Audio Ambassador

Cue and Review Recording Service; Bishopbriggs; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local charity organization in Bishopbriggs is seeking volunteers to demonstrate how visually impaired individuals can access talking newspapers. Volunteers will contact libraries and health centers to set up demonstrations and must have good communication skills. This role is ideal for those interested in making a difference in the community while enhancing their personal skills.

Benefits

Flexible volunteering hours

Support and training provided

Expense reimbursement

Qualifications

• Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.
• Ability to drive or access a car for transporting materials.
• Experience using social media for promotion.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate access to talking newspapers on devices.
• Contact venues to arrange demonstrations.
• Work in teams to set up displays.

Skills

Social media management

Communication skills

Teamwork

Tools

Laptop

Tablet

Mobile phone

Job description

Overview

Cue and Review - "Print Speaking to the Blind" is looking for people to demonstrate how visually impaired people can access daily talking newspapers on their tablet, laptop or even on their phone. The role involves contacting venues such as libraries, health centres, hospitals and daycare centres asking them to allow you to bring our display stand along and to talk to their clients. We are not just looking to speak to visually impaired people but also their sighted family and friends. We would look to recruit teams of two that would be able to act as ambassadors for the charity and be able to drive to each venue with the display materials. Team members need to have access to a laptop, tablet or mobile phone to enable the online audio player to be demonstrated.

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Responsibilities

• Demonstrate how visually impaired people can access daily talking newspapers on devices (tablet, laptop, or phone).
• Contact venues (libraries, health centres, hospitals, daycare centres) to arrange demonstrations and talk to clients, including visually impaired individuals and their sighted family and friends.
• Work in teams of two as ambassadors, driving to venues with display materials and setting up demonstrations.
• Ensure you have a laptop, tablet or mobile phone to enable the online audio player demonstration.

Expenses

Where agreed in advance mileage will be paid when events/venues have been visited.

Frequency & Commitment

Two to four hours per visit with a couple of visits per month.

Minimum Age

Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.

Requirements

With 4350 people living with sight loss in East Dunbartonshire, and 188,000 Scots, who are registered visually impaired it is vitally important that we recruit volunteers to use social media, the press, and gatherings to raise awareness of the daily service being provided by our studio volunteers.

If you drive, or have access to a car, and could take our display boards and promotional material to an exhibition please get in touch. If you have a talent for shrinking everything down to 140 characters or less (check that) and can help improve our social media presence please get in touch. Always wanted to be a journalist? Always wanted to be published online or in print? We badly need people who can help get articles into local newspapers. We also need people to come up with ideas for both our blog and website.

About The Company

Benefits of Volunteering with Cue and Review Print Speaking to the Blind

• You are valued and treated as part of a team.
• You receive support from staff to help carry out your voluntary role.
• You will have access to training to help you do your role well.
• Out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed.
• We will celebrate your successes and achievements.
• We will give you the opportunity to practice and develop your skills.
• We will listen to, value and take into consideration your opinions and suggestions.
• We develop flexible and diverse volunteer roles that complement (but do not substitute for) the roles of paid staff. Where possible volunteer roles are adapted to meet individual needs.

Our Expectations of Volunteers

Role
We have policies that set out the procedures that everyone needs to follow. We will provide copies of these policies to you and help you in understanding how they apply to your role. In particular, we expect all volunteers to:

• Have a non-judgmental attitude.
• Respect confidentiality.
• Be a good timekeeper.
• Be a Team player.

Job Search and Volunteering

If your ultimate goal is paid employment, we are happy to facilitate your job search by rearranging your time commitment with us. Anyone in receipt of JSA, RDS, Universal Credit or any other benefits is fully entitled to volunteer. It is a good practice to let the Job Centre Advisor know about your volunteering activity. Also on request we can write to your Job Centre Adviser to assure them that your role with us is voluntary and you receive no payments.

Confidentiality

In your work as a volunteer for Cue and Review Print Speaking to the Blind you may have access to confidential information from service users and staff that you should not share with people outside of the organisation. In this you will be maintaining confidentiality. It is not appropriate for you to discuss or disclose personal information about service users, staff members or volunteers outside of the organisation, e.g. addresses, phone numbers, etc.

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