Coordinator of Volunteers

Permanent Part-Time – 3 days per week (24 hours)

Volunteer Services Team

Do you love leading and training people?  Are you passionate about team work? Are you looking for a role that is different every single day? 

Eastern Palliative Care (EPC) is a not-for-profit organisation that delivers specialist home-based palliative care to clients and their families living within the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne.

As an organisation EPC takes pride in their values; Compassion, Dignity, Excellence and Empowerment and their overall dedication to client centred care in our local community.

EPC respects all individuals and promotes equity and inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of all genders, sexual orientations, abilities, ages, racial, cultural and religious backgrounds and socio- economic status.

Volunteer services at EPC are passionate about their volunteers and about each other.  We are large, we are busy, we are innovative, we are energetic, we are fun, and we believe in one team and moving forward together. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Recruitment, onboarding and training new volunteers
• Development of strategies to strengthen diversity of EPCs volunteer cohort  
• Maintenance and oversight of volunteer management database (Better Impact) and preparation of relevant reports
• Coordination of volunteer engagement activities (forums events, training, communications)
• Leadership of volunteer teams as needed
• Supporting team members in the delivery of volunteer programs when required.

Our newest team member will have:

• Highly developed and relational and communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Highly developed competency with Microsoft Office programs (including Excel), database systems (ideally Better Impact), online training platforms.
• Experience developing and delivering training modules, both face to face and online.
• Experience managing end to end recruitment and onboarding processes.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Tertiary qualifications in health, community, or education sector (or sustained work experience in one or more of these fields).
• At least 3 years of experience working with volunteers is preferred.

The position description is available below. Applications including a resume and cover letter addressing the key result areas of the position description to be emailed to hr@epcvic.org.au by Friday 22 May, 2026, though applicants may be interviewed prior to the closing date so get in early. 

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Lucy Pollerd on 1300 130 813.

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