Volunteer Coordinator

Volunteer Coordinator Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (minimum 3 days in office per week) Salary: £29,000 - £32,000 per annum Vacancy Type: 12 month contract, Full time 37.5 hours per week Medical Detection Dogs trains dogs to save lives. We train specialist dogs to detect the odour of human disease, providing life-saving Medical Alert Assistance Dogs to people with complex health problems across the UK and collaborating with NHS Trusts and other researchers and Universities both in the UK and internationally to advance the early diagnosis of disease. We have an exciting new opportunity to join this small, but ambitious charity that is a world leader in its specialist, innovative field. Main Purpose and Scope of the Role: The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for the coordination, delivery and ongoing support of volunteer activity across the charity, ensuring volunteers have a positive, meaningful and well supported experience. This role combines hands on volunteer coordination with people engagement activity, supporting engagement, communication and safeguarding processes across both volunteers and staff. The postholder works closely with colleagues across the organisation to ensure volunteer involvement is well planned, compliant and aligned with operational needs. What You ll Do: You will coordinate the end to end volunteer journey, from recruitment and onboarding through to ongoing support, engagement and departure. You will act as a key point of contact for ..... full job details .....