News Editor

Volunteer Wessex; Hampshire (IL); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to supporting disabled individuals by creating an engaging e-newsletter. This role allows you to connect with a diverse audience, share vital information, and promote valuable resources and consultations. As a volunteer, you'll collaborate with a team, utilizing your writing skills to inform and inspire readers about disability-related news. This opportunity not only enhances your communication abilities but also provides a platform to make a meaningful impact in the community. If you're passionate about disability rights and enjoy writing, this is the perfect chance to contribute and grow.

Benefits

Expenses reimbursed

Ongoing support and training

Insurance coverage for volunteers

Qualifications

• Strong writing and editing skills to create engaging content.
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Write and edit the monthly e-newsletter on disability-related topics.
• Coordinate with volunteers for graphic design and proofreading.

Skills

Good writing skills

Communication skills

Interest in disability and social care

Tools

Mailchimp

Job description

News Editor

To write our monthly e-newsletter to keep our readers informed about disability-related news and reports, new resources, services, products, and consultations and research they may wish to get involved in. We have a graphic design volunteer, who will format the newsletter. There is also someone who can proof-read the copy for the newsletter.

• To respond to online enquiries.
• To sign up and read e-newsletters from other disability organisations e.g. Disability Rights UK, other charities and local authorities. Other members of the DPV team will also send you items for the e-newsletter.
• To edit any news items, consultations, reports, resources, snippets, and products that may be of interest to the readers of the DPV e-newsletter.
• To write the e-newsletter and send the copy to our proof-reader.
• To send the final copy along with suggestions for photos and images to our graphic design volunteer, who will produce a draft Mailchimp e-newsletter for your approval. The graphic design volunteer will then use Mailchimp to distribute the e-newsletter and update our ‘Past Newsletters’ page on our website.
• To find consultations that Disabled People will want to take part in and that DPV will want to promote via the consultation section on our homepage.
• To let the Facebook volunteer know about any news that needs to be published on our Facebook page.
• To observe our Volunteers’ Code of Conduct.

Skills

Qualities:

• Be able to communicate with a wide range of people.
• Have an interest in disability, health, and social care.
• Ability to recognise information of relevance and interest to Disabled People, who don’t necessarily have the same impairment.

Skills:

• Good writing skills, able to edit a news item.

Additional Information:

• Expenses reimbursed: Reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with our expenses policy.
• Health and Safety Policy.
• Ongoing support and training provided.
• Volunteers covered by insurance.

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Location

This opportunity can be carried out whilst working from home.

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