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Volunteer Development Director

London

£60k - £65k Negotiable + pension

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Save the Children is the world’s independent children’s charity. We’re working flat out to get every child their rights and we’re determined to make further, faster changes. How many? How fast? It’s up to you.

The role of Volunteer Development Director underpins our strategy to deliver breakthroughs for children. It leads our vision to ensure our supporters are at the heart of everything we do.

This newly created ground breaking opportunity will see you realise our radical strategy to engage the nation in all aspects of our work. We are to become a truly a supporter led organisation, from campaigning to the delivery of our programme work, with active local communities across the UK.

Leading a team of 28 paid staff, your brief will be to develop and implement a strategy to deepen the engagement of our existing supporters, while inspiring a new wave of people to give their time, energy and skills. Our vision is for volunteers to be embedded in Save the Children maximising our impact for children.

You’ll have responsibility to lead a senior project team in developing and implementing a strategy for delivering our volunteer vision, building innovative new functions to support them in ways of working.

We see you as someone who has led and inspired communities at scale to create a lasting impact, through charity, politics, marketing, public sector or other environments. Having delivered against substantial profit and loss, you’re a leader who displays conviction to carry people through periods of change, with challenging goals

In return we offer a great salary, pension and the opportunity to have a lasting impact.

It’s a unique role in a rapidly evolving environment, where technology and organisational support are just two tools at your disposal to make it happen and create dramatic change for children.

Closing date: Midnight 22nd February. Interviews: 2nd and 4th March, however there is some flexibility around these dates.

For a confidential conversation on the role and our vision please contact Quinton Seemann at Save the Children - 0207 012 6536

Best Charity to Work for – Charity Times Awards 2009

Best Fundraising Charity to Work for – Institute of Fundraising Awards 2008