Volunteering & Community Assistant - Ashbourne

Working with the Senior Volunteering & Community Officer, you will support the daily organisation of volunteering and provide administration and event support. You will work closely alongside the varied team of volunteers, helping them get the best from their volunteering journey. Hours: 15 hours a week. The main working days for this position are Thursdays and Fridays. This role also includes occasional weekend working.

• Good organisational skills and attention to detail
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and work in collaboration with other departments
• Ability to work well in a team
• Good IT skills (Microsoft Office)
• Willingness to work alongside volunteers and able to support volunteers to perform at their best
  
  The Children's Country House at Sudbury is a new visitor offer for children and families, offering a playful heritage day out. We opened in Spring of 2022. Over the past few years, Sudbury's family audience has grown substantially, and children are vitally important to our future. We've worked alongside children and their families to design a heritage attraction that works for them and makes them feel engaged and empowered. Every member of our team will be focused on the key goal of engaging children with heritage and making our work as playful, accessible and inclusive as possible. We have the highest standards of conservation and care for our collections and buildings, and we carry out this purpose with and for the children who visit us. Our offer is unique, deeply authentic and profoundly impactful as is the team that works here., The National Trust is committed to promoting and preserving those places of natural beauty and historic interest for which it has the privilege to be responsible for the benefit of the nation, for everyone for ever.
The Trust is proud of what has been achieved over the last 126 years and is determined to maintain those high standards of conservation, stewardship and curatorial care for which it has been recognised throughout the world. Its achievements have enabled the general public and the Trust's members and visitors to enjoy and appreciate the countryside, coastline, gardens, historic buildings and collections, all of which encapsulate so much of the history of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There is a duty to tell that history in a complete, balanced and accurate way, and without judgement. The National Trust continues as a guardian of the past, and for the future, to uphold its duty to maintain and enhance what has been entrusted to its care.

The National Trust has the motto 'For everyone, for ever' at its heart. We're working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It's important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we're for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• EV car lease scheme
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most Trust places