Operation Manager Volunteer Roles in Belfast

Bridge the Gap - Ending Digital Poverty

We aim to address the digital poverty and bridge the gap by empowering local families and supporting them with technology equipment. We aim to enable a network of parents to create change within their own local community, in turn inspiring other parents and families to be the change they want to see.

We provide a digital device to children and their families to access online resources. We offer a referral service where families can receive additional support around their needs. A befriending service, where families can share their concerns and get access to a wider network of support and a tutoring programme which helps children who has fallen behind in their studies to get extra help in their studies.

EVENTS

• Help to run our Digi world events 4 times per year, to be able to raise awareness of digital and data poverty to enable community engagement.

• Volunteer 4 hours per week remotely

Working arrangements: Work-from-home on a job-share basis. 14 hours per week, two days per week on Monday-Saturday (The actual days of the week allocated to each new team member can be discussed and mutually agreed amongst the team)

ABOUT 

Exam Star Learner is an educational charity, providing high-quality, affordable Maths, English, Science and French tutorials to underachieving, disadvantaged children and young people in the London borough of Southwark.

We are on a mission to tackle the lack of access to personalised and cost-effective home learning support for disadvantaged 5–18-year-olds, ensuring they receive the necessary support to fulfil their educational potential and have increased life chances.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY:

We urgently need to recruit two experienced and results-driven HR Business Development Managers to work alongside our current, amazing HR Business Development Manager, Smriti Rai and share duties and responsibilities with her. You will align our HR operations with the objectives and needs of our charity. Your duties will include aligning to the charity’s objectives, recruiting the right talent, enhancing volunteer performance, supporting volunteer development, improving Volunteer Online Tutors recruitment strategy, running onboarding and training processes, communicating role expectations, maintaining volunteer relations, managing university internships and placements and overseeing feedback collection processes. Your experience in human resources management will aid our organisation in improving HR operations, resolving volunteer grievances and retaining a talented volunteer workforce.

YOU WILL SHARE ALL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BELOW WITH OUR CURRENT HR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER:

· Advertise roles

· Supervise a team of Coordinators within the recruitment team

· Manage our volunteer recruitment platforms

· Investigate new advertising/recruitment routes

· Process tutor applications

· Interview and selection

· Improving Exam Star® HR strategies, policies, and practices

. Creatiating training resources such as videos and written guides (This involves the use of clipchamp)

. Knowledge of CRM and communication tools such Airtable, Microsoft Teams, Acuity Scheduling, Slack

· Improving and monitoring volunteer productivity.

· Liaise with tutors, parents and our administrative team

· Overseeing volunteer recruitment efforts.

· Managing and allocating any future HR funds which Exam Star® will receive.

REQUIREMENTS:

· Degree in human resources management.

· Strong leadership skills.

· Excellent communication skills.

· Analytical skills.

· Problem-solving skills.

· Proactive nature.

· Excellent interpersonal skills.

· Meticulous attention to details.

· Highly organised.

· Good people skills.

We are looking for people to help us recruit and manage our large number of volunteers. There’s lots going on here, with many areas to add your ideas and support, so we can continue to deliver a great volunteer experience. 

Description

Numberfit is a social enterprise that works to make Maths learning fun and engaging for children across all age groups. We are looking to grow our reach, and with this our team.

We have a large number of volunteers that help us with everything from Operations, Resource checking to Software development. We are looking for volunteers that can help us at all stages of the volunteer journey from recruitment to onboarding to their journey with us as active volunteers, so we can improve the relationships with and retention rate of our volunteers, to develop a mutually beneficial experience. 

Some of the tasks we are looking for Volunteer Management volunteers to help us with are:

• Feeding into our volunteer policies and procedures

• Sharing best practices of volunteer retention and recognition and legislation

• Volunteer recruitment

• Scheduling volunteer onboarding sessions

• Volunteer file admin

• Allocating work

• Tracking and reporting volunteers’ progress

You will be working with our key management team as well as a small group of volunteer management volunteers, who each work on specific areas.

What are we looking for? 

We are looking for a volunteer who has experience in: 

• Working with volunteers (desirable)

• Communicating effectively with people from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience

• Recruitment (desirable)

• Project management (desirable)

• Administration

The volunteer should also have/be:

• Ability to quickly understand the needs of our team and volunteers

• Can ask key questions to enable us to clarify requirements

• Understands the resource constraints of a small organisation and is able to work with these

• Able to share their experiences and opinions

What difference will you make? 

