Environment Volunteer Roles

Key details:

• Volunteer role

• Time required 1 day per week (can be split across 2 half days)

• Flexibility: Flexible hours, remote working

Overview:

• Zero Hour is searching for 2x volunteer Press & Comms Officers to help support grassroots campaigners maximise communication and local press coverage of any progress in their constituency.

• This role will support the existing Grassroots Manager and Political Communications Manager in ensuring that all campaigners have the local support they may require. 

• Volunteer or paid experience working for an environmental NGO or charity is preferable but isn’t essential. What we’re looking for is someone who has experience or understanding of drafting press releases and liaising with local media.
   

Key purpose:

• We’re looking for someone to help Zero Hour support local grassroots campaigners with local press at key milestones in their constituency pages ahead of the general election.

• Tasks include drafting, proofing and supporting distribution of local press releases.

• Support in building local press contacts and relationships that can be utilised at future dates.

• Researching and sharing any press pick up that happens in regions with relevant grassroots campaigners and group chats.

Personal specification: 

• Experience in copywriting, drafting press releases

• Experience working with local media

• Confident and professional written and verbal communications skills, with an ability to engage and activate a range of people

• A keen eye for detail and an ability to manage projects and prioritise tasks

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to find creative solutions

• The ability to work independently and prioritise tasks

• An interest in the key issues surrounding the climate-nature crisis (globally and at a UK level)

• Knowledge about the interconnections between social and racial justice and the environmental emergency

Competency of IT systems, such as Google and Microsoft applications, and particularly Excel, as well as, ideally, knowledge of how to build, inspire and activate a campaign database

This position is open to anyone interested in Friends of the Earth and its local campaigns in the borough of Camden. As the Group Coordinator, you will play a vital role in organizing and coordinating various activities and initiatives of the group. These responsibilities will be shared with the other two coordinators of the group.

Duties

 Most common duties:

● Organize and facilitate monthly group meetings and other events.

● Provide leadership and support to group members and volunteers, to ensure the successful implementation of projects and activities.

● Be the main point of contact with the central Friends of the Earth staff.

● Partnering with other local groups in Camden.

● Monitor and manage the FOE Camden group mail inbox.

● Stay informed about relevant environmental policies, developments, and best practices to inform the group's initiatives and advocacy efforts.

● Foster a welcoming and inclusive environment within the group, encouraging participation from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

Person specification

Essential:

● Min 18 years old.

● Strong commitment or interest in environmental issues.

● Own or have access to a laptop and/or smartphone.

Desirable

● Strong personal and communication skills.

● Good organization skills and a collaborative mindset.

● Previous experience in similar roles is  advantageous

Application Instructions

Tell us in few lines why you will be interested in volunteering in our group and for this particular role. 

We are excited to announce an outstanding volunteer opportunity at HavenWeb, a dynamic and innovative organisation dedicated to promoting sustainable and eco-friendly living. Our mission is to empower people to grow their own food at home or in a community environment. We are on the lookout for a passionate and creative Marketing Manager to volunteer with us. This individual will play a pivotal role in launching our newest initiative, Seedlings of HavenWeb, aimed at introducing our community to the joys and benefits of home-grown food. The ideal candidate will be instrumental in crafting and implementing a comprehensive marketing strategy to attract new customers and spread our message far and wide.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and Implement Marketing Strategies: Craft a strategic marketing plan that encompasses various channels and approaches, including local markets, social media, partnerships, and more, to maximize our outreach and impact.
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• Team Collaboration: Work closely with the HavenWeb team, providing clear and detailed instructions and updates to ensure cohesive efforts and shared success.
• Engagement and Outreach: Engage with our community and potential customers through innovative and compelling campaigns, fostering a deep connection with our mission and offerings.
• Budget Management: Efficiently manage and allocate a limited budget to ensure the most effective use of resources in achieving marketing goals.
• Performance Analysis: Monitor and analyze the performance of marketing initiatives, adapting strategies as needed to ensure continuous improvement and growth.
• Explore New Avenues: Continuously seek out and evaluate new marketing opportunities and platforms that could enhance our visibility and attract a broader audience.

Ideal Candidate:

• Proven experience in marketing, with the ability to devise and execute effective strategies. We will consider people new to this profession when showning enthusiasm and out-of-the-box thinking. 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex ideas in a clear and engaging manner.
• A creative thinker with a flair for innovative marketing approaches.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• A team player with a collaborative spirit, eager to work with a diverse group of individuals.
• Passionate about sustainability, gardening, and promoting eco-friendly living.
• Previous experience in working with limited budgets and maximizing resource efficiency.

