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.