Your input will shape how we engage with our volunteers, and the quality of their experience with us. Our volunteers help us in everything we do, central to our aim of continuing to raise the profile of Maths, enjoyable learning and children's wellbeing,

What’s in it for you?

You will gain direct experience of working with volunteers through onboarding, recruitment, and management, as well as helping us develop our best practises and processes. You will become part of our small, friendly team and have the opportunity to use your time to make a real difference to the organisation’s ability to provide and deliver enjoyable maths sessions and materials for children across all age groups.

Requirements:

• Relevant qualification / training/ experience

• Own computer or secure access to one

• At least 3 hours a week + for a minimum period of 3 months 

Nurse Lifeline is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation  which aims to launch a peer-led listening service to support the mental and emotional health  and wellbeing of nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and the friends and family of such staff. 

Our vision is to provide a space for all nurses, midwives, health care support workers and the friends and family of such staff to decompress and chat with a peer via a confidential listening service, with your support.  We launched a new email based service which allows service users to be able to offload by emailing in instead of speaking on the phone if they prefer.  Nurse Lifeline aims to foster a positive community, provide encouragement, and empower those within the nursing and midwifery workforce. We believe it’s time to get talking about mental and emotional health.

Are you passionate about animals? Do you have time on your hands? Do you want to make a difference to help a small grassroots charity thrive in its mission to enshrine better protections for our animals in law?

We are seeking a new member of our Board of Trustees with expertise in charity fundraising and/or financial planning.

Animal Concern, formerly known as the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society, has campaigned against animal exploitation since 1876. Nowadays, our campaigns have broadened to several specific issues affecting the welfare of wild, farmed and companion animals in Scotland and the wider UK, including restricting fireworks to public, licensed displays only as well as ending dog racing in Scotland - see our profile page for a full list.

We are in need of a new board member who can help us in our long-term mission to promote the humane treatment of all animals. They will need to have a strong commitment to animal welfare issues, be able to work well in a team, and have expertise in fundraising strategy and/or financial management preferably within a small charity setting. This is a priority knowledge base as identified by the current Board. Other expertise in other useful areas such as charity governance, digital operations, public relations and people management are also welcomed.

Please refer to attached job description and person specification for more information about the type of candidate we are looking for. 

Your primary responsibility is to work towards increasing the knowledge the Nightline Association Training Team has of the Training methods used by all Nightlines and to utilise this to improve the support the Training Team can offer to Nightlines.

Historically, the Training Team has relied upon the experience and knowledge of its own volunteers to give a picture of how Nightlines across the UK and Ireland undertake their training and recruitment processes, including any similarities and differences in how they operate. The newly created Training Methods Branch of the Training Team aims to reduce the reliance on individual volunteers’ knowledge, by collating information from Nightlines and other Nightline Association Teams, in particular the Quality Assurance Team, to create a centralised resource that gives an insight into the training methods of all Nightlines.

As this is a newly created branch of the Training Team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to shaping the branch's operation.

You will also be expected to provide feedback on the structure and content of Nightlines’ training, based on your previous experience and any knowledge you gain in this role.

You will sit within the Training Methods Branch, within the Training Team. The role of the Training Team is to provide support to Nightlines developing their training practices, and provide options and advice to any member Nightlines. The other Training Team branches are Training Support and Training Packages. Your line manager would be the Training Team Lead. The team sits within the Nightline Development Department, headed by the Head of Development.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collate information from both Nightlines and the Nightline Association with regards to training methods across all Nightline services
• Produce clear, easily navigable resources that outline the training methods used by all Nightline services
• Communicate effectively with Nightlines and explain the purpose and benefits of the Training Methods Branch’s work
• Review and provide feedback on the structure and content of a member Nightline’s training, at the request of the Nightline
• Work collaboratively with other Training Team branches and Teams within the Nightline Association
• Work with the Quality Assurance Team to review the Training section of the Good Practice Guidelines
• Gather feedback from Nightlines regarding the quality of support they have received and any services they would like the Branch or Team to offer in the future

We are looking for a volunteer School Speaker Assistant Coordinator, who can support the running of our school speakers programme. Our school speakers visit schools around the country to talk to students about humanism as part of a broad and balanced education, about religion and worldviews. We receive extremely positive feedback from teachers on our service.

