Passionate about customer service, volunteering and looking for a customer- facing role? Turn your passion into action and join the welcoming volunteer teams at Oxfam shops throughout the UK. If you are searching for a volunteer role that will increase your transferable skills and give you more retail experience, this may be the role for you.....

Overview:

Oxfam's shops are located in the heart of vibrant and generous local communities and each shop receives hundreds of donated items every week. Our shops are looking for cashiers to help with our customer service on the shop floor - with no previous experience required.

Oxfam is a global movement of millions of people who share the belief that, in a world rich in resources, poverty isn't inevitable. We respond fast in emergencies, work on long-term projects with communities and campaign for genuine, lasting change.

Our volunteers, staff and those we aim to influence are all guided by our values of empowerment, accountability and inclusiveness.

Our Shops

With a network of over 600 shops, our volunteers play an integral role in championing Oxfam’s values, running the shops and promoting our life saving work to the wider community.

Through the sales of donated goods and ethically sourced new products our shops raise millions of pound each year to fund our crucial work to end the injustice of poverty

Your Gift of Time

Your time and contribution helps Oxfam shops raise funds for emergency response and development work all over the world. In return, you have the opportunity to gain valuable insight into charity retail and enhance personal development.

What the role involves...

• A minimum flexible commitment of 2 hours or more by arrangement during the week or weekend
• Operating the shop's computerised tills and digital Gift Aid tablet
• Assisting customers on the shop floor and processing card and cash transactions
• Accepting donations and thanking our donors and customers
• Helping out in the stockroom during busy trading periods

What's in it for you?

• Comprehensive induction, training and support for your new role
• Insight into the running of a busy retail charity outlet
• The opportunity to join a friendly, inclusive and committed team
• Local travel and lunch expenses can be covered in-line with Oxfam's expense policy
• Opportunity to develop retail skills/confidence to enhance your CV and job prospects and/or meet some interesting people and make new friends
• Opportunity to learn more about Oxfam's Gift aid scheme and how you make a difference to the lives of others through your valued gift of time
• You will be joining thousands of Oxfam shop volunteers who 'won't live with poverty'
• References can be provided to future employers

All applications will be considered as they are received, thank you.

Thank you for your interest in joining the trustee board of Prisoners of Conscience (PoC).

We are recruiting one or two trustees, preferably with experience in and a track record of fundraising and/or achieving significant income growth, to add to the existing skills of our trustee board. This is an exciting time for PoC as we invest in skills and resources to exponentially grow income to achieve greater transformation for our beneficiaries.

Our vision is a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We provide grants and practical support to transform the lives of people who have been persecuted for their acts of conscience to protect and advance human rights around the world. 

As a trustee you would:

• be committed to good charity governance, the duties of trustees and our values
• play a full and engaged role on a supportive trustee board
• scrutinise grant applications
• attend four trustee board meetings each year at our London office
• assist in putting in place strategies and plans for growth
• promote PoC’s work externally

Skills and experience

• A strong interest in human rights
• Track record of fundraising and/or business growth, possibly with experience in marketing, sales, advertising, PR or social media.

Contract: Volunteer agreement

Duration: Minimum 2 year commitment

Location: Newcastle

Salary:  Unpaid (we can contribute towards travel and lunch expenses)

We are recruiting a volunteer MLR doctor to join our team. 

For genuine occupational requirement reasons we are looking to appoint a female only for this post (exemption under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9).

The purpose of the role is to produce medico-legal reports on clients, documenting evidence of torture and ill-treatment.

You will have extensive clinical experience post-qualification as a doctor. Ideally, you will have completed post-graduate training in your speciality however, if you have not completed this, but you are able to demonstrate the skills and competencies listed in the Person Specification please get in touch to discuss.

We rely heavily on the work of volunteer doctors who generously give their time and skills to document evidence of torture for Medico-Legal Reports.

Work patterns can be flexible but please kindly note that we would need you to be available on a regular basis, equivalent to at least one day a fortnight for a minimum of two years. To view the Role Description and Person Specification, please follow the instructions to be redirected to the freedomfromtorture website.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

Our team of dedicated professionals provide direct support to survivors including psychological therapy, physical health services, legal and welfare support, and expert medical reports for use in survivors' asylum claims. We also support other providers to deliver high quality rehabilitation services to survivors.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

None of this can happen without our vibrant community of supporters who help to create this change.

