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Do you want to work for the UK's largest children's charity?

Are you inspired by the idea of contributing to a service that promotes better health outcomes for children and young people?

Do you want to join a team and organisation where you can develop and progress?

Do you want to work in a team who support each other?

If so, join Barnardo's as a Volunteer Coordinator!

Barnardo's and Compass are working in partnership delivering the Young Health Hub (Tower Hamlets) which is a healthy child programme, commissioned by the Public Health team in Tower Hamlets council.

ECHO is the part of this contract delivered by Barnardo's - we listen to children, young people and their families to make sure their voices are heard and influence meaningful change. ECHO also provides system leadership; bringing stakeholders, children, young people, and families together to explore ways to make sure public health services meet their needs.

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our inclusive team - we are resolved to ensuring outcomes for children and young people in Tower Hamlets and are looking for someone who shares our passion. At Barnardo's we believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and promoting wellbeing. Barnardo's Basis and Values are at the heart of all we do...

Respecting the unique worth of every person
Encouraging people to fulfil their potential
Working with hope
Exercising responsible stewardship

If you align with these values and are ready to make a meaningful impact in an organisation that puts our people first, we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for someone with:

An interest in working with the local community
Good attention to detail
Time management and ability to meet deadlines
Communication and relational skills
Organisational skills
Experience using IT packages such as Outlook, Word, Excel
Excellent team spirit and relationship building
A collaborative nature

Many of our volunteers are young people, so we are looking for someone who can demonstrate the qualities, commitment and enthusiasm, and the skills, to support positive experiences for our volunteers, and to develop their knowledge and skills.

The role will also include interactions with children, young people, and families, and safeguarding them is at the core of all we do. Therefore, we are looking for someone who is responsible and accountable, and who can apply Barnardo's policies and procedures in all areas of the role.

You will receive regular supervision and training. We have a strong culture of colleague support and a commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Important Information

We are keen to support local Tower Hamlets residents into paid employment and encourage applications from the local community.

The role is part time – 18 hours - and working patterns can be negotiated with the successful applicant. Usual business hours for the team are Monday to Friday between 9:00am – 6:00pm but the ability to be flexible outside of these hours will be required to meet the needs of the service i.e. to attend events or to accommodate the availability of volunteers.

The team are community based so the ability and flexibility to travel across the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and to other locations for training or work, is essential. The post holder may occasionally be required to work independently within office or community settings.

Pre-employment checks will be required for the role.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values

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Reference number:
23371
Job Title:
Volunteer Co-ordinator
Location:
62758 - Tower Hamlets – Children and Young People
Contract type:
Permanent
Hours:
18
Salary:
£27,554.00 - £31,455.00 (FTE) £13,681.98 - £15,619.03 (pro-rata) Plus Office at Home Allowance - £312.00 per annum
Closing Date:
9 August 2026
Interview Date:
To be confirmed