Organisation: Cumbria CVS

Salary Details: £29,773 - £32,092 FTE

Closing date for applications: 30 Apr 2025

Cumbria CVS is currently recruiting a Volunteering for Health Strategic Lead (South Cumbria) for 22.5 hours per week from June 2025-March 2027 to be based in one of our offices (Kendal/Ulverston) although hybrid working is available.

This role is to be the Cumbria CVS Volunteering for Health Strategic Lead (South Cumbria) for the NHS Volunteering for Health Programme and to work in collaboration with the South Cumbria and Lancashire partnership which includes Lancaster Hospital Teaching Trust Charity, Blackburn with Darwen CVS, LACVS, Spring North, and Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde.

The role is to develop a strategic approach to enable and embed health and social care volunteering for all volunteer-involving health & care organisations at a place-based level. The role involves establishing a new South Cumbria health and social care volunteering partnership at a ‘place-based’ level, with coordination at the ICB level, connected to VCFSE networks, as well as developing a volunteering strategy.

Working collaboratively with CVS’s across Lancashire this role will support developing new quality standards for volunteer involving organisations across the health system and develop common training programmes for volunteer managers and volunteers, sharing good practice in volunteer management and developing a Volunteering Portal and platform for sharing resources and toolkits.

Please send your CV and covering letter as an expression of interest for the role to hr@cumbriacvs.org.uk by 9am on 30 April 2025.

Download the job description and person specification here

Find out more about working for Cumbria CVS here

 

How to apply

Please apply by submitting your CV and supporting statement of no more than 2 sides of A4 stating your reason for applying for the post and how your skills, knowledge and experience specifically match the job description and person specification for this role. We value life skills and un-paid work, so please include reference to these if relevant, as well as accounting for any gaps in your employment or education history.

Applicants must also complete and return the separate Declaration Form, which can be downloaded here.

We would also be grateful if you would complete and return our Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form, which can also be here.

Please email your CV, supporting statement, completed Declaration and Equality & Diversity monitoring forms to: hr@cumbriacvs.org.uk by the closing date.

Receipt of your application will be acknowledged, and all applicants will be notified of the outcome of the shortlisting whether selected for interview or not.  Applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.  References will only be taken up for the successful applicant.

Cumbria CVS strives to be an equal opportunities employer. Disabled applicants and veterans who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed.

Applications should come directly to hr@cumbriacvs.org.uk