Chief Volunteer of Wales

About the role:

It is an exciting time to be involved in Scouting as we enter the final year of Skills for Life and look to the future as we develop our future strategy beyond 2025.

We are looking for an inclusive leader, someone who can inspire, lead and support our 4000 volunteers in Wales, by being a great coach, critical friend and motivator to get the best from the people our team is here to support. Joining the team now provides the opportunity to be at forefront of the future of Scouting.

It is our ambition to create a diverse team to lead Scouting into the future, and we believe that we will do that by inviting and involving volunteers from different walks of life with different experiences, different skills and perspectives. 

We are really keen to provide opportunities for people to develop their skills, interests and experience in Scouting in a supportive and enjoyable way. You do not need years of experience in Scouts, we are looking to identify volunteers with the right skills and experience to lead the team in Wales into the future, we are looking for potential and enthusiasm for what we are here to achieve together for young people and who we can help support and develop along the way.

Read on to find out more about how you or someone you know could get involved – give it a go, apply yourself or nominate someone you know today!

Purpose of the role: The purpose of this role is to provide inspirational strategic and operational leadership to our membership in Wales; work closely with the  Wales and UK Leadership Teams, ScoutsCymru Board of Trustees as well as staff colleagues in ScoutsCymru and UK Headquarters to ensure we offer co-ordinated and effective support to our membership in Wales; contribute to the direction of Wales and UK Scouting through active participation in the Wales and UK Leadership Teams; and to work closely with the Deputy UK Chief Volunteers for Support and Transformation to ensure our membership in Wales values the support for their everyday volunteering and adopts the outputs from our strategic transformation programmes

Appointed by: UK Chief Volunteer (working with a selection panel on behalf of the UK HQ Volunteer Support Team)

Responsible to: UK Chief Volunteer

Responsible for:

• Regional Lead Volunteers, Wales and through them the 12 Area Lead Volunteers
• Youth Lead, Wales
• Wales level appointed volunteers

Key staff partner(s): Chief Executive Officer, ScoutsCymru

Main contacts:

• Chair of ScoutsCymru Board of Trustees
• ScoutsCymru Leadership Team
• Wales Area Lead Volunteers
• ScoutsCymru Senior Staff Team
• ScoutsCymru Council Members
• UK Leadership Team
• UK Executive Leadership Team
• UK Board of Trustees
• UK Headquarters Operations and Strategy & Transformation Directorates Leadership Team

External contacts:

• Presidents and Vice Presidents
• High Sheriffs across Wales
• Chief Volunteers/Commissioners or equivalent of Uniformed Youth Organisations in Wales 

Key tasks:

1. Build, motivate and coach an effective Wales volunteer leadership team that provides proactive line management support to our membership in Wales so that Scouting thrives and grows.
2. Appoint and lead volunteers to ensure our Areas in Wales are highly effective and actively growing, so that volunteers are inspired, enjoy their volunteering and young people are receiving a high quality programme.
3. Contribute as a member of Team Cymru and the UK Leadership Team at meetings and other national events, and where appropriate represent ScoutsCymru and UK Scouts at public events.
4. Working with the ScoutsCymru Chair, Youth Lead and CEO to develop annual plans and strategies for delivering Scouting in Wales.
5. Develop, mentor and coach the Youth Lead and Youth Leadership team in Wales, to support their growth and development within the role.
6. Advocate for and actively support youth voice at all levels of Scouting.
7. Lead the creation of, and contribute to, where appropriate, national policy developments.
8. Lead the implementation of policies agreed by the Wales and UK Boards of Trustees (and/or their Committees) throughout Wales.
9. Maintain highly effective working relationships with Wales volunteers and staff.
10. Coach and mentor Wales volunteers to ensure we develop potential across our Wales volunteer teams.
11. Meet with senior volunteers and staff colleagues on a regular basis to review operational matters, as required.
12. Contribute as a voting member of the ScoutsCymru Board of Trustees and sub-committees
13. Contribute as a voting member of the UK Strategy & Delivery Committee (a sub-committee of the UK Board of Trustees)