Volunteer Services Business Support
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role provides high-quality administrative, clerical, and coordination support across Voluntary Services, Heart and Soul, and Involvement and Partnerships teams. The post holder will support volunteering, participation, and engagement activities through recruitment administration, database management, communications, and general business administration. They will act as a key point of contact for volunteers, participants, staff, and stakeholders, ensuring efficient processes and accurate record keeping. The role involves supporting recruitment, maintaining records, processing DBS checks, managing finances, and coordinating communications.
Essential criteria
- Excellent computer skills of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point)
- Ability to tabulate information and input data.
- Experience of dealing with confidential issues
- Experience of organising and supporting meetings and events within an organisation
- Knowledge & Skills
- Excellent communication skills - oral, written and telephone.
- Methodical and well organised
- Proven ability to prioritise demanding workload
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations
- Education/Qualification
- Excellent computer skills of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point)
- Ability to tabulate information and input data.
- Experience of dealing with confidential issues
- Experience of organising and supporting meetings and events within an organisation
- Knowledge & Skills
- Excellent communication skills - oral, written and telephone.
- Methodical and well organised
- Proven ability to prioritise demanding workload
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Volunteer Services Business Support
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
Business Support provides high-quality administrative, clerical and coordination support across Voluntary Services, Heart and Soul, and the Involvement and Partnerships teams within CPFT. Reporting to the Voluntary Services Manager, the role supports the effective delivery of volunteering, participation and engagement activities through recruitment administration, database management, communications, procurement, finance support and general business administration. The post holder acts as a key point of contact for volunteers, participants, staff and stakeholders, helping to ensure efficient processes, accurate record keeping and a positive experience for all involved in the services.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities include supporting volunteer and participant recruitment processes, maintaining accurate databases and records, processing DBS documentation, raising purchase orders, managing expenses, coordinating communications, and providing day-to-day administrative support to service leads. The post holder will act as a first point of contact for volunteers, participants, staff and external stakeholders, ensuring enquiries are handled professionally and efficiently. They will also support the promotion of volu
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