Volunteer Community Workshop Facilitator (Aberdeen)

British Red Cross Volunteer; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading humanitarian organization in Aberdeen is seeking volunteers to facilitate workshops for community education. This role requires a commitment of at least 8 hours monthly, focusing on humanitarian issues and promoting equality and inclusion. Volunteers will help empower their communities while gaining valuable experience in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Expenses covered for volunteering costs

Training provided

Opportunity to make a local impact

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 hours per month commitment.
• Willingness to volunteer for at least 12 months.
• PVG check required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate workshops on humanitarian topics.
• Promote education programs within the community.

Skills

Passionate about humanitarian issues

Understanding of equality and diversity

Responsible and organized

IT literacy

Job description

Overview

Community Education delivers free educational workshops to groups of young people and adults across the UK to help increase community resilience. We invite volunteers to contribute on a regular basis.

Diversity is celebrated and volunteering should be accessible to everyone. We welcome refugees, asylum seekers and others currently in the UK to volunteer with us. For questions about applying, please contact [e-mail].

Responsibilities

• Facilitate face-to-face or online workshops to groups of young people or adults, on a range of humanitarian topics to help strengthen your community.
• Help promote our work within your community so that more people may benefit from our education offer.

Skills & Qualifications

• Passionate about exploring humanitarian issues and values.
• Believe in the importance of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Responsible, organised, reliable and able to work with minimum supervision.
• Ideally, you will have a reasonable level of IT literacy, and have access to suitable IT equipment and internet connection. (There is no expectation to deliver both face-to-face and digital workshops; you may choose either or both.)

Requirements & Commitments

• Be able to volunteer on a regular basis and contribute a minimum of 8 hours per month; flexibility with availability is advantageous. Workshops usually run on weekdays between 9am and 5pm, with occasional opportunities in the evenings or at weekends.
• Commit to volunteering for at least 12 months.
• Will undertake all required training for the role.
• Willing to travel to workshop venues in your community independently.
• Must have access to your own IT equipment.
• Must have held a full driving licence for a minimum of 2 years and have access to your own transport.
• PVG check is required due to the nature of the role; applicants will be asked to provide ID documents in support of the PVG check.

Health & Safety

We take an individual approach to ensuring your safety. We may ask you to complete a simple risk assessment and will also have a conversation with you to discuss and identify any adjustments you may need.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity is celebrated. We want you to bring your authentic self to the Red Cross and feel that you belong. We aim to create an inclusive environment, and promote the power of kindness. We have an expenses policy that prioritises volunteers not being out of pocket for expenses linked to your role. If upfront costs are difficult, you can speak to your volunteering manager to find alternatives.

We welcome refugees, asylum seekers and others currently in the UK to volunteer with us. We want volunteering to be accessible to everyone.

For more information, please copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-involved/teaching-resources/community-education-workshops

Why we want you

We impart skills and knowledge to help people prepare for crises and deal with them. To support even more people, we require the help of our volunteers who know their local communities. Together, we can help enable positive outcomes for people impacted by adversity. This is a wonderful opportunity to act on our shared values as a representative of the British Red Cross in your local community and play your part in helping build the next generation of humanitarians.

The suite of workshops that we facilitate can be found at the link above.