At a glance

Skills

Strategic development and planning
Strategic mentoring / coaching
General / operations management
Project / programme management
Volunteer management
Mentoring / Coaching

Where

Fully Remote, EC1Y 0TL

Remote opportunity

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
1-3 hours / week Option to share role. Essential to attend weekly meeting, Tuesdays 9:30-11:00

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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.

Want to save the world using your team coordination skills?

We're a growing and well-functioning happy team who are passionate about promoting assemblies to show how things can be done differently in politics!

What will you be doing?

The Team Guide (Internal Coordinator in XR) ensures:

The team is healthy and achieves its mandate
Stewards the team’s immediate and longer-term priorities, and aligns its work with the broader circle’s plan
Proposes roles and projects the team needs to fulfil its purpose and accountabilities
Supports the work of role-holders and sub-circles, and reviews their work at regular intervals
Fills team roles without extended delay, or proposes they are dissolved if no longer needed
Invites people with relevant skills and abilities to join the team as required
Maintains an awareness of the policies of the team and its broader circles
Maintains an awareness of what is happening in the wider organism, and communicates regularly with the team's Connector [External Coordinator in XR]

What are we looking for?

You will need a minimum of 3 years experience in either team coordinator / management and / or project management.

Essential:

Good team builder
Proactive
Good organisational, planning and communication skills
Willingness to learn new digital tools/platforms

Desirable:

An understanding of assemblies, deliberative democracy and familiarity with XR platforms.

What difference will you make?

We are seeking someone to take on the role of Team Guide [referred to as Internal Coordinator in XR] to coordinate the Community Assemblies group. Your input will help the team be effective and support its growth.

More widely, you'll be contributing to help bring positive change for the grassroots on climate change and ecological justice.

About Extinction Rebellion UK

Causes

Climate action

Organisation type:

Small or unincorporated organisation

Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a global network of nonviolent direct action volunteers dedicated to addressing the climate and ecological emergency.

Our aim is to awaken society to the scale...

Team Guide | Community Assemblies