Position: Stories volunteer
Salary: Voluntary
Hours: 1-2 days per week
Location: Welwyn Garden City or remote
Do you love storytelling? Can you help people to share their experiences? We’re looking for a great communicator with a flair for the written word to help us develop our case studies. We’re hoping to capture the experiences of our beneficiaries and their family members, our fundraisers, partners, and team so we can better demonstrate the impact our work has and strengthen the messages we share about our services.
Role Purpose
To help us build a powerful picture of our impact, by collating case studies, stories, and outcomes from beneficiaries, fundraisers, partners, staff, and volunteers.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
1. Contact beneficiaries, companions/friends/family, fundraisers, partners, staff, and volunteers who have expressed an interest in sharing their story to arrange a suitable time and method.
2. Interview clients over the phone, video call, or email to build a picture of how our advice has made a difference to them.
3. Work with our Comms & Marketing team to identify and share stories.
4. Use our database to find potential interviewees.
5. Record case studies, stories, and outcomes on our database for use on a number of different channels (funding reports, website, social media, press releases, newsletter, etc).
6. Ensure confidentiality is maintained and permissions are collected and recorded in accordance with GDPR regulations.
Skills And Qualities
To be successful in this role, you will need:
1. The ability to conduct interviews with empathy and sensitivity.
2. A flair for storytelling with accurate spelling and grammar.
3. A creative approach to communication.
4. An interest in, and understanding of the work of Willow.
5. A willingness to learn how to use our database system and other technology.
6. The ability to work on your own initiative but work as part of a team.
If this sounds like you, please do get in touch. We are ideally looking for someone who can commit 1-2 days per week; however, we are open to other patterns. You can be home-based anywhere in the UK, or can work from our friendly office in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. If you have a way with people and are a natural storyteller, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact jo.tredgett@willowfoundation.org.uk or fill in our volunteer sign-up form and we will get back to you.
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