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Title

Social Media Volunteer

Organisation

Challenge Adventure Group

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What you will be doing

We are looking for an experienced offline and online/social media marketeer to work with us to maximise our presence in order to attract new members and volunteers and to advertise CAG to its full potential.

We would like you to:

Develop and on and offline marketing strategy.
Prepare and deliver on and offline marketing material and stories.
Perform a social media audit: Assess the current state of our social media pages and make recommendations on how we might improve our presence and engagement and where we might focus our efforts.
Help us develop and/or execute a social media campaign around, in the first instance, recruiting new members.
Provide guidance/strategy on how we can manage our social media on an ongoing basis e.g. using a centralised tool, creating a content calendar, identifying easy and free graphic tools and images.
Produce fresh and engaging content for our social media channels.
Prepare graphics for sharing across channels.
Engage with our followers and encourage interaction.
Manage and maintain social media channels on a regular basis.
Work with our Group Leader who will provide our existing brand/style guidelines and share the CAG ethos.
Produce communications for current parents.
Produce communications for solical media accounts.
Work with the Volunteer & Recruitment Manager to assist with general advertising for new members/leaders.

We are looking for a volunteer who has experience of:

Writing and editing marketing content for social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok / across all platforms.
Building strategies to increase social media following and build fundraising or awareness campaigns.
Developing a coherent brand voice for social media, from content creation to community interactions.
Using and setting up tools such as Hootsuite, Social Sprout, Canva, etc.
Creating content calendars to help plan social media activity.
Marketing specific events such as New Member Evenings & Duke of Edinburgh Introductory Presentations.

Activities

Administration,Art & Design,IT, Technology & Websites,Fundraising,Marketing, PR & Media,Youth Work

Skills & Attributes

Admin, Creative & Design, Good IT Skills, Organising & Planning, Reading & Writing, UK Driving Licence

Skills Description

Ideally you should have/be: A flexible team player. A basic understanding of what CAG stands for and its place in the local community. A passion for the work of CAG and the importance of it to its members and volunteers. Experience of digital: social media marketing. Ability to engage and build a rapport with a wide range of people and organisations including local schools. Ability to build and maintain good working relationships. A car driver or have ability to travel to attend events and meetings. The post holder must be able to provide a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Check, either a current or new application that can be made through CAG.

What is in it for you

Your input is key to the running of CAG as well as securing its future. You will shape how we present ourselves to our service users, stakeholders, funders and general public. With your help we will be able to continue to grow our membership through building campaigns to recruit new members who will be able to take advantage of all the challenging adventures we offer and help make the lives of these young people richer and more positive. You will build on the social media campaign we already have in place to help us raise awareness in the local community of what we do and why we do it and ensure that we become a key player in our community as a whole. You would become part of our small, friendly team and you have the opportunity to use your time, skills and experience to make a real difference to CAG and the community in which we operate. This is a new role so you have the flexibility to make it your own under the guidance of CAG Committee.

Time Commitment

When will the volunteer be working? Volunteer availability Flexible so during office hours if necessary for certain events but evenings if preferred You would need to be available to attend Committee meetings which normally take place in the evening Occasional weekends to attend recruitment / marketing events Estimate of time commitment 0 – 3 hours / week – the candidate will be able to offer further time as they wish Details The volunteering could be long term.

Driving Licence & Vehicle Required

Travel Expenses

Available in multiple locations

Further location details may be provided below.

Postcode (See Google maps below)

B92 0DN

Directions

Just 9 mins from Knowle and near to the A45. For our regular Tuesday evening meetings we are based at the Church Hall in Bickenhill. If you would like to use satnav to find us you can use B92 ODN as our location. Our address is Church Hall, Church Lane, Bickenhill, B92 0DN. Directions From Knowle Approximate travel time: 9 – 10 mins. Go along Station Road towards Knowle. Turn left just past Arden School at Lodge Road. Go to the end of Lodge Road and turn right and then immediate left down Hampton Road. When you have gone past the garden centre on the right hand side, and then Barston Lane on the right, take the next turn on the left: Barston Lane. Travel down Barston Lane about 400 metres and take the right on to Friday Lane. Go all the way to the end of Friday Lane and then straight over the traffic island at the end (second exit). Travel down Catherine De Barnes Lane for 1.3 miles to the second turning on the right for St Peters Lane. Once on St Peters Lane take the first turning on the left, Church Lane Bickenhill. Church Hall is on the left of Church Lane, past the Church and the next house.

Number of volunteers required

1