Volunteer: Advocate

The Borgen Project; Chesterfield; Remote; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization focused on reducing global poverty as a Volunteer Advocate. This entry-level position allows you to build awareness, manage fundraising campaigns, and represent the organization in your community. Flexible hours and a chance to make a real difference await you.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, presentation).
• Ability to self-manage and prioritize tasks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an ambassador for the world’s poor.
• Manage and implement fundraising campaigns.
• Contact government leaders to support key poverty-reduction programs.

Skills

Communication

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.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the world?

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 advocacy, it has supported the passage of bills benefiting nearly 500 million people in developing countries.

Position: Advocate

This is a great entry-level volunteer position for individuals eager to contribute to The Borgen Project.

Key Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, presentation).
• Ability to self-manage and prioritize tasks.

Details

Location: U.S., U.K., and Canada

Salary: Unpaid

Duration: 3 months

Hours: 4 hours per week

Start Date: Flexible; new programs start every month, you choose your start month.

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