What We Offer:

• A chance to be a part of a meaningful project that makes a real difference in promoting sustainability and eco-friendly practices.
• The opportunity to enhance your marketing portfolio with a unique and impactful initiative.
• A platform to unleash your creativity and marketing skills in a supportive and vibrant environment.
• The ability to work remotely and flexibly, accommodating your schedule and commitments.

Join us in planting the seeds of change with HavenWeb. Together, we can grow a greener, more sustainable future.

Aliens are invading Yorkshire! Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) are the second largest threat to global biodiversity (just below habitat loss) and all along Yorkshire’s waterways we can see the colonisation spreading year by year. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust are on the front line, battling the tide of INNS such as Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed and American skunk cabbage. To win, we need volunteers to help us.

Our Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) and river restoration project teams are looking for passionate individuals to volunteer within the West Region INNS Team. INNS are the second biggest threat to biodiversity within the UK, cost around £2 billion annually to manage, and cause numerous issues across Yorkshire such as infrastructure damage and increased bankside erosion. As part of the team, you will have the opportunity to assist staff with INNS surveying, treatment, and post-treatment restoration.

You will have the opportunity to learn how to identify a number of key native and INNS species, biosecurity, and surveying techniques including the use of our GB-wide app INNS Mapper. Furthermore, there is the opportunity to assist staff members within the wider West Region Projects team and attend skills training days run by the volunteer team.

This role will take place across the Calder and Colne catchments around Huddersfield and Ripponden, primarily on private land and land of partner organisations. Working in a ‘top-down’ manner, volunteers will help us to identify and control INNS across the catchments. 

A contribution towards reasonable travel expenses can be provided.

For more information and to apply, please visit Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website: INNS Volunteer Role

Help us flock together!

We are looking for someone to support the members of our local RSPB group in Bedford.

We are a friendly group of birdwatchers and wildlife enthusiasts who are passionate about nature and its conservation.

We need someone to manage our list of members, collect subscriptions, and help to recruit new people to join our group and to take part in our activities. These include regular indoor meetings and birdwatching trips. To learn more about us and what we do, please click here.

We are looking for someone who is well organised, with good IT skills and, most importantly, someone who is a people person.

If you join us, you will have the opportunity to meet new people, learn more about birds and nature, and help the work of the RSPB, Britain's largest conservation organisation.

If you feel you could help, please get in touch.

Our playground kiosk is an essential part of the trading team at WWT and provides a much-needed break space for our visitors during a fun day out. By being the friendly face behind the kiosk and providing excellent customer service, you can help make a family’s day go from good to brilliant.

Not only will you helping families, by making the kiosk to run as smoothly and as safely as possible, you will be creating an area where visitors can spend money. Every ice-cream or drink sold generates much needed income for WWT that goes straight into our world leading wetland conservation.

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: 

• Act as a liaison between the staff and the CEO regarding the company’s project updates, processes as well as volunteers’ well-being; 

• Meet with the charity's senior team for business updates, supporting with challenges and escalating to CEO as appropriate; 

• Attendance at bi-monthly trustee meetings if required

• Assist, communicate and support volunteers and Young Leaders throughout the decision-making, program management and initiative implementation stages;

• Continuously improve the company’s ongoing processes and develop procedures to ensure compliance, optimal efficiency and productivity;

• Design, review and improve the organisation’s structure (as appropriate) and address or escalate to the CEO ongoing problems 

• Cover reasonable requests from the CEO 

• Build good relationships with volunteers and Young Leaders

• Work with the CEO on succession planning; and 

• Assist with reporting e.g. gathering multiple projects and progress reports and compiling them into one organisational reporting pack.

Experience and skills requirements  

Essential: 

• Programme management skills,

• Strategic planning and thinking 

• Managing operational volunteers

• Excellent communication

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Be open, transparent and approachable.  

Desirable: 

• Matrix management 

• Management of remote teams

• 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

Established in 1988, Nene Park Trust serves as the proud provider of Nene Park and an exciting and growing portfolio of other spaces, places, and ground-breaking regional initiatives. As a Trust, we believe that Nene Park is the Crown Jewel of the region. Our mission is to safeguard and nurture the park indefinitely. We’re proud to offer inspiring programmes within our environmentally rich spaces to connect people meaningfully with nature, culture, and heritage.

