About the role
A hub is a group of people who come together and organise activities and events to support DKMS. This can be a group of friends, family, colleagues, or just local people getting together to do something to support our cause. They do this by organising donor recruitment events, fundraising activities or raising awareness. Any activity they do supports us achieve our goal.
The role of the hub volunteer is to be confident in guiding and organising activities and events. There can be more than one hub leader in each hub.
We’re looking for someone passionate about fighting blood cancer and blood disorders, to join with us to:
• Ensure the group fulfils the aims of DKMS UK
• Plan and organise a calendar of varied Donor Recruitment, Blood Cancer Awareness and fundraising events (ideally four events)
• Manage and lead a small team of volunteers on all events agreed
• Ensure the group is organised to take into consideration the strengths of other group volunteers, local needs and resources
• Recruiting more volunteers into the Hub
• Promote the Hub and DKMS UK charity and campaigns within your local community
• Supporting with ad-hoc tasks to support the charity when necessary
Minimum Time Commitment
Volunteers will ideally commit to a minimum of 10 hours a month or a minimum of four small events per year. The placement will ideally last for a minimum six months. Hours are flexible and negotiable to suit the volunteer.
Skills/Experience
• Ability to recruit own volunteers
• Good leadership skills
• Ability to use own initiative and be organised
• Honest and reliable
• Good communication skills
• Possess good people skills
• Have a good knowledge and understanding of your local community
What you can expect from DKMS
We’ll be here to support you in your role and will provide you with
• Comprehensive training and support from the DKMS team
• Material to support your voluntary activities
• Guidance to ensure all fundraising regulations, charity law and regulations are met and reflect best practice
• Recognition of your work and achievements
• An opportunity to feedback on your experience and shape the future development of the program
• A professional reference from an international charity (after 6 months with us)
Other Benefits
You will develop and sharpen many skills including:
- Marketing and promotional skills
- Customer Service skills
- Develop skills in social media
- Gain experience in the charity sector
- Supporting and Planning outreach events
- Volunteering in the community
- Signposting skills
Find out more
If you would like to know more about the role before applying please contact us on 020 8747 5657 or email: [email protected]