Supporting Volunteer (BookShop)

Canal & River Trust; Market Harborough; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community organization in Market Harborough is seeking Supporting Volunteers to assist in a bookshop at Foxton top lock. Responsibilities include welcoming visitors, maintaining book stock, taking payments, and creating social media content. Ideal candidates should be reliable, organized, and have an interest in books. Flexible volunteering hours, often from home, will be provided.

Benefits

Opportunity to volunteer flexibly

Become part of a friendly team

Learn new skills

Qualifications

• Interest in books and willingness to learn about the history of the locks.

Responsibilities

• Welcome visitors and maintain the stock of books in the shop.
• Take payments, give change, and manage a small float.
• Support with administration and data collection.
• Create content on social media and take photos for promotion.

Skills

Reliable

Organised

Job description

Overview

Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to learn new skills and become one of our Supporting Volunteers. You will welcome visitors to our pre-loved bookshop at Foxton top lock and maintain the stock of books. There will be opportunities to create displays and make the shop look attractive to visitors.

As a Supporting Volunteer you will feel part of the team, with plenty of opportunity take responsibility for the bookshop. This will include keeping the shop looking clean and inviting.

You will be taking payments, giving change and managing a small float.

You should have an interest in books and a willingness to learn about the history of the locks, so that you can share this knowledge with visitors.

Why we want you

Our Supporter volunteers ensure that the day to day nuts and bolts of the waterways happen be that monitoring activities on the towpath or that the running of teams and the necessary processes happen in the background. This can be anything from working with our Social Media Team to assisting with location and filming for productions. Our Supporting Volunteers also support our teams within our offices and even on the Towpath conducting audits.

What you will be doing

• Supporting with administration
• Supporting with data collection
• Creating content on social media
• Taking photos for promotion and celebration
• This role can potentially be done from home.
• When you register as a volunteer, we will ask you about any unspent convictions which you need to declare and risk assess these as needs be.

The skills you need

• Reliable
• Organised
• Whilst not essential, many of the activities in this roles use either computer or mobile devices.

What\'s in it for you

• The opportunity to volunteer flexibly, often from home
• Be part of a friendly team of supportive colleagues and volunteers
• Learn new skills and understand better the day to day workings of the waterways