The Park is also a haven for wildlife, providing the community of the City of Peterborough with high quality green spaces and recreational venues.  

We are now looking for our next Chair to provide leadership to a substantial and committed Board, oversee the development of the organisation, and support our collaboration with partners and our vibrant Peterborough communities. Your commercial acumen and commitment to our vision will ensure we remain aligned to the big picture, whilst delivering results.

The Trust has crafted an ambitious and progressive Nene Park ‘Master Plan’, a visionary blueprint which takes us well beyond our historic boundaries. As our new Chair, you will foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability, enabling us to tackle a spectrum of challenges, identify new opportunities, and journey towards a bright and sustainable future.

You will be a credible and influential leader with well-honed strategic skills. With a deep commitment to the Trust’s mission, you will have the skills to act as critical friend, guiding and supporting us in the execution of our Master Plan and to achieve our broader priorities. A background in conservation or heritage is not strictly necessary – you may have worked in business, in public service or in the voluntary sector. Wherever you are now, you will be someone who inspires confidence quickly with funders, partners, and supporters, and who has a down to earth personal style.

Closing date: Friday 24th May 2024

This position is opened to anyone with a keen interest in Friends of the Earth and its local campaigns in the borough of Camden. We are looking for someone interested in environmental and climate issues who enjoys organizing events!

Duties

The event coordinator will be informed about upcoming events and the duties will depend on the event.

Most common duties:

• Communicating to the group of any upcoming events and our monthly meetings in our internal Whatsapp group.

• Finding dates suitable for most of the group for hosting future events.

• Creating Eventbrite posts for upcoming events.

• Work closely with the Social Media Manager to promote the group´s events.

• Take ownership for planning and logistics for the group´s events with the support of the coordinators.

• Include in our monthly newsletter the upcoming events.

Person specification

Essential:

• Min 18 years old.

• Strong commitment or interest in environmental issues.

• Own or have access to a laptop and/or smartphone.

Desirable

• Strong personal and communication skills.

• Good organization skills and a  collaborative mindset.

• Previous experience in events or related roles is advantageous.

This position is open to anyone interested in Friends of the Earth and its local campaigns in the borough of Camden. We are looking for someone to support our campaigns.

Duties

Most common duties:

• Partnering with other local groups in Camden.

• Building local support though online petitions, leafleting in our event etc.

• Engaging with our local politicians.

• Mobilizing at key moments with groups and organizations across the country e.g. Days of Action.

• Working with our social media manager to promote the campaign.

• Including in our monthly newsletter any updates on the campaign.

Person specification

Essential:

• Min 18 years old.

• Strong commitment or interest in environmental issues.

• Own or have access to a laptop and/or smartphone.

Desirable

• Strong personal and communication skills.

• Good organization skills and a  collaborative mindset.

• Previous experience in events or related roles is advantageous

We’re passionate about making the countryside a better place for everyone to enjoy. This flexible, micro-volunteering role is a great way to stand up for the countryside if you don’t have much time to spare! You’ll take easy online actions to support our campaigns from home (or wherever you have internet access!) at a time that suits you.

We're particularly keen to recruit people aged 18 - 30 (although this is open to everyone!) based across England as we want to bring younger voices into our campaigning work. In the run up to the 2024 General Election, it’s now more important than ever that we amplify your voices in our campaigning work.

By taking simple online actions, you’ll help champion environmental issues including the climate emergency, countryside next door, the green belt and affordable rural housing.

We’ll ask you to take and feedback on campaigning actions, to inform what we do in the future. Your ideas will shape the way we campaign in the future.

We’re looking to build a team of activists to take up to 6 actions in the run up to the General Election (depending on when exactly the election is called). You’ll actively shape the future of this work, and you’ll be testing an exciting new way to volunteer with CPRE! Interested in taking part? No prior experience is needed for this role. Sign up is easy – we just need your name and email address! Find out more below.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse CPRE in which everyone feels supported, valued, and always able to be themselves when volunteering. We recognise that a diverse and inclusive volunteer community is important in achieving our vision of a thriving, beautiful countryside and urban green spaces that contribute to wellbeing for everyone.

People of the global majority and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sectors. CPRE wants to be part of bringing underrepresented groups into the sector. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you identify as a person of these or other underrepresented groups, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.

Why we want you

We want to gain the support of people with many different experiences of the countryside to inform what we do so we can work towards a thriving countryside for everyone.

