Volunteering & Community Manager - Sheffield
- Employer
- The National Trust
- Location
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Salary
- 31,000 pa
- Closing date
- 6 Jul 2022
Job Details
Summary
The Peak District was the first designated National Park in the United Kingdom and is one of the most visited in the world, welcoming about 13 million people a year. In addition to being an area of outstanding natural beauty and home to a huge range of diverse wildlife; the blanket peat bogs act as a natural carbon reservoir, so vital in fighting climate change.
Working inclusively across our staff and volunteer team, partnerships, local communities and a vibrant visitor profile, you'll help ensure we put both people and nature at the heart of everything we do. With an ever-diversifying visitor profile and access improvements underway, this is an exciting time to be joining the team, with huge opportunities to grow engagement, support and participation at this special place.
Reporting directly to the General Manager, you'll work collaboratively with other members of the Property Leadership Team to develop and deliver our strategic vision.
Please apply by attaching your CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.
What it's like to work here
We have huge ambitions for our property, and this is an exciting time to be joining the team. Your days will be as varied as the seasons and landscapes we look after. You'll be developed in your role and supported to have what you need to be successful in your endeavours. Friendly colleagues will inspire you with their passion for nature, their climate ambitions, history, beauty and heritage.
What you'll be doing
Working across a complex range of services, and seen as an expert in your field, you'll champion a one team approach with staff and volunteers working side by side. You'll ensure our volunteering & community offer is rooted in best practice and aligned with local, regional, and national volunteering ambitions. Your passion for volunteering, commitment to diversity & inclusion and tenacity will help drive our ‘Everyone Welcome’ property aspirations.
Who we're looking for
To be successful in this role you’ll be:
- An expert in your field and confident in your ability to make our volunteering & community vision a reality
- Creative in your approach, always striving for continuous improvement in everything you do
- A champion for inclusion, diversity, and access
- Experience with working alongside communities and volunteers and can demonstrate a broad range of participation and partnership work
- You have excellent communication and engagement skills, are persuasive, have credible influencing skills
- An active listener with keen coaching skills
- Confident and capable of working collaboratively
The package
The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
Benefits for working at the National Trust include:
- Flexible working whenever possible
- Free parking at most locations
- Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
- Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.
Company
The National Trust is committed to promoting and preserving those places of natural beauty and historic interest for which it has the privilege to be responsible for the benefit of the nation, for everyone for ever.
The Trust is proud of what has been achieved over the last 126 years and is determined to maintain those high standards of conservation, stewardship and curatorial care for which it has been recognised throughout the world.
Its achievements have enabled the general public and the Trust’s members and visitors to enjoy and appreciate the countryside, coastline, gardens, historic buildings and collections, all of which encapsulate so much of the history of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There is a duty to tell that history in a complete, balanced and accurate way, and without judgement.
The National Trust continues as a guardian of the past, and for the future, to uphold its duty to maintain and enhance what has been entrusted to its care.
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