About Community Furniture Stores
Community Furniture Stores is a grassroots charity which works to alleviate furniture and digital poverty in North Yorkshire. We have three stores in York, Scarborough and Selby which sell pre-loved and new furniture and household items at affordable rates to people in our local communities.
In each store, we provide volunteering opportunities for people to learn new skills, grow in confidence and be part of a team – with opportunities such as our Build to Thrive work experience programme particularly targeted at those who may face barriers to employment. In addition, we run an IT Reuse project to get equipment to people who would otherwise be digitally excluded.
About the Role
We are looking for someone to coordinate our Volunteering Programme across our three stores. Your role will be to recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers at CFS. You will be responsible for managing our database of volunteers, monitoring, evaluating and reporting on volunteer engagement, and communicating with volunteers. You will work closely with store staff to facilitate the day-to-day support of volunteers in store. You will work with a variety of community partners across North Yorkshire to coordinate volunteer referrals, and represent CFS in the voluntary and community sector. The role comes at an exciting time for CFS and is an opportunity to continue to develop our approach to volunteering through expanding opportunities, running events, and establishing partnerships across the sector, in order to make volunteering at CFS a good quality, accessible, and rewarding experience.
This is a permanent position which is currently funded by external grants.
Key Responsibilities
• Recruit and induct new volunteers to provide meaningful opportunities to the local community and support CFS to achieve its mission of fighting furniture and digital poverty
• Design and deliver Volunteer Training to ensure volunteers are equipped and empowered for their volunteering responsibilities • Maintain our volunteer database and coordinate volunteer rotas across the three stores • Build and maintain excellent working relationships with volunteers and be the main point of contact for their welfare and wellbeing
• Develop positive working relationships with relevant local organisations to promote a joined up approach to volunteering
• Work closely with the Operations Managers and IT ReUse Project Lead to support the growth and development of the Volunteering Programme in the three stores and IT ReUse
• Undertake regular evaluations and collect feedback to ensure volunteers feel supported and heard
• Collect feedback to review and optimise the volunteer experience
• Celebrate and recognise volunteers including through events
• Ensure all correct legal, Health and Safety and GDPR requirements are fulfilled in relation to volunteering
• Willingness to take on any additional, related tasks as required by CEO in order to support smooth running and development of the organisation
This role can be based at any of our York, Selby or Scarborough stores, with scope for flexible working. You’ll spend regular time across all locations, typically being in-store at least two days each week, and will therefore need to be able to travel between stores.
What we'd like from you:
Essential
• Experience of working or volunteering in the charity sector
• Excellent communication, organisational and time management skills with the ability to effectively meet deadlines
• Ability to build and maintain relationships
• Understanding of the importance of Safeguarding
• Ability to work effectively as part of a geographically dispersed team
• Strong IT skills and experience of using MS Office products
• Commitment to supporting people living in furniture and digital poverty
Desirable:
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Practice
• Experience of collecting and analysing data
• Experience of designing and delivering training
• Knowledge of database systems
• Driving license and access to a car
In return, we can offer you:
• Sociable and consistent working hours in a friendly and supportive team
• Holiday entitlement inclusive of bank holidays increasing with length of employment
• Feel good factor of working for an important local charity really making a difference to communities in York
We do not expect candidates to meet all the criteria and would encourage people to apply who are interested in the role, share our values and have a desire to make a positive impact in our local community
Join us in making a difference
If you're excited about applying your expertise to create positive social impact during a period of organisational transformation, we'd love to hear from you. Please click Apply Now to submit a CV and Cover Letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role by
For an informal conversation about the role, please email our CEO at katy@cfstores.org.uk.
Location: York | Organisation: York Community Furniture Store
Salary: 24,700 | Job type: Part time | Hours: 22.5
Benefits:
Closing date: 02-02-2026
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Volunteer Coordinator