Thanks to the dedication of our staff and volunteers – as well as thousands of passionate supporters and funders – thousands of torture survivors have been able to rebuild their lives in incredibly difficult circumstances.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Closing date: 08 December 2019

Expected date of interviews:  11 – 12 December 2019

Please kindly note that successful candidates must be available for mandatory training March 2020 in London

As an organisation working with a vulnerable client group, Freedom From Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer

No agencies please

CLEAR is a charity that supports refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in the Southampton area. 

This role will support the promoting and advertising of the work CLEAR and EU Welcome do in Southampton by creating and designing engaging promotional material and resources for CLEAR. This material should help raise awarness about CLEAR and attract and engage clients, volunteers and external agencies. We are looking for someone who loves being creative and coming up with their own ideas, creating content, videos and pictures that draw existing and new audiences in. 

BACKGROUND

Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) was set up by Baroness (Caroline) Cox fourteen years ago with the mandate to undertake advocacy and provide aid to those who are, or who have recently been, suffering oppression and persecution in various countries across the world. HART works to provide lasting change through aid and advocacy for those suffering oppression and persecution.

We work with communities in active conflict zones (such as Burma, South Sudan and Sudan) and post-conflict areas still devastated by war (such as Nagorno-Karabakh, northern Uganda and Timor-Leste).

HART relies on first-hand evidence of human rights violations, using this as a basis for a powerful twin-track programme of international advocacy in arenas such as the House of Lords and the media, and targeted aid-work focusing on sustainable community development, local partnership and regional networks of support.

Purpose of the Role

The HART Prize for Human Rights is an annual competition for young people interested in global issues. The competition aims to raise awareness of conflict, poverty and human rights abuses amongst secondary school students in the UK and encourage them to examine and critically engage with such issues. The HART Prize offers two competitions; a creative competition and an essay competition.

This role will focus on engaging schools and their students for the junior (Year 7 – Year 11) and intermediate (Year 12 and Year 13) age groups of the competition.

Main Tasks

• Research and liaise with teachers and schools to build new and existing relationships;
• Conduct presentations/assemblies/workshops at schools to promote learning about Human rights, the work of HART and the HART Prize for Human Rights;
• Take the lead in developing your own style of promoting the HART Prize and tailoring each presentation to the intended age group, with support from the Communications and Fundraising Manager;
• Develop a lesson plan that teachers can use to promote learning about Human Rights;
• Update the resources available to students taking part in the competition;
• Promote the HART Prize on HART’s social media platforms
• Manage the HART Prize email inbox;
• Act as the main liaison point for all entrants and school staff;
• Input all entrants data and scores onto Excel;
• Mark all entries submitted and create a shortlist for Baroness Cox and the guest judge;
• Help with planning, promoting and following up the HART Prize giving event;

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & TRAITS
Desire to gain experience in public speaking
Good knowledge of MS Excel and Word
Proactive can do attitude and ability to take initiative
Very good attention to detail
Good organisational skills
Ability to work independently

We are looking for someone who can start immediately. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) is an independent charity that exists to challenge immigration detention in the UK, by providing free legal advice, information and representation to thousands of people held in detention across the UK. Through our research and policy work, we challenge existing detention policy and practice as well as pressing for an end to detention.

We are looking for people to join our Board of Trustees and help to shape our future plans and strategy.

Trustees have ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of BID, and ensuring that it is solvent, well run, and delivering the charitable outcomes for the benefit of the public for which it has been set up. The trustee board must always act in the best interests of BID, exercising the same duty of care that a prudent person of business would in looking after the affairs of someone for whom they had responsibility. The trustee board must act as a group and not as individuals.

Duties of a trustee board member:

The duties of a trustee board member are to:

• Ensure that BID complies with its governing document (its Memorandum and Articles of Association), charity law, company law and any other relevant legislation or regulations
• Ensure that BID pursues its objects as defined in its governing document
• Ensure BID applies its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objects, ie it must not spend money on activities which are not included in the objects, however worthwhile they may be
• Contribute actively to the board of trustees' role in giving clear strategic direction to BID, setting overall policy, defining goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against them
• Safeguard the good name and values of BID
• Ensure the financial viability of BID
• Protect and manage the property of BID and ensure proper investment of funds
• Appoint and support the chief executive officer and monitor their performance. 

In addition to the above, each trustee should use any specific skills, knowledge or experience they have to help the board of trustees reach sound decisions. This may involve leading discussions, focusing on key issues, providing advice and guidance on new initiatives, evaluation or other issues in which the trustee has special expertise.

