Details
United Purpose operates a small co-ordinating office in Cardiff. This office is the administrative and financial centre for all its overseas programmes and it plays a critical supporting role for the ten country offices.
The Programmes Team supports our Country Programme teams in many ways. We provide some funding support, line management, admin, linking with the communications and finance teams and ensuring our projects are as effective as possible. We keep records on all projects and donors, and coordinate information for organisational publications, including on learning and impact.
Objective
The primary objective of this role is to support the Programmes team. This will be a varied role which may encompass researching, report writing, database support, copywriting, blogging, editing and general administrative tasks depending on experience, team priorities and interests.
- Role title: Programmes Volunteer
- Reporting to: Programmes Team
- Location: Flexible. Ideally 1 day/ month in UP Office, 14 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF119LJ, UK
- Dates: 1 or more days per week (3 month minimum)
- Start Date: ASAP
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Good written and verbal English.
- IT literate, including familiarity with Microsoft Outlook and Word.
- Good analytical skills- ability to distil large amounts of information without using jargon
- Good interpersonal skills and a friendly and flexible approach to teamwork
- Disciplined and committed
- Good administrative and organisational skills
Desirable
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Knowledge of development issues
- Experience of working overseas
- Working knowledge of French, Spanish or Portuguese