Volunteer: Advocate

The Borgen Project; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Borgen Project is looking for a Volunteer Advocate to help in their mission to reduce global poverty. As an ambassador, you'll build awareness, manage fundraising, and engage with community leaders to amplify the cause. This entry-level opportunity offers great experience for anyone passionate about advocacy and social justice.

Qualifications

• Excellent overall communication skills oral, written, presentation.
• Ability to self-manage and prioritise assignments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an ambassador for the world’s poor and build awareness.
• Manage and implement fundraising campaigns.
• Represent The Borgen Project in your city and engage people.

Skills

Excellent overall communication skills

Self-management

Job description

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From CNN to The Huffington Post, the world is talking about the innovative movement that is downsizing global poverty. The Borgen Project believes that leaders of the most powerful nations on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. The national campaign is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. and U.K. foreign policy.

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Are you passionate about making a difference in the world? Look no further!

The Borgen Project is an international organisation that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine and poverty.

With 20 years of experience in the advocacy space, The Borgen Project has worked to support the passage of numerous bills that have benefitted close to 500 million people in developing countries.

Advocate This is a great entry-level volunteer position for someone looking to be part of The Borgen Project.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as an ambassador for the world’s poor. Build awareness of the issues and ways people can help.
• Manage and implement fundraising campaigns.
• Represent The Borgen Project in your city - attend events and engage people in the cause.
• Contact government leaders in support of key poverty-reduction programmes.
  
  

Qualifications

• Excellent overall communication skills oral, written, presentation.
• Ability to self-manage and prioritise assignments.
  
  

Location U.S. U.K. and Canada

Salary Unpaid

Duration 3-months

Hours 4-hours per week

Start Date New programmes begin every month, you choose the month you wish to start

This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Civic and Social Organizations and Non-profit Organizations

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