Volunteer Coordinator
Location: Geelong, VIC
Report to Operations Manager
About Geelong Foodshare
Geelong Foodshare is dedicated to nurturing our community with healthy food and creating impactful social change. As a pillar of food security in the Greater Geelong region, we partner with local organisations to support sustainable, long-term solutions for food access. Serving as the foundation of food security, we strive to empower communities and enhance resilience.
The Opportunity
Join Geelong Foodshare as our Volunteer Coordinator and play a key role in the journey to make a meaningful difference in our community! We’re seeking a passionate, motivated individual to oversee and enhance our volunteer program, engaging a dedicated team of over 200 regular volunteers, and developing our corporate and school volunteering programs.
As Volunteer Coordinator, you’ll drive the growth of our volunteer workforce, ensuring effective recruitment, onboarding, training, rostering and retention strategies. You will identify opportunities for corporate and school partnerships, developing volunteering programs in collaboration with the operations team. A significant focus of this role will be transitioning our volunteer management to an innovative rostering platform via Better Impact, to streamline scheduling.
You'll work closely with our CEO and team to foster a safe, vibrant, and fulfilling experience for our volunteers, who are vital to our mission of building food security through a collaborative network.
If you’re excited about community impact, adept at managing diverse relationships, and eager to implement innovative volunteer solutions, we’d love to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities
* Recruitment & Onboarding: Lead advertising, interviewing, screening, and onboarding of new volunteers.
* Engagement & Retention: Maintain ongoing communication with volunteers through regular check-ins and feedback, fostering a positive experience.
* Training & Development: Deliver volunteer inductions, facilitate training sessions, and ensure volunteers are equipped to support our mission.
* Volunteer Rostering: Oversee the transition of rostering via Better Impact to enhance scheduling and streamline management.
* Stakeholder Collaboration: Developing partnerships with local referral pathways (e.g., councils, schools, businesses) to promote recruitment.
* Quality Assurance & Documentation: Ensure all volunteer activities are documented, compliant, and quality assured within the Better Impact system.
* Volunteer Events: Organise and lead volunteer recognition events, creating a cohesive and engaged community.
* Administrative Support: Maintain accurate volunteer records, support continuous improvement initiatives, and meet organisational objectives through effective administrative management.
Ideal Candidate
You are an inspiring relationship-builder who thrives on making a tangible impact in your community. You bring experience in volunteer management, with strong skills in recruitment, onboarding, and engagement. Your organisational skills allow you to balance multiple demands effortlessly, while your tech-savviness will enable you to champion our shift to online volunteer rostering via Better Impact. Your creative thinking enables you to identify opportunities for partnerships and innovative volunteer programs.
You are:
* Passionate about community and people-focused
* Skilled in admin, IT, and reporting
* Highly organised and attentive to detail
* Energetic, flexible, and proactive in problem-solving
* Committed to delivering a top-tier volunteer experience
* Collaborative team member
Join us at Geelong Foodshare to help us support sustainable long-term social change through innovative volunteer management!