Grandmentors Project Coordinator
Reference Number: V568
Location: Wolverhampton (Home-based with local travel)
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Hours: 35
Salary: £25,625
DBS/PVG: Enhanced
Job Family: 3
Line Manager: Senior Project Manger
Closing date: 14th June 2026 midnight
Interviews: W/C 15th June 2026
Anticipated start date: 4 weeks after job offer acceptance
Grandmentors Wolverhampton is a well-established and successful project that has been connecting mature volunteers with care experienced young people since 2019.
Job purpose
As Project Coordinator, you will lead the core programme while heading up our brand new ‘Through the Gates’ pilot, which provides vital support for young people transitioning from custody back into the community. Your role is to foster high impact mentoring relationships while ensuring clear professional boundaries are maintained, complementing the work of our statutory partners in the Local Authority.
Key Responsibilities:
Impact Reporting: Use our CRM system to track progress and collate data for annual reports and meetings that demonstrate the project’s impact to our stakeholders.
Project Coordination: Lead the day-to-day delivery of Grandmentors in Wolverhampton, ensuring the project meets match targets for both the core service and the new pilot.
Volunteer Leadership: Recruit, train, and supervise a dedicated team of mentors, ensuring they feel supported and understand how their role fits alongside other professional services.
Boundary Management: Act as the key link to statutory leads, such as Social Workers or Personal Advisors, ensuring support remains mentor-led and escalating any professional concerns appropriately.
Partnership Working: Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with the Local Authority and other relevant partners.
Safety & Compliance: Oversee risk assessments and strictly follow safeguarding procedures to ensure the safety of our volunteers and the young people we support.
To apply
Please send an updated, complete CV and cover letter via the Charity Job Apply button below. In your application clearly state which role you are applying for. In the cover letter please demonstrate how you would fulfil the role requirements, what previous relevant achievements you have (both in life and at work), what skills and experience you can offer, and what you believe you can contribute to Volunteering Matters.
More information
In all that we are guided by our values: Empowering, Inclusive, Compassionate, Positive & Straightforward.
Volunteering Matters welcomes all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, along with candidates with any protected characteristics and from disadvantaged groups.
Our employee benefits reflect our culture which is built on an approach of full flexibility with accountability, and designed to let you make your most positive contribution; we offer:
- Flexible Working by Default (re hours & place of work)
- Unlimited Annual Leave
- Employee Pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced sick and family leave.
- Lifestyle Discount Scheme
We are also open to discussing job share applications.
If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to six months. We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.
Applications are accepted on trust, and we expect all submissions to reflect the applicant’s own words, experiences, and motivations. While tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) may support the application process, applications should not be generated wholly by AI.
About Volunteering Matters
We are a national charity that brings people together to build stronger, more connected communities through the power of volunteering.
Who we are
At Volunteering Matters, we believe people have the power to create change. Whether through volunteering by helping others and giving time, or through social action such as speaking up, campaigning, or leading change, everyone can make a difference. We bring people together to build stronger communities across England, Scotland and Wales, making sure everyone has the chance to get involved and create real change.
What we do
We help people of all ages and backgrounds get involved in volunteering and social action. We focus on making sure that everyone, no matter their situation, has the chance to take part. We work with local people.
How we do this
We support people to share their time and skills to help others and tackle big challenges in their communities.
- We show the impact of volunteering and social action, proving how it changes lives for the better.
- We remove barriers to volunteering and social action, making it easier for people who don’t always get the chance to take part.
- We listen to and amplify voices that aren’t always heard, helping volunteers and communities influence change.
- We help volunteers beyond their first experience, offering training, support, and pathways to new opportunities.
- We connect businesses with communities, creating meaningful employee volunteering projects.