As demand from schools increases, we need somebody who can help carry out some of the key processes to ensure the smooth running of the service. Some of the key activities of the role include:

• Communicating with school speakers and teachers.
• Matching up school speakers with requests from local schools.
• Logging information about visits.

The work can be carried out remotely and will require approx. two hours per week. Experience in using databases (CRM) is beneficial but not essential as induction and periodic updates will be given.

For more information please view the APPLICATION PACK.

To apply for the role, please email volunteers[at]humanists[dot]uk and let us know:
● Who you are, including a little bit about yourself
● Why you are interested in the role
● What you think you’d bring to the role (e,g. your skills and experiences that would be particularly relevant)
● What you’d like to get out of the role
● Any concerns, or extra support you’d need in the role

We hope the application pack contains all the information you will need to decide whether the role is right for you, however, if you have any questions, you are more than welcome to contact the Director of Understanding Humanism at education[at]humanists[dot]uk for more information.

You can read our Recruitment and Promotion and Equal Opportunities policies online.

Croydon Community Against Trafficking (CCAT) is a small Croydon-based charity which is committed to the fight against modern slavery and human trafficking. We are currently five trustees, one project manager, and a handful of volunteers.

We are currently establishing a multi-stakeholder project which aims to make the London Borough of Croydon a Slavery Free Borough. This is a significant operation and is currently in the initial stages, having just had the first of many multi-stakeholder meetings.

We are looking for a organised and reliable researcher to help with our campaigns, research and administrative tasks and keep us organised.

What you will gain as a volunteer:  

•  Being part of a dedicated volunteer-led team
•  Valuable experience by helping establish a Slavery Free Croydon
•  Giving back to your community and making a difference
•  Learning new skills and gaining experience in the VCS sector
•  Being part of projects where your ideas and contributions are valued

What your volunteering entails:  

•  Being the first point of contact for and coordinating research, writing and sharing of information
•  Ensuring CCAT campaigns, research and admin runs efficiently
•  Coordination and administration of research topics, newsletter campaigns, information sharing, blog content with Trustee/Staff support
•  Data entry and collating data reports with Trustee/Staff support
•  Referring complex issues to Trustee/Staff
•  General admin support as needed

Your personal skills and attributes include:  

•  Previous Research or related experience
•  Proficient at administration and able to use email, MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint
•  Excellent communication skills
•  Excellent data entry and administrative skills
•  Organised, focused and pays attention to details
•  Able to work to tight deadlines and can prioritise well
•  Reliable, enthusiastic and  great team player
•  Friendly, dedicated and flexible

Croydon Community Against Trafficking (CCAT) is a small Croydon-based charity which is committed to the fight against modern slavery and human trafficking. We are currently five trustees, one project manager, and a handful of volunteers.

We are currently establishing a multi-stakeholder project which aims to make the London Borough of Croydon a Slavery Free Borough. This is a significant operation and is currently in the initial stages, having just had the first of many multi-stakeholder meetings.

We are looking for an organised and numerate volunteer to help with marketing, raising funds and regular donations to meet our aims.

What you will gain as a volunteer:  

•  Being part of a dedicated volunteer-led team
•  Valuable experience by helping establish a Slavery Free Croydon
•  Giving back to your community and making a difference
•  Learning new skills and gaining experience in the VCS sector
•  Being part of projects where your ideas and contributions are valued

What your volunteering entails:

•  The first point of contact and coordinater of fundraising and events
•  Working with Trustees to identify and secure appropriate future events and fundraising activities
•  Coordinating administration of events, funding ideas and opportunities
•  Running stalls, handing out information, collections for donations and similar (with Trustee/Staff guidance)
•  Volunteering alongside Bid/Grant Writer Volunteer (if applicable)
•  Referring complex issues to Trustee/Staff
•  General admin as and when needed

Your personal skills and attributes include:  

•  Previous Marketing and/or Fundraising experience is essential
•  Excellent communication skills
•  Organised, focused and pays attention to details
•  Numerate and able to work to tight deadlines and can prioritise well
•  Proficient user of Email, MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint and similar
•  Knows when to ask for help and where boundaries are
•  Can take initiative when needed, dedicated and flexible

About Us

We're an active and dynamic youth development organisation, and we believe in the power of young people to be the change they want to see in the communities they call home. Our mission is to equip, inspire, and support young leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We're based in the eastern city of Goma and work in three territories throughout North Kivu province, engaging with young people through schools and our three-year World Youth Leadership Development (WYLD) programme, and providing support for their entrepreneurial and artistic pursuits. We are a registered charity in the UK (Charity No. 1152557), and we are recruiting two motivated individuals to join our Board of Trustees.

