Volunteer Coordinator

Caring Cuisine is a not-for-profit meal provider with a proud 50 year legacy of supporting the elderly and vulnerable members of the Brisbane community. Originally operating as Meals on Wheels Western Suburbs and Meals on Wheels Mitchelton and rebranding in March 2023, Caring Cuisine plays a vital role enabling older Australians to enjoy living independently in the familiar surroundings and comfort of their own home. Our team of staff and volunteers prepare healthy, fresh food for our clients, and provide them with social interaction during meal deliveries.

Over the last 12 months, Caring Cuisine has experienced a rapid increase in demand for services, and has commenced the development of volunteer “hubs” across the Brisbane area. 

Caring Cuisine currently operates out of two main facilities at St Lucia and Mitchelton, as well as volunteer hubs in Taigum, Kedron, Kenmore, and Cannon Hill. Over the coming months, Caring Cuisine expects to set up several more hub locations across Brisbane.

The Volunteer Coordinator will be required to operate out of different hubs across Brisbane each day, and as such requires access to a reliable vehicle. 

Duties

• Proactively promote volunteer opportunities via formal advertising, community outreach (including B2B) and social media channels 
• Produce volunteer rosters to meet the operational needs of Caring Cuisine, and circulate those rosters to volunteers at regular intervals in advance of each roster period 
• Conduct training to ensure volunteers have an appropriate induction and understanding of their role, and are informed of any procedural changes that may become effective from time to time 
• Build comradery with volunteers across different volunteer hubs
• Ensure accurate volunteer data, information and statistics are collected and maintained, including maintaining volunteer details in Caring Cuisine’s CRM system, and tracking volunteer recruitment and coordination efforts using Monday
• Ensure volunteers are appropriately recognised and rewarded, including acknowledging efforts and achievements internally, and through external opportunities for volunteer recognition 
• Plan and execute approved volunteer engagement events 

 Desired Attributes

• Experience in volunteering locally and/or internationally 
• Experience in recruiting through various channels 
• Demonstrated high level organisation and team coordination abilities 
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with diverse people 
• Demonstrated problem solving skills, and ability to effectively manage time of themselves and volunteers 
• Ability to work under general direction while exercising initiative in the application of work procedures  
• Ability to establish goals/objectives and achieve outcomes related to the management of volunteers 
• Hold and maintain a current open driver’s license 
• Hold and maintain a clear National Police Check 

Full Time or Part Time Options available

There are two options for the role:

• 1 Full Time Position operating across the Brisbane area
• 2 Part Time Positions (8:30am - 1:00pm, Monday - Friday), with one role supporting North Brisbane and the other South Brisbane.

When applying, please indicate whether you wish to be considered for the Full Time role, or a Part Time position (and whether you would prefer North or South), or both.