Volunteer Administrator
3 weeks ago
Who we are:
We all want to know where we’re from, to solve the mysteries of our past, to connect with people whose lives lead to ours, to feel as they felt, and to wonder what we would have done in their place.
The Society of Genealogists is an educational charity founded in 1911, and is the custodian of an extensive and exciting collection of diverse historical and modern physical and digital records. We have a unique purpose: to help people discover their place in history. We preserve the records of everyday lives and make them available to anyone wanting to understand where they’ve come from - grassroots sources,rich data of unlikely origin, exceptional assets that capture the unfolding, unofficial history of us all.
Benefits:
Opportunity to work with a warm and friendly team of volunteers and staff
Twenty-five days of annual leave pro rata per annum, as well as Bank Holidays
Contribution towards eyecare costs
Access to member benefits of the Society of Genealogists
Pension scheme
Location: Based at our Research Hub in the heart of London, 40 Wharf Road, N1 7GS The role requires on-site office work, although there is some flexibility for working from home.
Purpose:
You will be an integral part of our team, bringing together our professional staff with our immensely valuable and experienced volunteers. You will engage with our existing volunteer team, recruit new volunteers for various opportunities within the charity, and match people with volunteer activities as they arise, making sure that volunteers have fulfilling and purposeful projects to work on.
Key accountabilities:
Maintain register of volunteers in Outlook and One Drive in compliance with GDPR
Ensure that volunteers are engaged in meaningful duties directly related to the objectives of the Society
Respond to requests from staff for volunteer engagement in particular activities (e.g. poll books indexing, library inventory, magazine content)
Organise occasional Zoom training sessions for projects and maintain organic resources and procedures
Liaise with proofreaders in the development and maintenance of indexing guidelines
Allocate, distribute and collect project work and arrange proofreading
Maintain volunteer page of our website and volunteer forms
Supply brief text to magazine and newsletter to encourage volunteering
Write and publish occasional articles for the website about particular categories of volunteer work
Monitor and maintain volunteer forum
Write and distribute volunteer e-newsletter
Write text for newsletter about volunteer achievements and engagement
Provide statistics and notes on volunteer achievements in the Dispatch e-newsletter
Background and experience:
Essential
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Good presentation and training skills
Good time management and organisational skills
Good multi-tasking skills with the ability to deal with and prioritise multiple requests.
Personable, with the ability to form different relationships and demonstrated ability to enthuse others
Preparedness to be flexible and a commitment to team work
Knowledge of issues affecting volunteers
Excellent computer skills; experience using dropbox and OneDrive
Strength in problem solving and the ability to maximise limited resources
Ability to resolve problems/issues tactfully and effectively
Experience of volunteer coordination
Desirable
Experience writing newsletters and reports.
Experience working and updating forums
Experience writing newsletters and reports
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