About the Role

We are looking for two individuals to join our Board of Trustees. These volunteer positions provide guidance and support to the organisation, ensures that The Congo Tree complies with its governing document and legal requirements, and helps us identify and maintain our visions, goals, and values - now, and in the future. 

Our ideal candidates will share our passion for supporting young people in the eastern regions of the DR Congo, have a willingness to think creatively and engage in the work and with our brilliant colleagues, and be ready to work as part of a team. Experience in any of the following fields, particularly with a youth or international development background, would be an asser: youth and/or community work; strategic leadership; governance; financial management; fundraising; business and/or microfinance; health, safety, and security; human resources; legal practice; or programmes or operations similar to The Congo Tree.

How to Apply

If our work sounds like something you're excited to be a part of, we would love to hear from you! Please send a copy of your CV, a brief cover letter introducing yourself, and a separate document in which you answer the four following questions (max. two pages):

1. Why are you interested in joining The Congo Tree’s Board of Trustees?

2. How will your skills and experience support our work at The Congo Tree? If you can, please give specific examples.

3. What do you believe is the most important quality in a Trustee?

4. Is there a specific role or area within the charity (for example, finance, fundraising, education development, etc.) that you would be interested in taking on?

Please send applications (and questions if you have them) to hello(at)thecongotree(dot)org(dot)uk.

Thank you for your interest!   

ABOUT US

Love Well Initiative is a start-up charity aiming to provide resources and signpost already available resources to foreigners on spouse, partner, and civil partner visas of someone who is British or has Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) experiencing any form of domestic abuse. Resources range from housing/refuge, psychological services, legal services, and directory of other domestic violence support organisations.

We are currently recruiting for Board Members that have leadership and related experience in the above areas looking to grow the Love Well Initiative. Our aim is to expand our online resources and build a regional network that covers all of the UK.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- The secretary is the board’s main point of contact for the board members and the board, along with the chairperson.

- Organise committee meetings in line with legal and other regulatory requirements along with being in accordance with the governing document.

- Working with the chairperson to set the agenda for meetings.

- Notifying the board details of upcoming meetings to all board members.

- Preparing necessary paperwork for the meeting, including minutes and reports of the previous meeting.

- Taking minutes during meetings and distributing them to board members.

- Reporting to the board any organisational inconsistencies.

- Organising trustee induction and ongoing training.

- Being an initial point of contact for stakeholders and interested parties.

- General administrative support to the Board Chairperson as and when the need arises.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Must be in a related field and have 2 years leadership or NED experience.

- Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field.

- Proficient in English written and verbal.

- Excellent communication and organisational skills.

- Must have experience in administration or secretarial work.

- Strong track record of governance and risk management through career.

- 60+ WPM typing

DESIRABLE

- Previous Charity accounting experience.

- Experience or knowledge in the domestic abuse sector.

We are looking for a wide range of volunteer advisors, inputting in their own specialist areas. You might know about low-carbon heating, energy efficient lighting, solar panels, electrical systems, insulating historic buildings, EV car charging, our impact on our ecology, and more! There are a whole range of skills we need, so please do register your interest, so we can hear what you have to offer.

This is a rewarding role, making a real difference to the work of the Church of England locally to you, whilst helping the environment.

For full details, to arrange an informal conversation and/or register your interest, please visit our website.

The closing date to register your interest is 31 January 2024.

If successful at interview, we will share your CV and expression of interest with the Diocesan Advisory Committee(s) (DACs) near to where you live.

If it’s not the right moment for you to apply yourself, please do help us by sharing this advert in your professional networks.

What you’ll be doing

Some of the things you’ll be doing week-to-week includes:

Internship 

· Develop and maintain effective working relationships with interns. 

· Supervises interns and  helps to refine internship goals. 

· Assess interns progress, professional behaviour and perform evaluations. 

· Assist interns  in integrating knowledge and theory. 

