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Are you a people person with a passion for helping others? This role might be for you.

Voluntary Action Rotherham (VAR) are looking for friendly and reliable volunteers to join our Volunteer Centre team at Voluntary Action Rotherham. Our centre volunteers support our appointments service, helping members of the public to find a volunteer role that is right for them from our menu of local volunteer opportunities on our website. This involves using a laptop to search our menu for roles and helping people to complete a paper based registration form.

We are looking for volunteers who can offer a minimum of x1 - x2 half days per week (3 hour sessions) on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday (AM or PM). Volunteering sessions might vary from week to week, but will be booked in advance (4 week period).
More hours can be negotiated on completion of induction and trial period).

The role involves a mixture of administration and customer facing work, responding to enquiries and face to face support. This is a really rewarding role and great for anyone looking to use and develop their skills in customer service and administration.

Don't just take our word for it though! Here's what one of our previous volunteers said about their experience doing the role:

'I really, really, really enjoyed it and I did that for about nine months. From a personal perspective I felt very enthused and positive about the changes I was making to
people’s lives, just simple things you know, it’s nothing life shattering but none the less; I was having a positive impact on people and that was really valuable to me.'
(Andy has now moved on to paid employment).

We are looking for a friendly, reliable 'people person', with excellent communication skills and I.T. skills who can support people from all walks of life. You will need to be competent using; Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office packages. Full training will be provided on our in house systems. If you are a motivated self-starter, with a passion for helping others, please get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

Achieved - Rotherham Volunteer Management Award - Excellence in managing volunteers.