Are you organised and good communicator, with a day or two a week to spare to help nature? We are looking for a volunteer co-ordinator to work with our Giving Corncrake a Home project.
Giving Corncrake a Home restores habitat for corncrakes on Rathlin Island. We do this by organising volunteering work party once or twice a week from October to the end of February digging nettle roots (called rhizomes) on the mainland, washing them and transporting them to Rathlin to be planted in March on our Rathlin reserves.
Commitment would be one or two days a week for six months from November 2025 to March 2026.
What will you be doing:
The main duties will be to:
- Participate in nettle dig days with volunteers, wash and store nettle rhizomes appropriately.
- Attend events, student open days, fairs and other relevant happenings to recruit volunteers
- Communication tasks to raise awareness of the project (write blogs, newsletters, social media posts) and work with RSPB NI communication team for any other project related needs
- Admin tasks: learn how to use RSPB internal systems especially Assemble, our Volunteer Portal, and Ebis for volunteer expenses, advertise nettle digs opportunities, record volunteers hours, write emails to volunteers to organise the nettle dig days, write risk assessment for each location.
- Help organise and participate in a Corncrake Community event
- Identify large area of nettles and contact landowners/farmer to study feasibility to organise a nettle dig
What’s in it for you
The RSPB is an active and exciting conservation charity, the largest bird conservation charity in Europe. We can give you a valuable insight into our work and you will become part of our team of staff and volunteers, getting the chance to develop your interests, as well as meeting new people and developing your skills in the field of conservation, widening your knowledge of some of NI’s most threatened bird species, developing your communication skills and experience of working with volunteers. We'll ensure you're provided with an RSPB mobile phone and are set up with access to the RSPB computer network so you can comfortably carry out your role at home. You'll be trained in everything you need to know beforehand, and we'll support you in your role every step of the way.
Beneficial skills for this role are:
- Organisational skills and attention to detail.
- You need to be a great people person, friendly and approachable.
- Excellent telephone manner and written communication skills.
- An ability to lead/inspire others and work as part of a team.
- Creative and forward thinking.
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a small team.
- Excellent record keeper.
- Happy to work from home or office.
- Tact/diplomacy.
This is a rewarding and enjoyable role. You will be part of a small and friendly team of staff and volunteers. This is a chance to gain experience in working with people of all ages and to learn new skills and develop existing ones. You'd be making a real difference by supporting us run the Giving Corncrake a Home project. You'd be helping us to ensure that volunteers have a rewarding and enjoyable time with us. It's a wonderful opportunity to make a genuine contribution to wildlife conservation.
