Charity Assistant - Volunteering Team

Based at the L&D, this is an exciting opportunity to work with our Voluntary Services Teams across both sites.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced administrator to assist with volunteer recruitment within the Voluntary Services Functions and to help improve efficiency across the team and increase the support we provide Trust wide. Knowledge and experience in customer care is therefore essential.

Voluntary Services is part of the Trust's Charity and is responsible for an amazing team of volunteers who enhance the patient experience, support staff across the Trust and add another dimension to patient care. You will also be required to provide admin support to the Fundraising team as needed and support with functions across the Trust.

The post holder should have experience of a range of administrative procedures and be IT literate, having a knowledge of all office applications, as well as the ability to use the internet and appropriate databases. Alongside this, it is important that you have experience of dealing face to face with people from a range of backgrounds. You will have the agility and flexibility to manage changing priorities on a daily basis.

This post is part time, 25 hours per week., Assisting the Voluntary Services team in the recruitment and support of volunteers across both sites you will ensure that all admin functions relating to the volunteer service are effectively undertaken and managed. Our relationships with our volunteers and our donors are important to us. You will be expected to be a friendly face to uphold and enhance this within your work here.You will support the team to introduce new volunteer programmes, and to actively promote and support us in seeking and recruiting volunteers from our diverse communities and establishing links with some of the harder to reach communities.You will also be required to provide efficient Admin support to the Charity Team across both sites to ensure further developing a quality service designed to enhance the patient experience, actively promoting the Charity.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.