Office Admin Volunteer
EcoLocal are a small local charity based in Carshalton. We are looking for a long term committed volunteer to join our friendly, busy office team. We run all sorts of interesting projects: the Carshalton Environmental Fair, inclusive Gear-Up cycling, family food growing Beanstalk Project, Wallington Farmers’ Market, Carshalton Community Allotment and food growing training, a Home Energy Road Show and lots of school educational activities. You’d be able to help contribute towards the success all these activities and more.
Roles
- organise stationary - put away stationary deliveries, order toner, organise leaflets and other cupboards, stock check
- keep office organised and tidy
- carry out mailings and keep records of mailings
- support other volunteers - plan basic tasks for them
- enter feedback and other data from our activities on spreadsheets and databases
- answer phone; take bookings for events/courses etc, take messages, answer enquiries about our activities, look after the message book, check messages have been answered
- pack resource boxes for our educational activities, help source resources
- keep staff in/out board up to date
- occasional help at registration desk at our disability cycling at Sutton Arena
Skills needed
- organised
- good telephone manner
- friendly and communicative
- able to use computers for word processing and data entry
- able to use own initiative
- happy to ‘muck in’ and do what's needed
- interest in community or environmental activity
- awareness about the local community/environment
- keen to contribute regularly and become part of a team
Time
- long term
- approx 9-12 hrs per week
- Ideally Monday, Thursday and Friday - but plenty of scope for flexibility.
If you interested and would like to have an informal chat about the role and recruitment, please phone Tansy on 020 8404 1524.