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Do you want to be inspired by the impact of education? Schools across Wokingham are looking for skilled volunteers to support education by becoming school governors.
What will you be doing?
Governing bodies are responsible for the strategic management of a school and will make decisions about a wide range of issues
The core responsibilities involved are:
- Ensuring accountability
- Providing support and challenge to the schools senior leadership team
- Monitoring and evaluating the school’s progress
- Budgetary allocation and control
- Shaping plans for school improvement and overseeing their implementation
- Setting the school’s aims and values
- Appointing senior members of staff including the Head Teacher
The governing body is usually split in to a small number of committees, each responsible for one area such as finance or pupil achievement. These committees will meet separately from the main governing body to discuss relevant issues in more detail. Discussion is then fed back at a full governing body meeting.
A school governing body is made up of representatives from the school, the parents, the local authority and the local community.
What are we looking for?
You don’t need any specific skills or experience to be a school governor. You must be over 18, but you don’t need to be a parent or have experience working in education. Often, it’s the outside perspective you can bring that a school needs.
Professional experience in areas such as HR, finance, law, or project management are all useful to a school. But soft skills such as leadership, communication, and problem solving are also great additions.
What difference will you make?
Governors make decisions that affect schools for years to come. Our recent impact survey found that our volunteers bring £9.9 million worth of value to schools each year, and 9/10 volunteers would recommend being a governor to a friend.
As a governor, you can visit the school to gain an understanding of the culture and ethos and to get the most out of the role. You’ll also have the opportunity to meet children, parents, and teachers, and see the impact of your work first-hand.
What's in it for the volunteer?
Volunteering as a school governor is a challenging but rewarding role. As part of the governing board, you’ll:
- help schools overcome challenges to ensure a bright future for children in your community
- work collaboratively with people from different backgrounds, challenging your own perspective and broadening your network
- gain experience outside of your job description and skills you can bring back to work
Before you apply
You will need to complete an application form and will have an interview with the school. DBS checks will be taken up.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Hope and Vision Communities is a small charity based in Reading providing supported, move-on accommodation for people who have successfully completed residential rehabilitation. We are growing to expand who we can help to other geographical areas, as well as working on opening a women’s service.
Growing our services means that we also need to grow our fundraising income, and to help reach this, we are looking for a skilled volunteer who could help us take our communications to the next level. The role will support the Trusts and Grants Fundraiser with a focus on managing the charity’s social media posts; updates to the website and supporting event admin.
Key Tasks:
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Scheduling audience-specific, engaging and shareable content in different formats
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Regularly posting across our social media platforms (Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook) and monitoring engagement to increase our following
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Creating call to actions to increase our Mailchimp mailing list
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Book attendance at networking and fundraising events
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Help us with copy writing for the press, fundraising tools and internet site.
Key Skills:
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Comfortable in using digital comms tools such as mailchimp; wordpress; eventbrite; canva
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Experienced in using social media such as Facebook; Instagram; LinkedIn
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Able to research social media management tools such as Buffer
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A confident copywriter who can write for different comms channels
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Confident communicator with strong organisational skills
PERSON SPECIFICATION
EXPERIENCE
Relevant experience using digital communications tools and creating engaging content
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
Ability to present written and verbal information clearly, accurately and to a standard appropriate for external presentation and communication
Ability to work well within a team and independently
Understanding of issues faced by those recovering from addiction
Demonstrated commitment to the vision, mission and values of the organisation
You will be supported to succeed and gain real workplace experience with a great group of people and the chance to make a real difference to the people in recovery we support.
MAIN PURPOSE:
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To support the comms/fundraising team with communication and events.
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Help us increase our outreach in the communities and beyond, build a group of supporters and regular donors.
Estimated need for the charity:
Roughly 4-6 hours per week, whenever is most convenient for you. For example, 3 hours, two days a week. You will be working mainly remotely from home, although volunteers are very welcome to work from our offices in Hare Hatch. You must have access to your own laptop and secure internet connection.
Registered Charity
6 - 10
To give a home and hope in rebuilding life after addiction— empowering long-term recovery.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.