Salary: £25,877 - £30,444 per annum (dependent on experience)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-Time
Location: Poole, Dorset, England
Location description: Site essential
Interview location: Poole
Interview date: w/c 6 July
Closing Date: 28-06-2026
Reference: 21674
About us
Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Volunteer Experience Team. We are looking for someone with excellent customer service skills to ensure all our volunteers, supporters, and enquirers feel that the RNLI is the most loved and best supported charity.
Your role
As a Volunteer Experience Officer, you will be part of a fast-paced environment, focused on:
- Receiving and making telephone calls with our volunteers (this will be with our volunteers in our Retail Shops, Fundraising and Engagement teams)
- Supporting our volunteers with the creation of support materials on RNLI systems, which include marketing posters, invitations, and tickets
- Supporting our volunteers with the provision of resources, including sourcing RNLI mascots and marquees, collection equipment and shop merchandise
- Taking telephone payments of all kinds, setting up and cancelling memberships and processing online shop orders in order to assist with Supporter Experience and Retail delivery at peak times
- Efficiently using a number of different systems
- Meeting agreed deadlines to deliver against performance indicators and service level agreements
About you
As a Volunteer Experience Officer, you will provide a first-class service to all retail and engagement volunteers, key individuals and volunteer groups to secure support, nurture relationships and increase levels of engagement. You will also be a proactive team player who can juggle priorities.
To be considered for this role, you will need to have:
- Proven customer service skills
- Experience of receiving and making telephone calls regularly
- Experience of using a variety of databases and systems
- Experience of working in an office-based environment
So, if you have a passion for fundraising and volunteering and are looking to be part of a successful team, this could be the role for you. Please apply via the button shown.
Safeguarding
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Diversity at the RNLI
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable) and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One
Salary description
£25877.00 - £30444.00 per year