Age UK Lincoln & South Lincolnshire has changed it's name to Age UK Lincolnshire. You may notice some changes on our website over the coming weeks to reflect this. Find out more
CONTINUE
Skip to content

Volunteering & Befriending Coordinator

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of older people? Do you enjoy working with volunteers and building positive community connections? If so, Age UK Lincolnshire would love to hear from you.

  • 24 hours per week
  • £16,928 per annum (£24,687 FTE)
  • Permanent role
  • Based in South Lincolnshire (Boston, South Holland and South Kesteven with regular visits to Lincoln)
  • Full UK driving licence and access to a car (with business insurance) is essential
  • Mileage paid at 45p a mile

Our vision, a world where older people flourish, drives everything we do at Age UK Lincolnshire

About the Role

As our Volunteering & Befriending Coordinator, you’ll play a key part in developing, delivering, and strengthening our Volunteering and Befriending Services in South Lincolnshire.

No two days are the same. You might be interviewing new volunteers, supporting befriending matches, attending community events, or helping to promote our services across Lincolnshire.

You’ll work closely with volunteers, older adults, partner organisations, and internal teams to ensure our services continue to grow and meet local needs.

Working closely with the Volunteering Manager, this role involves assessing and meeting the organisation’s needs through recruitment, placement, and retention of volunteers. The successful applicant requires knowledge and experience of working with volunteers and should have a good understanding of the voluntary sector, in order to manage the delivery, promotion and development of volunteer services across the organisation, whilst maintaining accredited awards achieved.

A kind, enthusiastic and empathetic nature along with an appreciation of the needs of older adults is required. The ability to communicate effectively is essential to the role. Excellent IT skills with a good working knowledge of Word, Excel and databases is expected. Applicants are required to have a proactive approach, ability to think creatively, work independently and also effectively as part of a team. Self-motivation and strong commitment to service excellence is required with the ability to inspire individuals to develop within their volunteer role.

What we provide

  • Access to Blue Light Card for discounts and savings
  • Tickets for Good (free or discounted tickets for events)
  • Age UK discounts (dedicated portal provided by AON)
  • Employee Assistance Programme (provided by Bupa)
  • Mental Health First Aider Scheme
  • Dementia Friends training
  • To be part of an organisation that really makes a difference.
  • Job satisfaction and feeling valued.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading local charity and provide a valued service to the local community.

How to apply

Please click here to complete our application form. We encourage applicants to refer to the job description and person specification in order to complete their application.

CVs will not be accepted. 

Closing date: Friday 13th March 2026

Interview date: Monday 23rd March 2026

If you have any questions about the role, get in touch with the Human Resources Department by calling 01522 696000 or email hr@ageuklincolnshire.org.uk

Role subject to Disclosure and Barring Scheme.

We reserve the right to close the advert if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Use of AI 

At Age UK Lincolnshire we recognise that technology is changing the way people apply for jobs and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a valuable tool to support your journey. However, it’s important to ensure your application still reflects your own voice and skillset. AI should support, not replace, your experience. Always review AI-generated content carefully and be ready to talk about it in interviews. 

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

Age UK Lincolnshire has an ongoing commitment to safeguarding, to demonstrate this we ensure that we follow safer recruitment practices. Our application form and interview process will always contain safeguarding-related questions. To ensure that our pre-employment checks are thorough, we will obtain and verify references from previous employers and conduct Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for all new employees. Everyone at Age UK Lincolnshire will receive a comprehensive induction which will cover an insight into safeguarding principles, policies and procedures. In addition, all employees complete mandatory Safeguarding Training

Application Documents