Volunteer Role Title :Creative Services Volunteer

Volunteer Role Title :Creative Services Volunteer

VOLUNTEER ROLE

DESCRIPTION

Volunteer role title:Creative Services Volunteer

Directorate: Communications

Team:Creative Services

Main contact:Marc Donovan (Kian de Loach until 30 October)

Overall purpose of volunteer role:

We’re looking for a highly organised individual who would enjoy working in the charity’s Creative Services team.

This role will work with our Media Sales Manager, helping with the administrative work behind our advertising and sponsorship of our magazines and guides for people living with diabetes and healthcare professionals.

Main elements of volunteer role:

  • Obtaining quotes, raising purchase and raising sales orders
  • Project administration including collating artwork, text and photography from advertisers and sponsors.

Timescales

We hope that you will be able to volunteer for:

  • 1-2 days (flexible - this can be negotiated to suit the situation). Additional hours can be negotiated on an ad hoc basis by agreement between both parties and are available if requested.
  • Initially for a 3 month period with the opportunity for extension. It will be reviewed after 2 months.
  • For chosen candidates, informal interviews will be held w/c 4th November

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What we are looking for:

  • Someone able to commit to the agreed hours and provide reliable support
  • Close attention to detail and highly-organised
  • Confident using a computer

What we can offer you:

  • Payment of agreed out of pocket expenses, such as lunch and travel
  • Diabetes UK commitment to Health and Safety and Equal Opportunities Policy
  • An opportunity to gain experience of working as part of a busy Creative Servicesteam.
  • An opportunity to gain administration and production experience.
  • Experience of working in the charity sector.
  • The opportunity to contribute to an important area of work which could ultimately help to improve the lives of people with diabetes.
  • Full support in your role.

We hope you will:

  • support Diabetes UK in its work and carry to out your volunteer role to the best of your ability.
  • meet time commitments and standards agreed, and give reasonable notice when unavailable, so other arrangements can be made.
  • support Diabetes UK procedures and standards by:

i) Being aware of your own health and safety and of that of others

ii) Respecting others and treating people equally irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation

(Equality Act 2010)

Confidentiality

The matter of confidentiality is very important. Diabetes UK is trusted by others with sensitive information. We therefore ask that should you work with confidential information you ensure that confidentiality is upheld.

Intellectual Property

The work you do for us is important to us and we value the rights that may exist in any work which you undertake. In some cases, it may be vital that we own and can prove we own such rights. Accordingly, we may ask you to complete, sign and return a separate assignment of such rights.

The purpose of this role description is to set out the expectations of both parties. It is not the intention of either party that the volunteering has the purpose or effect of creating a legally binding contract or an employment relationship between parties.

Thank you for volunteering for Diabetes UK. We very much appreciate your volunteering for us and will do our best to make your volunteer experience with us enjoyable and rewarding.

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