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Posted

Miserable sack of shit at Xmas?

Pissed off with commercialism and/or the shite TV?

Fancy doing something decent for a couple of thousand people?

Volunteer Role Description

This role description has been designed to provide detailed information on a specific voluntary role at Crisis.

Role: Crisis Christmas Recruitment Volunteers

Role Type: Volunteer

Department/ Project: Client Services/ Crisis Christmas

Location: Crisis HQ, 66 Commercial Road

Timings: October through December –Ideal time commitment 1-3 days a week (start date flexible)

Project/ Role Information

Christmas Crisis (CC) provides companionship and support to alleviate loneliness and isolation and help people to take their first steps out of homelessness. The Crisis Christmas Centres open from 23rd – 30th December inclusive, welcoming over 2000 guests across the festive period. With over 8000 volunteers, Crisis Christmas is also the largest volunteer led event in the UK.

In the run-up to Christmas, Crisis HQ opens a small call centre to process up to 16,000 enquiries and applications from prospective volunteers. We need volunteers to support us in the efficient running of the call centre. This will involve answering telephone and e-mail enquiries and generally supporting the work of the volunteer team in this large scale volunteer recruitment.

Skills & Experience

• Excellent telephone manner and ability to deal with high volumes of enquiries in a professional and friendly manner

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Good interpersonal skills, a sense of humour and the ability to work as part of a team

• Able to work well in a pressurised environment

• Empathy with the work and objectives of Crisis and the homelessness sector

Support/ Volunteer Gains

• Experience of working with a major UK Charity in a volunteer involving setting

• Opportunity to be part of a team making a real difference to the lives of vulnerable people over the Christmas period

• Opportunity to gain experience of recruitment/ customer service/ administration

• Lunch and Travel Expenses (within Greater London) reimbursed

Recruitment Method

Application Form > Interview > References

Application Forms:

Download: www.crisis.org.uk/volunteering

Send to: Crisis

Volunteering Department

66 Commercial Street, London,

E1 6LT

E-mail [email protected]

Posted

Sounds like a good idea to add to my list of things to do on my year out, thanks for posting this daggers.

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