Are you an active volunteer in your community and passionate about volunteering?
Volunteering Barnet (part of Groundwork London) is seeking a Volunteer Officer who will inspire and enable prospective volunteers to find roles in many different voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations across the London Borough of Barnet.
Volunteering Barnet is Barnet’s Volunteer Centre. We aim to connect prospective volunteers with a wide range of roles across VCFSE organisations in Barnet, and ensure their experience as a volunteer is positive. More information about Volunteering Barnet can be found here. All the roles we are currently promoting and activity seeking volunteers for, can be found here.
As the Volunteer Officer, you will be the primary contact for prospective volunteers, providing both remote and in person support to access our volunteering opportunity database, identify suitable volunteering opportunities and help volunteers to apply / start in volunteering roles. Our service is for everyone who lives, works and studies in Barnet, therefore the post holder can expect to attend community and education outreach events, undertake targeted work with communities including asylum seekers and other marginalised groups / global majority communities and support the brokerage of corporate volunteers, including council employees.
The role is varied. Key requirements for the role include:
- Passionate about volunteering; experienced volunteer
- Strong digital skills in the use of databases
- Able verbal and written communicator
- Data analysis; identifying data trends
- Flexible and collaborative when working with a team
Lived experience working, living or studying in Barnet or with the Barnet VCFSE sector is desirable.
Volunteering Barnet is part of the award-winning Barnet Together Partnership; a collaboration between Inclusion Barnet, Volunteering Barnet and Young Barnet Foundation, to promote quality training, volunteering support and to provide vital resources and advice for Barnet’s community organisations. Read the Barnet Together manifesto
Delivering an inclusive volunteering programme is important to us, so lived experience of disability would be advantageous.
Apply now!
Click below to download an Application Form, Job Description and Career Prospectus:
Application Form
Job Description
Careers Prospectus
Please return completed applications to londonjobs@groundwork.org.uk quoting reference 1270/VOB
For further information and to discuss the role please contact Anna Denham at anna.denham@groundwork.org.uk
Closing date for applications: Midday, 21st August 2025
Interview date: Thursday, 28th August 2025. Interviews to be held in person at Groundwork London office in Waterloo
Groundwork London is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community.