Person specification:

Each trustee must have:

• A commitment to the mission of BID
• A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort
• Integrity
• Strategic vision
• Good, independent judgement
• An ability to think creatively
• A willingness to speak their mind
• An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
• An ability to work as a member of a team and to take decisions for the good of BID.

The board of trustees collectively needs skills and experience in:

• Public policy
• Organisational management
• Financial management,
• Fundraising
• Legislation and case law relating to immigration detention and immigration generally as well as general legal expertise
• Experience of immigration detention or the asylum system
• Human resource management
• Charity and volunteer management and policy
• Media/Communications
• Strategy development
• Governance

CLEAR delivers a comprehensive service of English language tuition, advice on housing, asylum support, immigration and employment, and material support, to refugees and asylum seekers living in Southampton.

Our fundamental objectives are to provide a safe, welcoming environment where refugees are able to rebuild their lives through access to high quality advice, through learning English and learning about life in the UK, and to enable refugees to meet and make friends, develop self-help and social support networks with other refugees as well as with the wider community.

The IT and Digital Learning LSA provides support in  the digital and ESOL learning of CLEAR learners and clients.This aids in building their confidence in accessing resources, services and learning opportunities online.  The IT and Digital Learning LSA  facilitates and supports online learning to develop learners’ language skills, literacy, digital literacy and digital skills.

Want to change the way the world works for women?

If so, we're looking for three Trustees to join our Board. Previous Trustee experience would be advantageous, although we’re equally happy for individuals to develop into the role.

Why join UN Women?

Created in 2010, UN Women UK is the UN organisation dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. We are committed to changing the way the world works for women from a UK perspective, setting the strategic direction for the UK, and delivering policies, programmes and campaigns, in the local UK context. We partner with our strong government, business and civil society network to reduce gender discrimination and improve the lives of women and girls across the country.

What We’re Offering:

An opportunity for you to influence thestrategic direction and success of UN Women through stronger governanceand participation in our campaign activities. 

You’ll be part of a growing world-class organisation with one of the best employment/human rights brands in the market. Our programs positively impact people at their most vulnerable and in impactful ways. 

You can help shape the world, as we want to believe it is possible. 

We want to hear from you if you have:

·A strong interest in and empathy with the vision, mission and values of UN Women

·A can-do positive attitude

·The ability to think strategically and provide guidance and advice

·Strong interpersonal and communication skills 

·IT literacy with access to a PC and the internet.

·Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.

·Ability to devote the necessary time and effort and attend all Board Meetings

We are particularly interested in hearing from anyone who has held senior roles in Charities or has expertise in Fundraising Strategy or Business Growth. 

This is a voluntary role, and the time commitment will vary during the year depending on the work programme, management responsibilities and other commitments. It is estimated that the time equates currently to an average of 2 to 3 days per month. The Board usually meets 5 times a year in London with sub-committees meeting (usually via conference call) monthly.

IHF is currently seeking At-Home Volunteers for our International Media and Public Relations Team. This is a great opportunity to reach out to a global network of individuals and organisations to inspire and grow a worldwide movement involving people from all political, social, and cultural backgrounds. Volunteering in this division will give valuable experience for anyone wanting to start a career in the non-profit sector, and will offer a chance to understand how one could go about setting up or sustaining their own non-profit organization. This role will also enhance social media and public relations skills as you will utilise a multitude of mediums.

CLEAR delivers a comprehensive service of English language tuition, advice on housing, asylum support, immigration and employment, and material support, to refugees and asylum seekers living in Southampton.

Our fundamental objectives are to provide a safe, welcoming environment where refugees are able to rebuild their lives through access to high quality advice, through learning English and learning about life in the UK, and to enable refugees to meet and make friends, develop self-help and social support networks with other refugees as well as with the wider community.

The CLEAR Reception function is a crucial role because it is often the first contact clients have with our service. Reception volunteers are the primary ambassadors of CLEAR to visitors and callers.

Fair Trials is looking for an Honorary Treasurer to offer robust and responsible financial oversight and to guide our strategy, as we work to advance the right to a fair trial across the globe.

Fair Trials is a unique human rights organisation that works to improve respect for the right to a fair trial. We believe fair trials are an essential part of a just society; that each person accused of a crime should have a fair legal process; and that fair trials make societies safer and stronger by building trust in criminal justice.

We have grown gradually over the past ten years and are proud to have achieved major legal reforms in Europe and beyond, which are protecting people against miscarriages of justice and building fair and effective justice systems that benefit everyone. We employ a team of committed and experienced staff across offices in London, Brussels and Washington D.C and work with a global movement of fair trial defenders and with many of the world’s leading law firms.

