Operations Volunteer Roles in North East
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Chief of Staff
Youth Mix is a new start-up young people’s charity that aims to become an award-winning charity that’s about “Inspiring A Generation” empowering young people to be change-makers in their communities, as well as through projects that UNITE communities, EDUCATE on social issues, INSPIRE a generation of leaders and CREATE active citizens.
ROLE TITLE:
Volunteer Chief of Staff
HOURS:
Approx. 6 hours per week
COMMITMENT PERIOD:
A minimum of 12 months is needed for this volunteer management role
RESPONSIBLE TO:
CEO
LOCATION:
Remote with possible in person meetings in London
CLOSING DATE:
TBC
ROLE SUMMARY
The Chief of Staff is a brand new position at Youth Mix and plays a crucial and key role in ensuring the smooth running of operational activities by being the liaison between the volunteers and the CEO on all operational matters.
The CEO is currently heavily involved with the operational staff and projects. The team is growing, and the work is expanding. Therefore, we are looking for a self-motivated volunteer who is an excellent communicator, is great with people, a good problem solver to support the CEO and be a crucial link and coordinator between the CEO and the rest of the operational team.
This is a senior role and reports directly to the CEO. In this new exciting role, you will:
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Act as a liaison between the staff and the CEO regarding the company’s project updates, processes as well as volunteers’ well-being;
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Meet with the charity's senior team for business updates, supporting with challenges and escalating to CEO as appropriate;
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Attendance at bi-monthly trustee meetings if required
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Assist, communicate and support volunteers and Young Leaders throughout the decision-making, program management and initiative implementation stages;
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Continuously improve the company’s ongoing processes and develop procedures to ensure compliance, optimal efficiency and productivity;
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Design, review and improve the organisation’s structure (as appropriate) and address or escalate to the CEO ongoing problems
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Cover reasonable requests from the CEO
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Build good relationships with volunteers and Young Leaders
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Work with the CEO on succession planning; and
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Assist with reporting e.g. gathering multiple projects and progress reports and compiling them into one organisational reporting pack.
Experience and skills requirements
Essential:
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Programme management skills,
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Strategic planning and thinking
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Managing operational volunteers
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Excellent communication
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Strong problem-solving skills
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Be open, transparent and approachable.
Desirable:
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Matrix management
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Management of remote teams
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Experience of working with young people
How to apply
Email us your CV with the reference COS0124. We will then send you a short application form for you to complete and email back to us. Once your application has been reviewed and if you are successful we will contact you to arrange a telephone interview.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the high number of applications we are expecting to receive for this role, we are not able to respond individually to candidates concerning their applications.
Therefore, if after the application stage of the process, if you do not hear from us 4 weeks from the date of submitting your application, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion
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Do you enjoy working with people and would you like to make a positive impact for Turtle Doves? This species was once widespread and numerous but now is down to 2100 pairs in the UK. The Operation Turtle Dove project in partnership of RSPB, Natural England, Penthorpe Conservation Trust and Fair to Nature was established to conserve this iconic, red-listed species. Our staff and volunteers are working with landowners to try and halt and reverse the population decline but we need to measure our progress. Following on from the successful 2021 National Turtle Dove survey, we need to expand our network of survey volunteers in Kent, Sussex and Essex to enable yearly monitoring of survey squares for Turtle Doves.
We are looking for an organised person with excellent communication & IT skills to join our team and to help run the Turtle Dove monitoring program and supporting a network of volunteers. Experience in carrying out bird surveys is welcome but NOT essential, we can provide training so you can understand the role of the surveyors you will be recruiting and co-ordinating. This role could be carried out remotely. This is a year-round roll with peaks in activity before and after the survey season which runs from 11th May until 31st July. All equipment needed will be supplied.
Volunteer Coordinators undertake a wide range of activities, including:
Tasks:
- Dealing with queries from potential new volunteers who get in touch
- Being the first point of contact for our existing volunteers and answering general queries
- Lead on advertising new volunteer roles (on the RSPB and external websites, in the local community)
- Set up interviews with potential volunteers and assist with induction administration
- Administrative tasks such as recording volunteer hours, registering new volunteers on our database, organising surveys, receiving, and entering data and processing expense claims
- Organising and managing a small budget for volunteer thank-you events at the end of the survey season.
