Volunteering Development Officer – Northern Ireland

ABOUT US

The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We want to see a world
where trees and woods thrive for people and nature. The Trust engages and inspires people to
make a difference tackling the nature and climate crisis helping protect, restore and create
our vital woods and trees.

THE ROLE

The Volunteering Development Officer in Northern Ireland will help support the Trust-wide
volunteering strategy to increase volunteering opportunities and ensure our volunteers have a
meaningful and enjoyable experience. They will be responsible for working with our other
country and regional VDOs and the Head Office Volunteering Development team to create and help
deliver a volunteering strategy for the region that responds to regional need, adapts to the
changing trends in volunteering, and maximises opportunities for volunteers to add value to our
work.

Our Volunteering Development Officer will work across Northern Ireland, to deliver volunteer
events, develop woodland working groups, support the management of volunteers, build skills and
knowledge across our volunteer force locally, develop opportunities to engage with youth
volunteers and manage the Northern Ireland volunteer speaker programme.

THE CANDIDATE

You’ll need hands-on experience working with volunteers including recruiting, training and
managing volunteers with positive outcomes. You’ll have experience organising and running
events to best practice and be target driven to successfully achieve long term goals. You’ll be
results focussed, have great attention to detail, organised and able to find innovative and
workable solutions to problems. 

With clear understanding of the benefits of volunteering and plenty experience working directly
with volunteers, you’ll have excellent interpersonal skills, be talented at developing
meaningful relationships quickly and be able to confidently collaborate with a wide range of
people, inspiring volunteers and employees to get involved. 

Our Organisational Nature enables us to better understand what it means to be part of the
Woodland Trust, empowering us to make an impact, every day. We want you to be able to role
model our values; ‘Grow Together’, ‘Focus’, ‘Explore’ and ‘Make it Count’ to ensure each of us
plays our part in helping to protect, restore and create our woods and trees.

A full UK driving licence and /or the ability to undertake travel, sometimes to remote
locations, is essential. This role requires a willingness to undergo a DBS check.

WHAT TO EXPECT BY JOINING A TEAM AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE

There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Joining the team, you will be making
your contribution to tackling the nature and climate crisis. In return, we recognise and value
our people. You’ll have our full support, training, and opportunities for professional
development, along with a contributory pension, life assurance, good holiday allowance and the
opportunity to work flexibly from home.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

At the Woodland Trust, we want to reflect and represent the full richness of diversity in the
UK. Fewer of our employees are Black, Asian or minority ethnic; disabled; from lower
socio-economic backgrounds or under 25; so, we are particularly keen to receive your
application if you are from one or more of these groups. We can also discuss anything you may
need to achieve your full potential at any stage of the process. We assess your application
solely on your demonstrated suitability for the job. Nothing else.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable
applications. If you are interested, we’d encourage you to submit your application as early as
possible.