Volunteer and Activity Coordinator

Urban Biodiversity – the team behind Newquay Orchard – are looking for a Volunteer and Activity Coordinator to join our team, working with young people to achieve their goals at Newquay Orchard.

Your role will be to coordinate the range of support and activities available at Newquay Orchard and match these against the need within the community of programme participants.  The main aim is to reduce or remove barriers to employment, education or training for individuals referred to the Orchard, or seeking support to improve their wellbeing, employability and quality of life.  This includes recruitment and organization of our community volunteers to increase the capacity of Newquay Orchard to achieve its vision, mission and aims in line with our values.

We are looking for someone who has a passion for community and believes in the potential for connection with people and nature to improve health and wellbeing and help everyone to fulfil their potential.  You will be an organisational whizz and a great teamworker.  You will be also be a talented communicator who is able to really listen to our participants to find out what is important to them and help them decide how they want to get involved to help them to achieve their personal goals.