We are looking for a Treasurer who shares our commitment to fair trials and who is eager to help guide our strategy and oversee its delivery. The Treasurer will support the Board of Trustees in ensuring the sound financial management of Fair Trials and by offering financial and business input as it develops and oversees the implementation of the charity’s strategy to grow its global impact.

You don’t need to be an expert in human rights or criminal justice to apply. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate a sound track-record of interpreting financial information and using it to inform sound strategic decisions, ideally in a multi-national context.

We recognise the enormous benefits of a diverse board and encourage applications from a range of backgrounds and experiences.

This is not a paid role, but Fair Trials will cover your reasonable expenses.

Applications should be made by way of a short cover letter and CV via the button below by 10 January 2020 with “Honorary Treasurer” in the subject.

For more information please see the Treasurer role description on our website or you can contact Fair Trials’ Chief Executive, Jago Russell.

The volunteer positions will be primarily research and project based, and you will be helping deliver outcomes that will have huge implications for a range of public services.

With an immediate start, we ask that you can offer the flexibility to volunteer up to three days per week (Monday to Friday) but also remain flexible with the evolving demands of the projects.

If you are interested, please send a copy of your CV as soon as possible, with a covering letter of no more than 300 words explaining why you think you would be suitable for this work.

Joining IHF as a co-director will enhance your CV and allow you to gain experience working with people from diverse cultures. Volunteering as a co-director will give valuable experience for anyone wanting to start a career in the non-profit sector, and will offer a chance to understand how one could go about setting up their own non-profit organization. All this while you have an opportunity to explore new magical places in Jakarta. 

IHF’s mission is to educate impoverished children; activating their highest potential, and also to educate global citizens about the realities of impoverished communities and the value of other cultures.  Your knowledge, skills and experience can support this mission to care for and educate children born into poverty.

IHF is currently looking for at-center volunteers to co-direct our center in Jakarta. This position allows the individual to work both with the community we serve, as well as administrative tasks that enable an international organization to function. The position is for a minimum of 4 months but we encourage individuals to join for a year. 

Every day ordinary people do an extraordinary job monitoring conditions for people in custody to make sure that they are treated with fairness and respect.

The IMB at Yarl’s Wood IRC including IMB Charter Flight Monitoring Team (CFMT) is recruiting new members who live within 30 miles of the Yarl’s Wood IRC including IMB Charter Flight Monitoring Team (CFMT) and can commit the time to visit 3 to 4 times per month (reducing to 2 to 3 visits after completing the probationary year).

Who are the IMB?

We’re a group of ordinary members of the public, doing an extraordinary job. As a passionate, personable individual, you could join us in making a difference. In this unpaid role, you’ll volunteer your talent and time towards securing a decent day-to-day life for every prisoner and detainee. Under the guidance of dedicated mentors and an extensive training programme, you’ll commit to a flexible schedule of visits to a local establishment each month, with travel and subsistence expenses oaid. Your observations will have an impact as your Board reports its findings to Ministers in Her Majesty’s Government. 

About the role

With unrestricted access to these unique environments, you’ll gain a rare insight into all aspects of life in custody. Impartial and highly influential, you can decide what shape your visits should take. As an independent monitor, you may spend time in a specific part of the prison or choose to have your conversations with prisoners or detainees out of sight or hearing of a member of staff. As well as keeping a close eye on daily operations, you’ll play a crucial role in dealing with problems that arise. This could be in response to a confidential request to see a member of the IMB, or to observe the management of the more serious incidents that occur.

Why join us?

More than anything else, this is a rewarding opportunity that makes a real and meaningful difference to the lives of prisoners, detainees and our wider society. Ministers are obliged to respond to the issues raised in your Board’s report.  The environment may seem intimidating at first, but you will be fully supported through your training and accompanied during your visits until you feel ready to manage independently. This highly recognised and respected role could provide the experience that opens doors into other careers within the justice system.

Who are we looking for?

There is no one type of person who could be right for the IMB because it’s not about background or skillset. It’s about having the dedication and passion to ensure all people are being treated fairly For that reason, we’re looking for individuals from all walks of life who will approach the role with no preconceptions. You will need to be willing to work within a challenging environment and have the confidence to report your findings to senior figures. Most importantly, you will be able to talk to people in a way that makes each prisoner or detainee feel respected and reassured.

Please apply via our website, quoting reference: 1015/Yarlswood IRC/2019

Closing date for completed returned applications: 29/12/2019