaigns.
• Present and passionately communicate our mission at networking events, partner meetings, and occasionally in local media.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration.
• Represent the Thuisgekookt Foundation at local events and activities where our target groups can be reached.

• Networking comes naturally to you: you easily build relationships and know how to maintain them.
• You have experience with or an affinity for volunteer management and understand how to motivate and support volunteers.
• You know how to connect people while also setting clear boundaries. When tensions arise, you are comfortable addressing them.
• You are familiar with the structure of healthcare and community organisations, or eager to learn quickly.
• You are independent, proactive, and able to prioritise effectively across multiple municipalities.
• You communicate and present confidently, whether in formal meetings or at a local community event.
• You are passionate about the mission of the Thuisgekookt Foundation.
• Ideally, you live in or near the region of your assigned focus municipalities.

• A warm and committed team with plenty of room for creativity, personal growth, and ownership.
• Hybrid working: you will be active in your region and spend at least 50% of your working hours at our office in Utrecht.
• Freedom in how you work and the tools you use.
• Salary according to the Dutch Social Work Collective Labour Agreement (CAO Sociaal Werk), Scale 4: €2,515 gross per month based on a 36-hour work week.
• Excellent employment benefits, including an Individual Choice Budget (IKB: 13th-month allowance of 8.3%, 8% holiday allowance, and a healthcare contribution), 170 annual leave hours based on a 36-hour work week, a career development budget (1.5% of your annual salary including IKB), vitality hours, and a pension through PFZW with a 50% employer contribution.