Make a difference by working with Scouts in Wales

Our staff and volunteers are having a huge impact on the lives of young people across Wales. We’ve got a team of dedicated paid staff and a huge volume of volunteers in Wales. There are lots of ways to work with us.

Current paid vacancies with ScoutsCymru

We are a small team supporting a huge national effort.

We’re recruiting a Community Engagement & Programme Officer (Opening Doors Project) to join ScoutsCymru.

Location: Home-based / flexible within Wales, with regular travel to Ceredigion, Newport and the wider Gwent area
Contract: Fixed-term to March 2028
Hours: Part-time (21 hours per week, including some evenings and weekends)
Salary: £27,500 per annum (pro rata)

This role will lead the design and delivery of a community engagement programme focused on removing barriers to volunteering for under-represented communities. You’ll work closely with local partners, volunteers and young people to build relationships, deliver outreach activity, and support inclusive pathways into volunteering.

Key areas include:
• Community engagement and outreach across rural and urban communities
• Delivery of roadshows, workshops and local activity
• Youth-led engagement and capturing youth voice
• Supporting and developing volunteers
• Producing inclusive, bilingual communications and reporting on impact

Benefits include:
• Additional leave rewards and flexible, family-friendly working
• Healthcare Cash Plan and 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributory pension (up to 6%) and Death in Service benefit
• Shopping discounts through Scouts membership
• 5 days volunteering leave (pro rata)

📅 Deadline for applications: midday, 30 April 2026
📅 Interviews: week commencing 11 May 2026

Find out more and apply 👇
English – https://shorturl.at/oC2g5

Cymraeg – https://shorturl.at/lpM2U

Funded by the Welsh Government through the Volunteering Wales Main Grants Scheme, administered by WCVA.

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 We are keen to find more people that want to get involved and we are likely to have many opportunities in your area. Find out more about volunteering for Scouts in Wales or complete an enquiry form (you will be taken to a different site).

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