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Role Description
Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce environmental damage? Do you want to inspire people to enjoy healthy vegan food that both looks good and tastes great?
The Vegan Society aims to make veganism more accessible. We help people to adopt a vegan lifestyle by supporting individuals, policy- and decision-makers, caterers, manufacturers, healthcare professionals and the media.
Why do we need you?
Our Education Officer is aware that there are many posts on social media from concerned vegans who are experiencing varying degrees of discrimination through the education system. Our Education Officer is frequently tagged in these posts, but does not have the capacity to respond to each individual enquiry and direct them to the relevant resources.
What does the role involve?
The volunteer will use different social media platforms, but particularly Facebook, to respond to any online discussions about veganism and education. Their response to these discussions will be based on pre-written content and they will direct the person to the relevant Vegan Society resources and web pages.
What training and support is available?
Our Education Officer will provide the volunteer with all the information required and the pre-written responses. They will also be available to confer with the volunteer on how this information is being received and to re-draft the responses if required. The Volunteering Officer will be available for general support and to ensure that the volunteer has a positive experience in their role.
What skills would be useful in doing this role?
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Friendly, confident and personable Enjoy spending time on Facebook and other social media platforms
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Happy to join a lot of vegan and parenting-related groups on Facebook
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A strong understanding of the aims, campaigns and tone of voice of The Vegan Society
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The ability to identify any issues of concern and be able to use their initiative and common sense to know which of these should be escalated
What does my availability need to be?
This is an ongoing role and we estimate that it will require about two hours every week. Volunteering can be done outside traditional working hours and in any time zone, although meetings and staff support will only be available between 9am and 5pm UK time. We ask volunteers to commit to a minimum of six months to make the best use of recruitment and induction time and to get the best out of their volunteering experience.
Who does this role report to?
Laura Chepner, Education Officer.
Who can I contact to find out more?
You can contact Kaya, Senior Volunteering and Engagement Officer, at [email protected]
Role Description
Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce environmental damage? Do you want to inspire people to enjoy healthy vegan food that both looks good and tastes great?
The Vegan Society aims to make veganism more accessible. We help people to adopt a vegan lifestyle by supporting individuals, policy- and decision-makers, caterers, manufacturers, healthcare professionals and the media.
Why do we need you?
The Vegan Society is always looking for celebrity allies with large media platforms to amplify our membership and campaigns.
What does the role involve?
This role involves desk-based research to find celebrity vegans, their areas of interest and contact details for their agents. It also involves updating existing lists and creating and updating a database. We would like the volunteer to set up introductory calls with celebrity contacts, to maintain contact with them and to build ongoing relationships.
What training and support is available?
We will support you with research guidance and train you to use our CRM system. There will also be mandatory GDPR training.
What skills would be useful in doing this role?
- Friendly, confident and personable
- Organised and detail-oriented
- Good at building relationships
- Strong understanding of the aims, campaigns and tone of voice of The Vegan Society
- Working knowledge of GDPR
- Comfortable using Excel and CRM systems
What does my availability need to be?
We estimate that this role will require about two hours of work each week,
although this may vary. Volunteering can be done outside traditional working hours and in any time zone, although occasional calls with The Vegan Society may need to be held between 9am and 5pm UK time. We request that you commit to the role for a minimum of six months to make the best use of recruitment and induction time and to get the best out of your volunteering experience.
Who does this role report to?
Elena Orde, Senior Campaigns and Communications Officer.
Who can I contact to find out more?
You can contact Kaya (Senior Volunteering and Engagement Officer) at [email protected]
Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce environmental damage? Do you want to inspire people to enjoy healthy vegan food that both looks good and tastes great?
The Vegan Society aims to make veganism more accessible. We help people to adopt a vegan lifestyle by supporting individuals, policy- and decision-makers, caterers, manufacturers, healthcare professionals and the media.
Why do we need you?
Laura Chepner is our Education Officer, and she is looking for a volunteer to support her in her role. Laura has a background in education, with a degree in Primary Education which preceded a decade of teaching and a short stint in the role of SENco (Special Educational Needs Coordinator). Shortly after that, Laura theorised vegan-inclusive teaching, published An Educator’s Guide for Vegan-Inclusive Teaching and worked as the UK’s first vegan-inclusion education specialist until joining The Vegan Society.
At The Vegan Society, Laura supports vegan learners in education who have been discriminated against by acting as an intermediary between their families and the institution. Additionally, Laura supports educators by creating resources and delivering training sessions on what it means to be vegan-inclusive in their practice. Furthermore, Laura empowers parents/guardians to ask for vegan-inclusion by creating documents, with the help of The Education Network, that they can present and highlight their rights.
What does the role involve?
This role involves working alongside our Education Officer to create around 50 differentiated worksheets for teachers of key stage 1 (KS1), Year 2 to use. No lesson plans to be made – just worksheets that support the National Curriculum English programmes of study for KS1, Year 2 outcomes. Laura would delegate certain literacy areas such as ‘suffixes –ful and –less’. Once complete, we would meet online to look over and then Laura would delegate another area of literacy to be completed.
Below is an example of the type of worksheets that will be created.
‘Today I am learning to use regular plural noun suffixes – s or – es.’
These tasks are not exhaustive, and more assignments may arise as the project progresses.
What training and support is available?
The ideal candidate for this role will have a background in Primary Education and be comfortable working independently. However, we are always willing to invite volunteers along to staff training when possible and to deliver training on specific skills in-house, as identified throughout the volunteering period. This role is remote, so support from the Education Officer will be available through email and phone calls as required. Monthly reviews with the Volunteering and Engagement Officer will also be conducted to ensure the volunteer is happy in their role.
What skills would be useful in doing this role?
We are looking for a volunteer with:
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KS1 or KS2 experience
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good Microsoft Office competency
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an awareness of Vivi the Supervegan books
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confidence to communicate any training or support needs
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an ability to work independently.
What does my availability need to be?
We are looking for someone who is available for two months, starting as soon as possible. We are looking for eight hours of volunteer time per week, done across one or two working days, which are the same working days each week.
Who does this role report to?
Laura Chepner, Education Officer.
Who can I contact to find out more?
You can contact Kaya (Senior Volunteering and Engagement Officer) on [email protected].