- Helping to promote the project through internal comms such as project newsletters
More potential experience (optional):
- Analysing and screening conservation footage from trail cameras
- Helping to coordinate large-scale orders of supplementary feeds for Turtle Dove seed
Beneficial skills for this role are:
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- You need to be a great people person, friendly and approachable
- Good telephone manner and written communication skills
- An ability to lead/inspire others and work as part of a team
- Creative and forward thinking
- Computer literacy
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a small team
- Good record keeper
- Happy to work from home or office
- Tact/diplomacy
This is a rewarding and enjoyable role with real conservation impact delivering for this iconic species. You will be part of a small and friendly team of staff and volunteers with a chance to learn new skills and develop existing ones. There is room for development within the role. You would be helping volunteers have a rewarding and enjoyable time whilst contributing to valuable scientific data. This is a wonderful opportunity to make a genuine contribution to wildlife conservation.
Commitment from you:
Equivalent of 1-2 days per week (flexible) and could be a role-share. There will be peaks either side of the survey season (11th May until 31st July) and likely to be fewer hours during the rest of the year. You may also have the chance to volunteer for additional days in other areas of the project.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are a small but rapidly growing charity at an exciting moment in our evolution. We are looking for a couple of exceptional people to join our Board of Trustees. The successful candidates will have a high level of expertise in their field.
Due to the three year terms coming to an end for a couple of trustees we have 2 vacancies on our Board of Trustees. We are looking for trustees that have:
- a passion for the mission of Pledgeball.
- a high level of expertise in your chosen field (see skills required).
- be able to think strategically and focus on the big picture.
- a willingness to devote the necessary time and effort.
- good, independent judgement.
- an ability to think creatively.
- a willingness to speak their mind constructively.
We are looking for trustees that have expertise in one of the following areas:
- legal
- charity organisation
- pan-European organisational background
What difference will you make?
As part of our trustee board you will oversee our continuously expanding young charity. Your expertise will be essential to helping our aim of promoting the conservation, improvement and protection of the physical and natural environment for the public benefit by:
- advancing education and increasing awareness amongst the community of the benefits of reducing carbon emissions and energy saving and effective ways to make such reductions and savings
- promoting amongst the community the reduction of carbon emissions and energy saving.
To apply, please submit a covering letter (maximum 1 page) including:
Why you are interested in the role of Trustee at Pledgeball
Your relevant experience
Details of two references that can be contacted prior to appointment
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is looking for three members of the Commercial and Partnerships Advisory Committee.
The Commercial and Partnerships Advisory Committee is to provide guidance and make recommendations to the Council or Executive Board on matters pertaining to commercial and partnership opportunities and activity, approach to safeguards and controls for partnership working, and advises them on commercial strategies and performance. The RSPB strategy recognises the importance of partnership in order to maximise the impact it can have. Similarly, commercial activities are key opportunities for the RSPB as we seek to grow and diversify our income.
In addition to making an important contribution to the work of the RSPB, through shaping its strategy and direction and influencing key decisions affecting its delivery of conservation outcomes, participating in an advisory committee can provide excellent networking opportunities, an opportunity to acquire practical experience of committee functions, decision-making process and further development of leadership skills, knowledge, and experience.
About you
We are looking for individuals with relevant experience to join our committees to provide independent, objective, challenging advice to support the Executive Board and Trustees in developing, shaping and implementing of RSPB strategies.
Essential skills, knowledge, and experience across one or more of the following areas:
1. Experience in building successful partnerships to further impact and setting common goals and outcomes.
2. Experience in developing and implementing commercial strategies that identify new income opportunities that help diversity the existing portfolio.
3. Experience in dealing with innovative financial products and how to take them to market.
4. Some prior involvement in the not-for-profit sector would be an advantage but not a requirement.
5. Leadership in setting up monitoring systems and KPIs for determining the effectiveness and success of these partnerships and commercial income stream.
Please click 'Apply via website’ to be redirected to the RSPB website, where you can find full details of the role and register your interest to apply.
Applications for this role closes 10th May.
Our purpose is to advance the conservation of birds, other wildlife, and the natural world, by protecting and restoring habitats and landscapes.
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INFLUENCER PARTNERSHIP MANAGER
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.