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Swanage Railway
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Paid VACANCIES
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Volunteer Officer
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Over 400 volunteers help bring Swanage Railway to life. We're looking for a passionate, people-focused Volunteer Officer to support, develop, and celebrate our incredible volunteer community. This is your chance to help grow a vibrant, inclusive volunteer programme within one of Dorset's best-loved heritage attractions.
What you'll do....
- Lead volunteer recruitment campaigns
- Welcome and onboard new volunteers
- Be the main point of contact for volunteer support
- Coordinate training, inductions, and development opportunities
- Champion volunteer wellbeing, recognition, and communication
- Build community partnerships and support youth volunteering
- Maintain volunteer data and produce reports
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What we're looking for ...
- Experience working with volunteers or in a community/heritage/non-profit role
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Strong organisation and attention to detail
- Confident with Microsoft Office and digital tools
- Committed to inclusion, equality, and safeguarding
- A positive, proactive attitude and passion for heritage
Information / Application
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Applications should be submitted in the form of a short cover letter outlining your suitability for the role together with a CV to:
Recruitment
Swanage Railway Company
Station House
Swanage
Dorset BH19 1HB
Email to recruitment@swanagerailway.co.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications: 12.00 noon, 5th December 2025
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Volunteer VACANCIES
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Volunteer Fundraiser
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The Swanage Railway is looking for highly effective fundraiser to raise capital funds, in line with its strategy, to ensure funding for major projects in order to sustain its future.
The successful applicant will need to have experience of major fundraising or marketing in a similar or larger organisation and ideally, be a member of the Institute of Fundraising.
Please click the links below to download the advertisement and volunteer role profile:
Applications should be submitted in the form of a comprehensive CV and supporting letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) telling us why you are the right person for this role and how you meet the criteria set out in the volunteer role profile:
Recruitment
Swanage Railway Trust
Station House
Swanage
Dorset BH19 1HB
Email to recruitment@swanagerailway.co.uk
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DRAUGHTSMAN
Mick Stone fronts a professional group of volunteers including Civil Engineers, Environmentalist and Town Planner who try to assist the Railway with "Professional Services" type Projects.
The group would now value any help with draughting to a professional standard the plans etc which they have to manage. These can be anything from simple sketch plans to professional quality drafted plans for Planning Applications to the relevant external Authorities.
Anyone who is able to offer help is asked to contact Peter Milford Company Secretary, cosec@srstaff.co.uk in the first instance. Peter will forward details to Mick Stone.
There are a number of schemes for the Swanage site (and other zones along our leased Trackbed) where we wish to make improvements but desperately need to have basic plans to demonstrate to Management, Neighbours, Landlords and others the alternatives being considered.
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