Admin volunteering (Communications support, Bristol)

This volunteering opportunity is to regularly support the Sustrans wide volunteering team with various communications and administrative tasks.

The Sustrans wide volunteering team provides support on everything related to volunteering with Sustrans.

The team engage with volunteers around the UK, as well as support Sustrans employees with volunteering as a part of their work.

As part of this opportunity you will support the team with a variety of tasks.

You can do most tasks in our Bristol office, or from your home. This is flexible and can be according to your needs, although you may be required to attend in person training if necessary.

You can help with different admin and communications tasks, depending on your interests. These include:

• adding and updating information in our volunteer and colleague online systems including news, guidance and training
• proofreading news articles and documents
• providing admin support for our volunteer Facebook page, including writing and sharing posts
• assisting with organising records
• assisting with research projects.

Other tasks might also come up, which you can help with as needed and if interested. Just let us know what you would like to help with.

We can then have a chat about what our team is working on right now, and how you might be able to help with the administrative and communications tasks.

You will receive all necessary training, so you can use our systems. Depending on the tasks you will help with, we will provide a laptop and other equipment needed.

Does this sound like you?

You…

• are comfortable with volunteering from home and / or in an office environment
• have experience or an interest in communications
• enjoy paying attention to the details
• know how to work on a computer and use Microsoft Word and Excel (if this is needed for your tasks)
• can carry out tasks independently
• enjoy admin and organisational tasks
• have some awareness of how to handle sensitive data (training will be provided)
• share our values and mission to get more people cycling, walking and wheeling in your community.

Then let us know your interest in helping our team with admin and communications related tasks.

Time commitment

This is flexible and we will be happy to discuss what works for you.

It may be that you can support on a regular basis for a couple of hours each week. Or you may support us only once a month.

Let us know what about your availability and we can discuss a time commitment that is suitable for you.

Volunteering for everyone with Sustrans

We are committed to representing the diverse communities we work with, and we welcome people from all backgrounds to volunteer with us. We commit to equity and an inclusive culture, so volunteering is for everyone.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive organisation brings with it a diversity of ideas and ways of working, which strengthens everything we do.

Please have a look at the website above and our Volunteering agreement before you join. Then you know what we all expect from each other when volunteering.

Your accessibility

Please let us know in the application form, if you need any support or adjustments to make our first chat together and volunteering a positive experience for you.

Any expenses for helping with these activities, which have been agreed, will be paid back to you. This can include for tools and public transport on the day of volunteering.

If you don’t have an email address, or for any other reason aren’t able to fill in our online form, not to worry. Reach out to your local Volunteer Coordinator (find here), and they can fill in the details for you.

We will ask you for the contact details of a person, who you have known for more than 6 months (1 reference). Please have these ready when filling in the application form. If you need support identifying a reference, please let us know.