Placement Team Support (Regional Fundraising & Events - London)

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.

We're excited to welcome an enthusiastic and committed placement volunteer to our team to bring fresh ideas and capacity to our events and regional fundraising work.

The expected start date for this placement is 2 June 2025 and the placement will run for 12 weeks.

Your role as a placement volunteer will help make a great contribution to the work of the British Red Cross. You will take responsibility for achieving specific objectives that are agreed with you within one of the various departments across the UK. You will have a real responsibility and place in the department, bringing some of your skills and experience to the role; you will also have the chance to develop workplace skills.

While we don’t offer voluntary internships, we are happy for you to describe yourself as an intern on your CV, if you feel that would be helpful.

This role will involve supporting with the delivery of the Guildhall Christmas Market, including liaising with stallholders, sourcing raffle and auction prizes by approaching local businesses and working on marketing communications to local offices and community groups. The placement volunteer will also support the London regional fundraising team with day-to-day fundraising work, including researching and prospecting potential corporate partners.

We are looking for a volunteer who is able to organise themselves and their time well, work to deadlines, effectively prioritise and plan work across a number of distinct but interlocking projects, and communicate consistently and clearly with team members to ensure work is completed to a high quality.

The ideal candidate will have good communication skills, including confidence talking to new and important donors and other stakeholders, making ambitious fundraising asks, and powerfully conveying information about our work. They will have competent word-processing and IT skills, strong attention to detail, independent problem-solving ability and an keen interest in and commitment to our humanitarian work and values.

Please ensure you state how you meet the skills for this role in your application.

Bursary Scheme

The British Red Cross offers a bursary scheme to those placement volunteers from low-income households. Eligibility will be determined through a separate application process open to all short-listed candidates. All British Red Cross volunteers are entitled to out-of-pocket reasonable expenses.

For this scheme we are defining low-income households as:

Inside London:

Living with family or partner £25,000 or under. Living independently £22.500 or under

Outside London:

Living with family or partner £18,500 or under. Living independently £16,500 or under

Young People and this role

Our placement volunteer opportunities are open to people at different stages of their career, aged 15 or above. Whether you’re student, a recent graduate or someone with more experience looking for a career change, we would be happy to hear from you.

Anyone can volunteer with the Red Cross from the age of 15. An individual risk assessment, parental consent and safeguarding considerations will be required for those aged 15 – 17. The nature of the activities specific to your intern opportunity may mean that you need to be 18 years or older.

Diversity

We welcome applications from people of different backgrounds, experience and circumstances. We seek to ensure that our organisation and our services are relevant and accessible to all, with equality, diversity and fairness at the core of what we do. We invite applications from individuals regardless of their gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or political belief and are committed to promoting fair participation and equality of opportunity for all of our applicants.

The British Red Cross is committed to being inclusive, with a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences – including disabled and ethnic minority candidates. We value fresh perspectives and insights gained by involving and welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture and experience. This is to contribute to the breadth of experience we need to respond to people in crisis.