Muscular Dystrophy Support Centre (working name of NMC Midlands Ltd)

Communications Administration

Available
Onsite
3-7 hours / week

Support the Communications Team with day-to-day administration, helping raise awareness of muscular dystrophy, promote MDSC's services, celebrate service user achievements and support fundraising campaigns. Gain valuable charity communications experience while making a real difference.

What will you be doing?

As a Communications Administration Volunteer, you will support the Communications team with the day-to-day administration that keeps our communications running smoothly. Your work will help raise awareness of muscular dystrophy, celebrate the achievements of our service users, support fundraising campaigns and ensure people know about the life-changing work carried out by MDSC.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to gain experience in charity communications, marketing or administration while making a real difference.

What are we looking for?

Essential

  • Good organisational skills 
  • Good written English 
  • Good attention to detail 
  • Basic IT skills (Microsoft Office) 
  • Friendly and professional manner 
  • Ability to work confidentially 
  • Enthusiasm for supporting a charity 

Desirable

  • Experience of administration 
  • Experience using social media 
  • Canva experience 
  • Website editing experience 
  • Photography or graphic design skills 
  • Interest in healthcare or the charity sector 

Personal Qualities

We are looking for someone who is:

  • Organised and reliable 
  • Positive and enthusiastic 
  • Creative 
  • Comfortable working independently 
  • A good communicator 
  • Compassionate and respectful 
  • Happy working as part of a team 

What difference will you make?

What You'll Be Doing

You may support us by:

Administration

  • Updating communication databases 
  • Organising photographs and media files 
  • Maintaining image consent records 
  • Assisting with mailing lists 
  • Supporting event administration 
  • Helping maintain our in-centre displays
  • Filing communication materials electronically 

Social Media Support

  • Scheduling approved social media posts 
  • Monitoring comments and messages for escalation 
  • Collecting engagement statistics 
  • Researching awareness days and relevant campaigns 
  • Helping maintain our social media content calendar 

Website Support

  • Updating simple website content 
  • Checking links and pages remain accurate 
  • Uploading approved news stories and events 

Story Collection

  • Helping gather service user stories 
  • Contacting supporters for testimonials 
  • Recording case studies 
  • Organising photographs and permissions 

Publications

Supporting the production of:

  • Newsletters 
  • Annual Report 
  • Service User Magazine 
  • Leaflets 
  • Posters 
  • Event programmes 

Campaign Support

Assisting with campaigns including:

  • Awareness Month 
  • Fundraising appeals 
  • Community events 
  • Volunteer recruitment 
  • Service promotions 

Additional information

You can download the following documents:

Comms volunteer role -Final 2026.docx

Opportunity reference number: 1321642