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Closing date: Monday 13 April 2026
Location: Andover Office, Hybrid or home based
Hours: 21 hours per week (over 3 days)
Salary: £17,400 - £19,200 per year
Contract: Permanent, part time
Interview date: 15 and 16 April 2026

Closing date: 9 AM, 13 April 2026

Are you an experienced volunteer recruiter who would love to use your skills to help us Beat Macular Disease?

Key accountabilities of the role:

Develop and implement a volunteer recruitment plan that assess the requirements for volunteers in each department and across various teams.

• Recruit new volunteers, through advertising and events
• Manage the end-to-end process for volunteers, including onboarding and offboarding, ensuring all processes are compliant with safeguarding and data protection requirements.
• Maintain the database and other records.
• Work with the Volunteer Communication and Learning Officer to develop and manage regular communication channels to all volunteers to ensure they have up to date information and are fully informed.
• Ensuring that volunteer applications to Macular Society are dealt with in a timely manner and followed up to ensure that they are being supported and given an appropriate role to suit their skills and needs.
• Work with others to demonstrate and communicate the impact that volunteering can have for volunteers and for those who the charity
  supports.
• Promote inclusive and accessible recruitment practices to ensure volunteering opportunities are open to a diverse range of people.

In return we provide a great working culture and offer flexible working options, 27 days annual leave, the ability to buy or sell annual leave, supportive family policies, and 6% pension contribution.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

Some occasional travel required.

Please view the full job specification at: http://www.macularsociety.org/vacancies

To hear what our teams say about working here please visit: https://www.macularsociety.org/careers/what-our-teams-say/

Please address any questions by email to: lucindahardy@macularsociety.org

To apply please email your CV with a covering letter outline why you are suitable for the role to: recruitment@macularsociety.org