Job Description

St Teresas Hospice, Darlington is seeking a Coordinator for the Darlington Volunteering for Health Hub.
Darlington Volunteers is a funded partnership between Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland, Darlington Association on Disability, St Teresas Hospice and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Charity.
Based at St Teresa's Hospice, you will work with Darlington Volunteers partners and other local organisations to continue our project, developing and delivering an inclusive, contemporary, clear and supportive pathway to volunteering within health and social care in Darlington.
This is an exciting time to join the project, as we are ready to launch our online hub for organisations and volunteers in Darlington to register.
If you are passionate about removing barriers to volunteering and supporting the volunteering journey, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Location: St Teresas Hospice, The Woodlands, Woodland Road, Darlington, DL3 7UA.
Hours: 24 hours per week, over 3 to 5 days Monday to Friday. As the project develops, you may need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the hub and its users, which may include some evening and/or weekend work.
Fixed Term Contract Duration: up to 30 June 2027. Post available immediately.
St Teresas Hospice Band 3: 15,984 per annum actual for 24 hours per week (based on a full-time equivalent salary of 24,975).
Main duties of the job
This role will contribute to developing infrastructure to maximise the potential of volunteering within the local health and social care sector, including support with recruitment, selection and compliance checks and centralised induction via a new volunteering hub.
You will work with local organisations supporting and engaging volunteers, and with people looking to volunteer in health and social care in the local area, including prospective volunteers for St Teresas Hospice, for the other core Darlington Volunteers partners, and for other local partner organisations.
Your employer will be Teresas Hospice, a forward thinking, inclusive registered Charity with Inpatient, Outpatient and Hospice at Home services, providing care and support to palliative patients and their families in their own homes and at St Teresas Hospice.
Essential skills and experience include:

• Experience of working directly with the general public, and/or volunteers or prospective volunteers
• Experience of working in an administrative role, and maintaining confidential record-keeping systems
• Understanding of equality and diversity legislation and best practice including Equality Act 2010
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

For further details, please see the job description and person specification.
An induction and ongoing training will be provided.
Successful applicants are required to provide a basic disclosure; expense met by St Teresas Hospice. All posts subject to 6 month probationary period.
About us
Join an organisation where we all work together for a shared charitable goal, based in beautiful grounds, with a community feel and an inclusive culture.
Benefits of working for St T's include:

• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working schemes
• Generous company annual leave, sick pay, and maternity/paternity/adoption pay entitlements
• Opportunities to attend and participate in fun and exciting fundraising and awareness events
• Workforce events, including long service awards
• Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling/CBT
• Discounted complementary therapies including acupuncture & massage
• Onsite Bistro
• Free eye tests for computer users
• Hospice-based staff are eligible for free annual flu jabs
• Free will-writing service via Octopus Legacy
• Free yoga classes, discounted local leisure centre membership and eligibility for Blue Light discount card

Please contact HR for further details.
St Teresas Hospice complies with GDPR during the recruitment and selection process. For information on how we process your data, please see the NHS Jobs Privacy Notice and St Teresas Hospice Recruitment Privacy Notice.
St Teresas Hospice is a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to employing and retaining disabled people, and we encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Our core values are:

• A welcoming space
• Dedicated to care
• Compassion in all we do
• Support at every stage
• Excellence in everything

Details
Date posted
15 January 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
24,975 a year pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
17 months
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
B0481-26-0000
Job locations
The Woodlands
Woodland Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 7UA
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main purpose:
To develop, set up and deliver the activities of the Darlington Volunteering for Health Hub based at St Teresa's Hospice, on behalf of the Darlington Volunteers partnership.
This post will focus on developing infrastructure to maximise the potential of volunteering within the local health and social care sector, including support with recruitment, selection and compliance checks and centralised induction.
Further information:
Darlington Volunteers is a funded partnership between lead partner Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland (CADRC), Darlington Association on Disability (DAD), St Teresa's Hospice and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Charity.
The main aims of the partnership are to:

• develop local volunteering infrastructure
• increase volunteer diversity
• use co-production and support to minimise barriers and increase volunteer voice
• develop, build and grow NHS Charities County Durham and Darlington Hospital Discharge Programme.

Darlington Volunteers is funded as part of the national Volunteering for Health programme that is being delivered in partnership by NHS England, NHS Charities Together and CW+, the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
It is being designed to deliver the recommendations of the NHS Volunteering Taskforce published in June 2023. It will deliver grant funding to around 15 local systems (including Darlington Volunteers)to develop robust volunteering infrastructure, break down barriers and test new volunteering.
Volunteering for Health will also use learning from grant-funded systems to increase understanding of the impact of volunteering on healthcare delivery, influence national and local policy making, and develop guidance and best practice for all systems.
This is a summary of the key duties - for further info please see the full & Person Spec document which is available to download. Job description
Job responsibilities
Main purpose:
To develop, set up and deliver the activities of the Darlington Volunteering for Health Hub based at St Teresa's Hospice, on behalf of the Darlington Volunteers partnership.
This post will focus on developing infrastructure to maximise the potential of volunteering within the local health and social care sector, including support with recruitment, selection and compliance checks and centralised induction.
Further information:
Darlington Volunteers is a funded partnership between lead partner Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland (CADRC), Darlington Association on Disability (DAD), St Teresa's Hospice and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Charity.
The main aims of the partnership are to:

• develop local volunteering infrastructure
• increase volunteer diversity
• use co-production and support to minimise barriers and increase volunteer voice
• develop, build and grow NHS Charities County Durham and Darlington Hospital Discharge Programme.

Darlington Volunteers is funded as part of the national Volunteering for Health programme that is being delivered in partnership by NHS England, NHS Charities Together and CW+, the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
It is being designed to deliver the recommendations of the NHS Volunteering Taskforce published in June 2023. It will deliver grant funding to around 15 local systems (including Darlington Volunteers)to develop robust volunteering infrastructure, break down barriers and test new volunteering.
Volunteering for Health will also use learning from grant-funded systems to increase understanding of the impact of volunteering on healthcare delivery, influence national and local policy making, and develop guidance and best practice for all systems.
This is a summary of the key duties - for further info please see the full & Person Spec document which is available to download.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Working directly with the general public, and/or volunteers or prospective volunteers
• Working in an administrative role and maintaining confidential record-keeping systems

Desirable

• Working in a charity or other not for profit setting
• Working within an HR or volunteering team
• Co-production with service users and stakeholders

Knowledge
Desirable

• Knowledge of local area and voluntary sector organisations

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Working directly with the general public, and/or volunteers or prospective volunteers
• Working in an administrative role and maintaining confidential record-keeping systems

Desirable

• Working in a charity or other not for profit setting
• Working within an HR or volunteering team
• Co-production with service users and stakeholders

Knowledge
Desirable

• Knowledge of local area and voluntary sector organisations

Skills Required