• Leading Community Services Organisation
• Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration
• Permanent, Part-time position (60.8 hours per fortnight)
• Based in Mount Waverley

About the opportunity

The Volunteer Coordinator will work primarily across the Southern & Eastern metropolitan regions to lead a team of volunteers to enhance the connection between consumers and their community. The Volunteer Coordinator will also be integral in embedding the principles of wellness and reablement, ensuring the team retains a focus on supporting older people to engage in social activities of their choice. This Social Support program facilitates both 1 to 1 consumer/volunteer connections, as well as volunteer-led special interest consumer groups. 

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About you

An ideal candidate will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Welfare, Community Services or equivalent.
• Experience working in Aged Care or Disability and an understanding of the Aged Care Quality Standards
• Minimum of one year in people leadership; ideally with community Aged Care experience.
• Preferred Volunteer leadership/coordination experience
• Current Victorian Driver’s License and Working with Children Check.

How to Apply

If this sounds like you, find out more or apply today. Please upload the following as part of your application:

• Cover Letter (1 page outlining the suitability according to the position description)
• Current Resume (no more than 3 pages)

Get in touch

For more information  or questions regarding the role, please reach out to Rachel Martin, Team Leader, East on 0481 458 365.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. Visit us: unitingvictas.org.au

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and Working With Children Check (in Victoria) and/or Working With Vulnerable People Check (in Tasmania) prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

We work in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We celebrate diversity and value the lived experience of people of every ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation. We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at our services. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.