Events Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities

Your role will be to support a variety of different heritage events from planning and preparation to setting up and running activities on the day. It’s about offering something fun and memorable for visitors and encouraging them to return to us and tell their friends and families about us. Helping to prepare for the event – this might involve preparing craft activities, information and signage, setting up displays and activities, moving tables and chairs, putting up gazebos. Providing a warm, friendly welcome to all visitors as the public face WAD and answering any questions and encouraging people to get involved in the events/activities. Getting visitors to feed back on the event by filling in comment cards or questionnaires. There may be other activities where we could use your help i.e. raffle ticket sales, photocopying resources.

This role will suit people who…

have a friendly and enthusiastic manner and enjoy working with family visitors in particular. This role can sometimes be physically demanding and you may be on your feet all day.

Expenses

Out-of-pocket travel costs between home and volunteering place will be offered

Time Requirement

There is no minimum time requirement, however volunteer will be asked to be available for assigned days by the Project Manager on the run up the events to support planning and delivery and to be available during project activities and events which will be provided for in advance.

Qualifications required

• Interest in arts and heritage.
• Honest, reliable and flexible.
• Organised, confident and assertive
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and energetic
• Is reliable and time efficient

As a volunteer these are some of the skills that you will attain working with WAD:

• Working with local community/Public
• Developing community relations
• Improving customer service experience
• Knowledge of attaining African cultural competence.
• Developing contact with local stakeholders and providers.
• Award for engagement activities and collaboration with the Heritage workshops through arts wards recognition.

Volunteers will provide and/or complete:

• Complete a WAD volunteer Application from (please refer to our website vacancy page at www.westafricandevelopment.org.uk )
• Interview
• Reference check
• DBS check

Benefits

• Meet new people and gain new experiences.
• A sense of pride and accomplishment for helping connect people to our centre.
• Experience personal growth.
• Give back to your community.
• Personal development and skills development.

PLEASE NOTE

As part of this role we advise that all volunteers for WAD follow government guidelines to ensure COVID-19 safety measures and utilisation of sanitisers and face masks are used at their discretion to ensure volunteers and the public are kept safe.