· After the internship, an internship completion letter will be given and reference letter upon on request.

· Actively seek, research, and create new brand opportunities. 

CPD 

· Coordinate online learning and webinars; Investigate possible program enhancements. 

· Lead and ensure that the CPD workplan implementation. 

· Ensure the CPD workplan is reviewed regularly.  

· Ensure timely monitoring and evaluation of the overall CPD programme as well as its different components as per agreed standards and quality. 

What skills and experience you’ll bring to us

We’re all about learning and development here at Travel Radar, so we don’t expect you to know everything to apply to us! Whether you’re an undergraduate looking to gain real- world experience, a graduate looking for their first opportunity, or a seasoned professional wanting to change careers or step into management, we will support you in your journey.

Here are some of the skills that’ll be required, and some that’ll be beneficial to have:

Required

Competency in Microsoft Office365 suite.

Significant experience managing interns/CPD. 

A creative thinker with outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.

Someone who works well independently and takes initiative.

Excellent communication skills

Be a self-starter who is driven to succeed.

Enthusiastic and outgoing nature.

An eye for detail along with critical thinking

A growth-mindset with a willingness to learn new skills.

Desirable

A knowledge of the media/aviation/travel industry

Experience of hiring and developing interns

Previous education or work experience

Help us create affordable homes for people in housing need.

We’re looking for experienced or passionate people who live or work in Somerset* to join our board. This a great opportunity to help us take a step up in fulfilling our aim of developing community-led, sustainable homes for affordable rents.

We’re looking for new board members who can help us steer the Community Land Trust through its ambitious housing development plans, manage our properties well, ensure that we are responsive to the needs of the communities we serve and we are financially sound.

Our Mission

Alongside sustainable affordable housing for people in housing need we also aim to provide workspace and opportunities for community/social enterprises – and where possible to combine these with our new homes.

Our Vision is to build communities and be able to offer community-led housing with facilities and for employment, training and social enterprise for our tenants, and the wider community, in towns across Somerset*. We already have our first such facility, the Somerset Co-operative Hub, up and running in Taunton, alongside our affordable flats.

* Includes BANES and North Somerset.

We currently manage one block of flats, two commercial units and have two affordable housing developments in the pipeline.  We will be applying to become a Registered Provider of Social Housing.  

The Role

As a board member you join our small friendly team of fellow directors. Board meetings are once a month and there is an optional monthly informal drop-in to discuss and explore issues and share knowledge - all online. As a board member your role is make sure we are governed properly and follow good practice.  As well as the attendance at meetings you will need to be able to study the reports and papers in advance or meetings.

You will be joining us at an exciting time that is not without its challenges.

We have no employees at present but are supported by a co-operative development agency that undertakes most of our administrative and operational tasks.  

Requirements

We’re looking for a range of skills, experience and backgrounds to oversee our plans and operations and guide us in to the next phase of our mission.

Essential:

• That you can spare 4-8 hours per month.
• The ability to use your experience and knowledge to make considered judgements
• To be able to work as part of a team.

Desirable:

One or more of the following would be beneficial but commitment and enthusiasm would be equally as useful:

• Housing management or development experience
• Financial or legal skills or knowledge
• Communications or marketing experience
• Project management experience
• Lived experience in social housing or deprived communities
• Lived experience and a background from an under-represented community.

If you could spare a little extra time to take on a more active role in the planning and running of the Community Land Trust that would be welcome, but it’s not essential.

Benefits

We can offer you:

• The chance to be part of a Community Land Trust, at an exciting time in its development, and to have a big impact on its plans and operations. Board members are essential in ensuring that we remain strong and able to navigate the challenges ahead.
• The opportunity to be at the vanguard of community-led housing across Somerset and make a real impact on addressing housing need in the communities we serve.
• Training and development opportunities.
•  A range of expenses including child/dependant care, travel, home office allowance and IT support.
• The opportunity to gain experience as a director of a growing and ambitious community land trust/housing provider

Application Instructions

Before you apply you are welcome to contact us for further information or to arrange an informal chat, please see the attachment on the job ad page for details.
Submitting a CV is preferable but not essential.
Please include the following information in your cover letter:
Why you are interested in joining our Board
Your relevant skills and experience (see Who we are looking for)
How you think you could apply your skills and experience to strengthen our Board or fulfil our mission