Regional Lead Volunteer of North West England

About the role

Your day-to-day tasks within the role will vary but the following key tasks will feature in some form:

• Ensure that each County in the Region has effective leadership by appointing and supporting County Lead Volunteers to lead their teams to deliver Scouting’s strategic objectives.
• Build and maintain a sense of regional team by holding regular team meetings with the County Lead Volunteers, Assistant Regional Lead Volunteers and Growth & Communities Team staff to collaborate and provide peer support.
• Together with the County Lead Volunteers, agree the regional priorities and produce a plan to deliver these to meet Scouting’s vision and strategic objectives.
• Ensure that problems within the region are resolved so that an effective volunteering culture is encouraged and County Lead Volunteers feel supported to deal with challenging issues, including complaints in a timely manner.
• Play an active part within Team England by attending 3 x meetings per year for Regional Lead Volunteers and twice yearly meetings for Regional and County Lead Volunteers to contribute to the development of Scouting within England.
• Represent the England Leadership Team and national Scouting within Counties and Districts by attending events.
• Support team members or other Scouts volunteers by contributing ideas or coaching them to find solutions to their challenges.