Qualitative Volunteer Roles
Are you passionate about using your skills and expertise to help support and develop a UK-wide relationships and sex education charity?
Sexpression:UK provides high quality, comprehensive relationships and sex education workshops to young people between the ages of 11-18 in schools and youth groups. We operate across the UK through our unique network of affiliated branches and volunteers based at universities and students’ unions in 18 towns and cities.
You will have strong empathy with our mission to educate and empower young people to make individual, informed decisions about their bodies and their health. You will be committed to using your expertise to contribute to the future development of the charity and ensuring high quality governance of the organisation.
We particularly welcome applicants with experience in any of the following: monitoring and evaluation, working in schools in the United Kingdom, devolved nation experience, or corporate experience.
This is an exciting time to join our charity with the opportunity to contribute to a unique youth-led charity playing a leading role in some of today’s biggest issues.
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(We are looking to appoint between 5 to 10 Researchers with a focus on those with backgrounds in Human Rights, Social Issues, Education Policy, EDI, Climate Change Policy, Economic Policy, and Mental Health)
Researchers work within a research team to carry out short or long term research, they help to write research plans and reports as required and carry out research focused tasks. Researchers are allocated to a team and work with that team with supervision of a Senior Researcher who is able to provide guidance and support while providing tasks.
Key responsibilities
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To help plan and develop reports
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To carry out research tasks inline with an agreed objective
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To work alongside others in managing a workload
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Analyse and interpret research data.
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Proofread and edit reports
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Analysing and collecting data on a variety of subjects that align with the organisation’s strategy, goals and objectives.
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Assisting in the design and planning of projects and research work.
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Writing and editing reports and presentations of findings and presenting them to others.
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Recruiting study participants and scheduling their involvement
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Reading and summarising related articles
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Following ethical guidelines.
Requirements:
- To have a good undergraduate degree
- To ideally have a masters degree
- To have experience as a Research Assistant or Researcher or equivalent role
- To be competent in the use of IT tools
- To be able to work with others well
A Little About Us!
Youth Advantage UK is a research-led, un incorporated un registered charitable organization. We use a research-led approach to protect the rights and interests of young people through positive action such as projects, policy work, research, services, events. We promote and empower change.
Why we need you!
Youth Advantage UK are in our early stages but are growing and looking for volunteers to help achieve our aims to become a registered charitable organization. Your skills and expertise are what we need to continue to grow. Without our volunteers we cannot grow and appreciate those who apply with us!
What we offer!
Anybody who wishes to help and contribute to a good cause are welcome to apply for one of our volunteering positions. We will speak to you about what your aims are to ensure that the volunteering position you are applying for is suitable. By volunteering you have the chance to learn something new and contribute to a successful organization who is looking to help young people in the UK.
Provide a cover letter explaining why you want to volunteer with us, and explain a situation in the past where you have used your own initiative to complete a task.
