Business and Marketing Volunteer // IN PERSON AND ONLINE
About organisation / project
The Buy Nowt LS6 - Library of things is a community group and the Library of things itself is a library but instead of books it lends tools, powertools, holiday equipment and camping equipment. Essentially things that people use infrequently but would normally have to buy and store and by borrowing from us they save money, space in their home, money and reduce waste by people donating rather than throw away.
We are based in Headingley at the Headingley Methodist church.
The Library is Pay As You Feel for both items themselves and the Library membership itself.
Our opening hours are Friday 4pm-6pm and Saturdays 1pm-4pm. We have some volunteeering oppurtunities that can be done outside of those hours and from home.
Who we’re looking for:
- Good people and communication skills, digitally and in person.
- A person who is passionate about environmentalism and community based actions.
- Someone is motivated and willing to donate their time for free and work with us who are also volunteers.
- Someone who believes in the Library of things concept and wants to help it succeed.
- A person with experience in start-ups and the setting up and running of a CIC is desirable but not essential.
- A person with business and marketing experience.
- Social media proficiency and understanding of how to spread information on social media.
- Experience using Adobe CC packages to create design visuals is desirable.
- Knowledge of accounting and tax within business structures is desirable but not essential.
Technical information:
Time requirements: The role would need approximately 5 hours a week of time and would be completely flexible. You wouldn’t necessarily need to come to in person meetings or to the library itself when you were working.
Compensation: We cannot offer compensation but it goes without saying you'd be able to use the library as much as you wanted no matter where you live and borrowing and membership would be free. We will pay for your training to become an electrical PAT tester if necessary. If parts need to be purchased to fix items, please provide receipts and you will be reimbursed the cost of these parts.
Location: Ideally we are looking for someone in LS6 as we would like to build locally community connections and reduce the carbon footprint travelling to volunteering. However, we'll happily welcome help from anyone in Leeds.
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Required Role
Business and Marketing Volunteer // IN PERSON AND ONLINE
Key responsibilities
Helping us with search engine optimisation and publicising our project.
Researching content for social media, generating posts on social media platforms and interacting with followers.
Marketing both digitally and physically e.g social media, posters, radio, newsletters, websites, advertisements.
Crowdfunding assistance and marketing for that in the future.
Assisting with accounting, tax and general business advice.
Working with colleagues on these tasks especially social media manager.
Advice regarding best business model in terms of subscription, pay as you feel to optimize self-sufficiency and financial viability.
Mandatory SkillsHide[-]
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Communication
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Non-discriminatory
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Non-judgemental
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Positive attitude
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Time Management
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Self Management
Desirable Skills
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Administration and Clerical
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Financial Planning
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Interpersonal
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IT, Computers and Web Skills
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Marketing
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Numeracy
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Office IT (Word, Excel etc)
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Planning and organising
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Presentation
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Problem solving
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Project Management
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Team Work
Skill to gain
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Confidence
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Networking
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Opportunity and Recognition
When can you do this role/Calendar
Minimum commitment level:
Once a week