Supporting Volunteer (School Visits Co-ordinator - Wigan)

Canal & River Trust; Wigan; Remote; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join us as an Explorers Water Safety Education Volunteer in Wigan, where you will help school children stay safe around open water. This role involves coordinating volunteer activities and providing essential administrative support from home. Flexibility and regular commitment are key to supporting our important community water safety messages.

Benefits

Flexible volunteer hours

Supportive team environment

Opportunity to learn new skills

Qualifications

• Regular commitment required to ensure prompt communication.
• Computer or mobile device familiarity helpful but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordination of volunteer availability and bookings.
• Support with administration and data collection.
• Create social media content and promotions.

Skills

Reliability

Organization

Job description

Help us reach more children!

Our Explorers Water Safety Education Volunteers in Wigan see thousands of school children each year, helping them stay safe around open water. We are looking for volunteers to help coordinate this essential work, which requires some organization and communication.

If you can spare a few hours each week to respond to school and group requests via email, coordinate volunteer availability, take bookings, and follow up for feedback, we would love to hear from you! This flexible opportunity allows you to volunteer from home with hours to suit your schedule, supporting our important water safety messages.

Volunteering requires regular commitment across the week to ensure prompt communication, but the specific hours are flexible and may be reduced during school holidays.

Why we want you

Our Supporter volunteers handle the day-to-day operations of the waterways, including monitoring activities on the towpath, supporting team operations, managing social media, assisting with filming and location work, and conducting audits within our offices and on the towpath.

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 be performed from home
• When registering as a volunteer, you will be asked about any unspent convictions, which will be risk assessed accordingly.

The skills you need

• Reliable
• Organized
• Familiarity with computers or mobile devices is helpful but not essential

What's in it for you

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