Community Health Volunteer Coordinator

Job Description

**Posting Start Date**:15/10/2024**Req ID**:1946**Job Title**:Community Health Volunteer Coordinator (Community Development Worker)**Employment Status**:Fixed Term Part Time**Job Location**:Frankston- **Fixed Term Part Time Opportunity until October 2025**
- **Generous Salary Packaging - More Pay In Your Pocket**
- **Frankston, Mornington Peninsula and Surrounds**
- **Classification: COMM DEV WKR CL2B YR1 - YR7 (XX7 - ON15)**

**Who We Are and What We Stand For**

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.

In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values**:Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative**. We are One Peninsula Health.

**What You Will Be Doing**

Calling all Community Development Workers - Join our team at Peninsula Health as a Community Health Volunteer Coordinator, where you'll play a vital role in managing and supporting volunteers across our services. Based in Frankston Integrated Community Health, you will oversee daily operations, including recruitment, training, and supervision, while collaborating with staff to enhance volunteer participation. This fixed-term, part-time position (48 hours a fortnight) requires innovative thinking and a commitment to best practices in volunteer management.

Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

- Lead and maintain a positive culture for volunteers and users of volunteer services in Peninsula Health Community Health.
- Manage the human resource aspect of delivering a volunteer service including, policy development, recruitment, selection, orientation, training and placement of volunteers in Community Health services.
- Support, recognise and reward volunteers as appropriate.
- Oversight of the administration of the service including ensuring reporting deadlines for narrative and statistics are met.

**What You Need**

We anticipate you will have:

- Relevant Human Services qualification and/or significant experience working within a community service environment
- Experience in coordinating and/ or managing volunteer programs and services
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with consumers, colleagues, and multi-disciplinary teams at all levels.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate a range of activities, set priorities work independently to achieve agreed performance objectives
- Current Victorian Driver’s licence

**To view the position description, please use the following link**:Position Description**

**What Next**

****

If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.

**For further position information, please contact Laura Flynn on (03) 9788 1831 - Please note that this advertisement will close 25th October 2024.**

**Additional Requirements**

We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.
- Please refer to salary circular for Victorian Public Health Sector (Allied Health Professionals) Enterprise Agreement 2021-2026 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.

It is strongly recommended that individuals in this role remain up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations.

**Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.