Supporting Volunteer (Climate Action Data Analyst)

Canal & River Trust; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Canal & River Trust as a Supporting Volunteer to enhance your skills while making a difference in community waterways. This role offers flexible volunteering, with tasks ranging from administration to creative social media support, all within a friendly team environment.

Benefits

Flexible volunteering, often from home

Be part of a friendly team

Learn new skills

Qualifications

• Reliable and organised individual.
• Familiarity with computer or mobile devices is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assist with data collection, analysis, and administration.
• Support team operations and social media activities.

Skills

Reliability

Organisation

Job description

Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to learn new skills and become one of our Supporting Volunteers. You will get to meet new people in our offices (known as 'hubs') or online from home. As a Supporting Volunteer, you will assist with data collection, analysis, administration, and presentation, as well as carrying out useful surveys to help us maintain our records.

As a Supporting Volunteer, you will feel part of the team, with plenty of opportunities to learn about subjects like carbon accounting, energy consumption, and climate adaptation. You will make a difference by presenting important and complex information clearly and simply to help inform decisions within the Trust.

Why we want you

Our Supporter volunteers ensure that the day-to-day operations of the waterways run smoothly, whether that involves monitoring activities on the towpath or supporting team operations behind the scenes. This can include working with our Social Media Team or assisting with location and filming for productions. Supporting Volunteers also support our teams within offices and on the Towpath by 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 needed

The skills you need

• Reliable
• Organised
• While not essential, many activities in this role 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 gain a better understanding of the day-to-day workings of the waterways