Volunteer and Victims Coordinator

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Merseyside is an elected individual whose job it is to make sure Merseyside Police is run effectively and act as your voice on policing issues in the region. The purpose of the Volunteer and Victims Coordinator is to coordinate the PCC's volunteer schemes including the Independent Custody Visitor (ICV) and Animal Welfare Scheme (AWS) working with key partners to ensure that schemes operate effectively, support the safeguarding & welfare of custody detainees and contributes to improvements in working practices across Custody Suites & operational animal-handling units. The post holder will be responsible for all aspects of administrative & logistics arrangements to ensure the delivery of schemes including volunteer coordination, producing relevant reports of performance, meeting & event arrangement and the organisation of training & briefings as required. The post holder will also provide a broad administrative support function to a wide range of victim-related projects and activity across the OPCC, for example the Victim Programme Board and VAWG-related initiatives.

• An understanding or experience of the management of volunteer schemes, and/or awareness of victim services
• Able to work both flexibly and effectively across a range of multi-faceted teams responsible for a range of functions
• Proficiency in various I.T packages such as Microsoft Office
• Experience of supporting the administration of volunteer or victim's schemes
• Self-motivated, capable of using own initiative to plan & organise workload
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• High level of interpersonal & communication skills - written & verbal -especially in succinct composition of reports
• Capacity to develop & maintain positive relationships & partnerships with a wide range of different people from different organisations
• Excellent problem-solving skills with creative mindset to identify & implement solutions
  
  Flexi time policy
• Free onsite parking
• On site Gym
• Local Government Pension
• On site bistro
• Staff networks
• Wellbeing programme