Doula UK are recruiting new volunteer roles to complement our existing team. We are looking for volunteers with ideas and enthusiasm who are prepared to make a commitment for at least a year and are passionate about making Doula UK the very best it can be. We prefer that our volunteers come from inside the membership but if you know someone outside the organisation with relevant experience please do share these vacancies.
Sometimes a role description can seem daunting or formal, but technical aspects of roles can be learned on the job. The most important qualification to have when applying for a coordinator, rep or director role is commitment.
Access Fund Coordinator
Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable mothers and birthing people? Do you believe that everyone should be able to access doula support?
We are proud that Access Fund doulas have provided doula support to 48 people with another 13 promised over the past 18 months since the project was launched. The people we give doula support to face multiple disadvantages and are in great need of doula support. However, we do not have enough doulas volunteering for the Access Fund and we need a volunteer to recruit doulas and help us reach the people who need us most.
- To recruit volunteers to the Access Fund
- To help form shared care teams in areas so that doula support can be quickly assigned
- To form a debrief and support network for Access Fund doulas
- To assist the fundraising coordinator when seeking and writing funding bids
- To ensure diversity, inclusion and cultural sensitivity is included in all actions and decision making
Fundraising Coordinator
Are you creative? Do you like collaborating with others? Could you fundraise for the Doula Access Fund?
We are proud that Access Fund doulas have provided doula support to 48 people with another 13 promised over the past 18 months since the project was launched. The people we give doula support to face multiple disadvantages and are in great need of doula support. Right now we are receiving far more applications than we can fund and more and more demand is being placed on the Doula Access Fund. To continue the Doula Access Fund in 2022 we need to raise funds.
As Fundraising Coordinator you would work together with the Access Fund Coordinator to create and design exciting fundraising events for our members and the public including; competitions, raffles, auctions, local socials, you would use social media and record insta lives to encourage people to donate and fundraise and with the Events Co-ordinator to plan events.
You will gain skills in fundraising, communications, event organising and administration.
- To ensure that all material distributed internally and externally is in line with DUK brand guidance.
- To support the FCM in the strategy and delivery of fundraising activities
- To engage the members in fundraising activities and support communication on these where required
- To ensure diversity, inclusion and cultural sensitivity is included in all actions and decision making.
Rep Coordinator
Are you someone who likes to bring people together? Do you love to facilitate doulas supporting each other? Could you manage a team of volunteers?
The Rep Coordinator is reposnisbile for supervising and energising the Doula UK Area Reps to help them create local events, social meet ups, local marketing and networking opportunities and bring doulas together.
You would be supporting the Reps in their roles, managing new Rep applications, ensuring smooth transition when a Rep leaves, recruiting for Reps where there are vacancies, be the crucial link between the Leadership Team and Reps and work with the Community and Support Coordinators to dream up ideas of how to better support our members and become a more nurturing community.
You will gain skills in managing a team of volunteers, communications, event organising and administration.
- To undertake recruitment and induction of Area Reps
- To line manage the Reps and ensure compliance with Data Protection
- To support the Reps to engage with the members in their areas effectively
- To assist the Events coordinator in the delivery of local meetings and socials where required
- To encourage community and information sharing between Reps
- To ensure that all material distributed internally and externally is in line with Doula UK brand guidance.
- To ensure diversity, inclusion and cultural sensitivity is included in all actions and decision making
Social Media Coordinator
Are you social media savvy? Do you know your lives from your reels? Your tweets from your posts?
We are looking for a social media coordinator to promote and celebrate Doula UK and its members, share resources and raise awareness of our work and the benefits of doula support on the Doula UK Instagram, Facebook and Twitter public feeds
If this could be you please check out the job description here – Social Media Coordinator
Support Coordinator
The role purpose:
- To ensure that all material distributed internally and externally is in line with DUK brand guidance.
- To liaise with the Mentoring coordinator through appropriate reporting on disputes between mentors and mentees, where required.
- To liaise with the Training coordinator through appropriate reporting on disputes between course providers and members, where required.
- To ensure that members are able to access the appropriate areas of web and social media activity.
- To coordinate the DSN volunteers and support the development of the DSN including training of volunteers.
- To oversee the volunteer and leadership compliance with the DUK Code of Conduct.
- To help develop strategy in providing support to marginalised members and families
- To ensure diversity, inclusion and cultural sensitivity is included in all actions and decision making
- Support a culture of inclusivity and peer to peer support/professional cooperation
Communications & Relationships Coordinator
The role purpose:
- To ensure that all material distributed internally and externally is in line with DUK brand guidance.
- To support the development and delivery of internal and external communications
- To ensure compliance with accessibility and inclusion measures in all communications
- To support the facilitation of membership consultation and act as a feedback channel on membership processes
- To support in the development of a strategy for engaging with the NHS and care professionals
- To support the Policy coordinator in updating policies in line with new policy guidance from NHS or PHE
- To assist the FCM in the maintenance or outreach of external partnerships
- To ensure diversity, inclusion and cultural sensitivity is included in all actions and decision making
Events Coordinator
The role purpose:
- To ensure that all material distributed internally and externally is in line with DUK brand guidance.
- To coordinate membership events – RGM, AGM, Conference.
- To ensure adherence to inclusion, accessibility and financial protocol when planning events.
- To develop a strategy for achieving maximum positive engagement in online and in-person events.
- To ensure diversity, inclusion and cultural sensitivity is included in all actions and decision making.
Doula UK is committed to increasing the diversity of our team and promotes inclusion and equality. Currently people who are Black, Asian or from other marginalised ethnicity communities are under-represented in our team of volunteers and we therefore particularly welcome and will prioritise candidates from these communities.
While out of pocket expenses associated with volunteering are reimbursed, please be aware that none of the above are paid roles.
Apply
Please email admin@doula.org.uk to express an interest in applying for any of these roles.