You'll join a group of enthusiastic volunteers taking actions and giving feedback that directly supports our campaigning work. Some actions will take as little as 5 minutes!

Sign up is easy - we just need a few details and then you'll join our activist pool. Please note you must be over 18 to sign up for this role.

What you will be doing

• The types of actions we’ll ask you to take part may include:
• Build our understanding of what motivates you to support our campaigns, what you’d like to see us do in the future and how best you’d like to take part through surveys and feedback
• Sign a petition, send a letter to your MP using a template or take a survey
• Read / share articles & like / share posts / blogs
• Attend an online session / webinar / training eg on lobbying
• Feedback on campaigns content (reports, website, podcasts)

The skills you need

• An interest in the countryside and environmental issues
• Willing to give feedback as part of the role, as this is a test
• Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone with internet
• No experience necessary!

What's in it for you

• Use your enthusiasm, skills and experience to make a positive difference to the countryside
• Opportunity to influence future campaigning asks, and feedback on what works
• Access to online campaigning training and webinars

Noms makes daily cooking easy. They solve the question “What’s for dinner?” by automatically converting online cooking content into intuitive, easy-to-follow and step-by-step recipes. With the app, individuals can search for recipes by what’s in their fridge, customise recipes to suit their needs, swap ingredients that they do not like or have, and display quantities in intuitive measurements (handfuls, spoons, etc.). Individuals. Individuals can then cook these recipes with their  easy-to-follow format that shows only essential information (no ads, long descriptions, or touching the phone). And, they can optimise their  groceries to make more food with less money and zero waste. 

RECIPE EDITOR

• The responsibilities for this role may change all the time but tasks you may be doing are: uploading recipe videos to our app, using our unique editor to turn cooking reels into step-by-step recipes and checking a creator's original recipes and editing the step-by-step recipe to be easy-to-use and accurate.
• Volunteer 7-9 hours per week remotely for 1-2 months.

This role is one of two Trustee positions on the Board providing oversight of the Trust’s finances and financial management. In addition to the general duties of trustees (more information here), the role involves:

· Monitoring the financial standing of the charity.

· Ensuring that the charity’s finances are managed responsibly.

· Overseeing the reporting of the financial health of the charity to the Board of Trustees and of the charity’s financial risk-management process.

· Providing general support and oversight for the effective running of the Trust as a member of the Board of Trustees.

The role may also include chair responsibility for the Trust’s Finance Committee (not essential).

Specific Finance Responsibilities – in conjunction with the Chair of the Finance Committee

Scrutiny of papers produced by the Head of Finance & Operations (HoFO) and the wider Senior Management Team in the following areas:

Budgeting and strategic financial planning

• Ensure that strategic plans are financially appraised and that implementation plans are aligned with budgets.
• Provide constructive challenge to the annual and longer-term budget and forecasting processes.
• Ensure transparency and accountability in resource allocation.

Management Reporting

• Ensure that a high standard of management accounting is maintained.
• Liaise with the Chair of the Finance Committee to guide the HoFO in the preparation and production of high quality management accounts to the Board.

Statutory Financial Reporting

• Ensure the finalisation of statutory financial accounts by the HoFO in line with charity regulations and statements of recommended practice and the completion of the external audit process. Assist fellow trustees to formally approve the Trustees’ Annual Report and Annual Accounts

Reserves Policy

• Review the reserves policy.

Keep the Board informed regularly of the free reserves position and advise on strategies for coping with changing circumstances.

Governance and Financial Control

• Ensure that proper accounting records are kept, financial resources are controlled, invested and economically spent in line with governance, legal and regulatory requirements.
• Attend quarterly Finance Committee meetings and support the Chair of the Finance Committee in reporting financial matters to the Board of trustees.

Develop your fitness, practical skills, and improve your mental health while participating in conservation of habitats and green space. Gain valuable work experience, where you can choose to work towards an AQA certificate.

Grow Wild volunteers have been called the ‘next generation of naturalists’ in the Richmond area. We go weekly into the local green spaces at Ham Avenues / The Copse, and maintain the green spaces so that humans and wildlife can share them. 

We particularly welcome young people and those who experience barriers in accessing green spaces and volunteering opportunities. The two-hour-long sessions are accessible, and are an energising, communal way of connecting with others and nature. 

We provide support, induction, and are happy to make the activities more accessible for you. Let us know what you need to make the most of this opportunity.