Placement Team Support (Education Content Developer - Remote)
Placement Volunteers at the British Red Cross are highly valued for the skills and energy they bring. We aim to provide our placement volunteers with an insight into the daily workings of the world’s largest humanitarian organisation. They will have access to relevant in-house training and development opportunities during their placement with possible ad hoc opportunities to get involved in other areas of activity.
Our placement volunteers will help make a great contribution to the work of the British Red Cross and will be responsible for achieving specific agreed objectives within one of our various departments.
The expected start date for the placement will be 9 July 2025 and the placement will run for a period of 3 months. We would like you to be available for up to 3 days a week, Mondays to Fridays, but times and dates to be agreed.
The placement location will be hybrid between your home and the local British Red Cross office. You will need access to your own phone and laptop/computer.
The Community Education product team are looking for an aspiring content developer to support a co-production project working on our resilience building education for young people and their educators.
Our free humanitarian education aims to support educators and communities across the UK with education resources, session plans and development courses to build resilience. These are in topics such as: Conflict and International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Migration, Resilience, Climate and extreme weather preparedness, First Aid.
The role will assist our content development team to in creating new humanitarian educational resources. This may include research, learning design, session planning and content creation.
Typical placements tasks may include:
- Gathering and interpreting insights from people to inform and propose decisions about the educational products created.
- Writing, editing and reviewing educational products.
We would like you to have/be able to:
- Interpersonal and communication skills: Ability to engage participants in the co-production project and collaborate effectively within the team. While prior experience is beneficial, this placement offers a chance to further develop these skills.
- Writing, editing, and proofreading skills: Contribute to creating engaging and relevant learning activities, guidance for teachers, and other materials. This role provides an opportunity to refine and enhance these skills.
- Time management skills: Capability to manage multiple aspects of the project simultaneously. This placement will help you build and improve your time management abilities.
We want to ensure that our educational resources are relevant and engaging communities across the UK, including accessible formats of learning and focusing on challenges people are really facing. Your insights will bring a new perspective to the team, helping us to engage people during the project and through the final resource you help to produce.
You will gain experience and training throughout your time with us on educational content development and design. You will have support and mentoring from experienced content developers. You will gain valuable insights into the British Red Cross and what we do across the UK, with an opportunity to make a difference to building the resilience of our communities.