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Adult Education Volunteer Volunteer Roles in Edinburgh

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Unpaid role, expenses paid
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Read Easy UK, Remote
Unpaid role, expenses paid
Posted 6 days ago
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Remote
Unpaid role, expenses paid
Voluntary

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Job description

As a Trustee, you will provide strategic guidance and oversight to the charity, ensuring it achieves its mission of helping adults learn to read. This role specifically seeks a Trustee with experience and insight in working with, large numbers of volunteers, to support the charity in developing, sustaining and empowering its national volunteer network to maximise impact.

You will work closely with the Board, CEO and Senior Team to advance its vision of ensuring that all adults who want to learn to read, can.

This role is ideal for someone with a passion for volunteering and an understanding of its impact in driving social change. If you are ready to help empower volunteers to create a brighter future for adults struggling to read we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities
 

Strategic Oversight:

  • Contribute to the charity’s overall strategy with a particular focus on its volunteer-led initiatives
  • Apply your insights and suggestions to help further develop the organisational strategy to maximise impact from volunteers
  • Advise on best practices for recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers at scale
  • Support the development of policies and frameworks that ensure a positive and effective experience for volunteers

Volunteer Management Expertise:

  • Provide an insight into managing largescale volunteer programmes, including geographically dispersed teams
  • Advise on the design and implementation of systems for communication, engagement, and recognition of volunteers
  • Share experience on strategies to address challenges such as volunteer retention, motivation and recognition
  • Advise on strategies to promote and ensure diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging,including reaching new, or currently underrepresented, volunteer communities
  • Add value for the volunteers of Read Easy by supporting the team to meet expectations of volunteers and ensure a quality experience of volunteering with us

Governance and Compliance:

  • Ensure the charity’s volunteer practices comply with legal requirements, safeguarding protocols and best practices.
  • Support the Board in overseeing the performance of volunteer programmes and their contribution to the charity’s goals
  • ​Advocate for inclusive, equitable approaches to recruitment and management across Read Easy

Advocacy and Representation:

  • Champion the roles, value and impact of volunteers within the charity, ensuring that their ideas and views are considered instrategic planning and development
  • Act as an ambassador for the charity, building relationships with stakeholders and potential partners who can enhance its volunteer network

Collaboration and Leadership:

  • Work closely with staff and other Trustees to support the charity’s volunteer-focused activities
  • • Share expertise to strengthen the charity’s capacity to manage a growing and diverse volunteer base
  • • Contribute to broader discussions and decision-making as an active member of the Board of Trustees
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Read Easy UK View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 11 - 20
Refreshed on: 08 March 2025
Closing date: 24 March 2025 at 23:59
Tags: Advocacy, Volunteering Management, Compliance / Quality, Education, Literacy, Strategy, Governance / Management

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