At a glance

Skills

Social media marketing
Legal
General / operations management

Where

Bristol, BS2 0BL

Mainly at home

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-3 hours / week or 3-7 hours / week The role is flexible. There are approx 6 trustee meetings a year

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Welcome to Reach Volunteering. We are a community and registered charity that connects people, skills and good causes.

To apply for this role, and any other on our platform, you need to be based in the UK, have at least three years of experience using the skills you wish to volunteer in a professional capacity or have lived experience (for trustee roles). Read more about our criteria.

SOFA Project is looking for someone with proven experience in the use of a range of social media to develop its social media and digital platform

What will you be doing?

Key responsibilities

Work with SOFA Project to develop its social media and digital capabilities to:

Improve quantity and quality of donations of furniture (including specific homewares, appliances, furniture items, household goods and paint)
Encourage people to visit its shops or buy on online in its eBay store.
Build visibility and support for SOFA Project and its charitable work (Brand building).

To work with SOFA Project to grow engagement on social media and digital media. To specifically recommend, develop and implement for:

Increasing the Charity’s social media presence where it is likely to be seen by potential donors and customers
Encouraging donation through imaginative and well planned, professionally written posting
Encouraging conversion to actual donation/drop off of donated goods at all sites, especially the warehouse location
Stimulating interest through social media in buying of furniture, homewares, household goods and paint through shops or online (eBay)
Increasing the number of followers on social media (currently Instagram) and the monthly Newsletter
Optimising Search for searches like “Furniture donations Bristol.”

In time to investigate:

Paid advertising on social media e.g. Marketing via YELP or Google Ads.
Search for “free” furniture etc, items with the possible aim to collect a number of such items per week in the Bristol area should resources permit.
Reputation management - furthering the reputation of SOFA Project through the management of reviews

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a Trustee ideally with legal, retail, income generation or digital/social media experience

What difference will you make?

SOFA Project is a charity and social enterprise that plays a key role in the Bristol economy in preventing items going to landfill. It supports people who otherwise can't get jobs to upcycle these items to then provide household goods and furniture to low income families.

Before you apply

Role specification - Reach Volunteer Digital & Social Media Nov24 (1).docx

About The SOFA Project (Bristol Charity)

Causes

Environment

Organisation type:

Charity

Our aim is to prevent furniture and household goods going to landfill, upcycling these to provide thousands of low income households with low cost furniture and household appliances with the help...

Digital and social media