Local Groups Network Manager

You'll work with our Local Groups Volunteer Coordinator and People Officer (Volunteer Support) to ensure the effective recruitment, training, support, and retention of Local Group Coordinators, building and maintaining a thriving network. You'll develop and maintain internal infrastructure to support and professionalise Local Groups, enabling them to act as community and campaign arms for Humanists UK. This is done in a consultative manner to ensure alignment with the wider Humanists UK ways of working and operations. You'll also collaborate with key stakeholders to enhance Local Groups' professionalism and create resources such as guidance documents and training materials. You'll set and monitor targets to help Local Groups achieve programme outcomes and you'll manage and develop the Local Groups budget, ensuring resources are aligned with annual and long-term goals. Key Tasks & Activities

• Manage the Local Groups programme, monitoring outcomes and adjusting strategies where necessary.
• Oversee the expansion of Local Groups into new locations and ensure a smooth transition for newly established groups.
• Support established Local Groups by providing ongoing guidance, helping them create annual plans, and acting as a key point of contact.
• Develop and maintain a Resource Hub, providing essential tools and resources to volunteers to ensure their success.
• Facilitate learning, development, and mentoring activities that enhance volunteer capabilities.
• Work collaboratively across teams to ensure systems and processes align with the needs of the Local Groups programme and Humanists UK ways of working., Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.
  
  We are looking for a passionate and experienced individual to lead our Humanists Local Groups programme as part of our dynamic People Team. As the Local Groups Network Manager you'll play a pivotal role in expanding and professionalising our Local Group model, helping us develop humanist communities across the UK.
You'll have experience working in a distributed organisational structure (Hub and Spoke or federated structure) leading regional representatives. Ideally you'll have experience managing volunteers so you can lead our network of volunteer coordinators who are at the heart of building local Humanists communities. You'll be comfortable to lead on the strategic development of our Local Groups, empowering volunteers to represent Humanists UK at the grassroots level, and support them as local community and campaign leaders., You have strong project and programme management skills, with a proven track record of overseeing complex, multi-faceted projects. You are skilled in building and nurturing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including volunteers, and you excel in fostering collaboration. You are proactive and creative in developing strategies that support volunteers, expanding and improving the services they deliver. You are a clear and confident communicator, able to channel enthusiasm and ideas while managing expectations. You have experience managing volunteers or working in community engagement

At Humanists UK, our dream is of a tolerant world where rational thinking and kindness prevail. Our dedicated staff of 44 and hundreds of volunteers work hard to achieve this aim and we now have a vacancy for a Local Group Network Manager.