Campaign Data Volunteer

The role in a nutshell:

This is a desk-based role (from our London office, and occasionally from home) offering support with data entry to the External Affairs team, working to influence on the big issues affecting older people and achieving real change.

What will you be doing?

We have a significant amount of paper/postcard sign ups to our Offline and Overlooked digital petition and a growing number for our Save the Winter Fuel Payment petition.  You will help the External affairs team processing and adding these to our online petition log. Where we have an email and permission you will also help us adding them to Age UK's campaigns mailing list.
 
We estimate we have at least 70 hours of work to be done now over the first month. More can be discussed dependent on speed, hours and number of petitions left.
We are flexible about hours worked per day and per week but would expect the initial work to be carried out over no more than a month.

How would you be supported in this role?

You will be supported by a team member who will be your main contact to discuss anything relevant to your role, tasks and objectives. We will offer you appropriate training to enable you to fulfil the role effectively and will reimburse agreed volunteer expenses (terms and conditions apply).

Why do we need volunteers in this role?

The External Affairs team is responsible for communicating the charity’s priorities with parliamentarians, as well as engaging with and mobilising a community of hundreds of thousands of campaigners to raise older people’s concerns. It’s a busy time for the team, with several projects underway. We need a volunteer to help us ensure we are recording all the support our public petitions are receiving.

Additional information:

In this role you will gain knowledge of campaigning methods and experience handling personal data.

What skills, interests or experience might be helpful in this role?

Attention to detail and organisational and IT skills (comfortable using Excel, Outlook, Microsoft Teams or similar) are essential.
Having an interest in political change, campaigning for social justice, health and social care is preferred but not required. This role is open to individuals looking to gain experience in the field.