Volunteering Opportunities

We currently have the following volunteering opportunities available.

1- Somali and Farsi speaking advice receptionists and interpreters – to undertake reception duties and/or interpreting support for the MRSN advice service. The skills and experience needed are:

• Good spoken English as well as Somali or Farsi
• Good communication and interpersonal skills and ability to deal sensitively with members of the public
• Basic administration skills and ability to undertake simple tasks on behalf of clients

2-Receptionist/administrator– to provide reception cover for MRSN's office - dealing with people who contact MRSN by phone or in person; assisting the finance/admin worker with setting up and maintaining office administration systems; general administration support to MRSN and its projects.. The skills or experience needed are:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good spoken and written English
• Good IT skills
• Administration experience and an understanding of administration systems, both manual and electronic

3- Website And IT support volunteer – to maintain, improve and keep up to date, the content of the MRSN website and database. The skills and experience needed are:

• Good IT skills, particularly website design/maintenance, and sound knowledge of Excel
• Good written English
• Ability to understand and communicate MRSN's work and liaise effectively with Project staff to achieve this

4- MRSN Directory volunteer – to update and produce the MRSN Annual Directory of Refugee Community Organisations and support agencies and maintain and update the Directory on the MRSN website. The skills and experience needed are:

• Good planning and organisation skills and ability to work on own intitiative
• Good spoken and written English
• Ability to liaise effectively with refugee organisations and service providers
• Good IT skills and preferably experience in producing documents and using desktop publishing and database packages.

5- Volunteer Fundraiser – either to lead or be part of a fundraising group to organise events and activities to generate income to support the work of MRSN, including music events, refugee cultural events etc

Skills/experience needed:

• Energy, enthusiasm, creativity, organisational skills
• Previous experience of fundraising would be a bonus

How to apply to be a volunteer

If you are interested in one of our current vacancies please download the Volunteer Application Form and either email it to info@mrsn.org.uk or post it to MRSN. We generally ask that volunteers are available for at least 6 months. Thank you for your interest in volunteering with MRSN.