Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Volunteer - Activity Group Member

EDI Volunteer Role  - EDI Activity Group Member 

We’re the MS Society – a community of people living with MS, volunteers, scientists, campaigners, listeners, organisers, ambassadors and fundraisers. Join us today so that together we can stop MS.    

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team. As a volunteer you will play a crucial part in helping us deliver our EDI work. By attending four monthly meetings you will provide advice, feedback, guidance and personal opinion on our work. You will act as a bridge between our EDI activity group and our EDI reference group.  

The EDI reference group is a group of people affected by MS who helped develop our EDI strategy and now help support our work towards its delivery. The EDI activity group is a staff group who have responsibility and accountability for the delivery of our EDI strategy.  

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are at the heart of our work. We work with volunteers, professionals and people with lived experience of MS to guide and direct our approach to EDI.  

This role is a home-based role, which will require attending four online monthly meetings, and up to an hour of pre-reading before each one. One of these meetings will be between 12-5pm.  

What the role involves    

• Attending four monthly, online meetings 
• Reading documents and preparing any feedback in advance 
• Providing constructive and honest feedback on our ways of working, processes and future initiatives 
• Representing the MS community with lived experience 
• Taking comprehensive meeting notes, to share information between the EDI reference and activity groups 
• Regular 1:1 catch ups with our EDI programme manager 

 What you need for this role   

•  Confidence to speak and input into meetings  
• Experience of attending and reporting in meetings 
• Passion for the MS Society and for EDI in our work 
• Good IT skills 
• Awareness of EDI in a broader context – provide challenge outside of lived experience 

 What you may gain from this role 

• Understanding of how we work 
• Working in a professional environment 
• Board room experience  
• References  
• Training  
• Improve understanding of EDI in corporate environment 

 In order to volunteer in this role, you will need to undertake:   

Must do training  Role specific training  Data protection eLearning  Induction with your volunteer Manager Cyber Security training 
EDI training 

Sources of support:  

We will ensure that whist volunteering with us you will have access to all the support you need to feel comfortable, confident with what you are doing, and able to achieve the most impact though your time with us.  

 Your staff contact is here to support you, answer any questions you might have about what you’ll be doing, your learning and where you can get more information.  

 The Supporter Care Team is your point of contact for queries to other MS Society departments. They can signpost you to the right person:  

Additional information about our volunteering programme:  

  When you volunteer with us, you join our powerful community of people  

living with MS, scientists, campaigners, listeners, organisers, ambassadors and fundraisers.  

 Our shared commitments help keep our volunteering programme enjoyable, meaningful and safe for everyone.