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.
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.
Leadership Team
Access Fund Coordination Team
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 provide doula support to mothers, parents and families who are facing multiple disadvantages and are in great need of doula support. However, we need a volunteer to help us reach the people who need us most.
We need a group of volunteers to
- Create a plan to relaunch a financially sustainable Access Fund
- Recruit doula volunteers to the Access Fund and match them with applicants who need support
- Help form shared care teams in areas so that doula support can be quickly assigned
- Form a debrief and support network for Access Fund doulas
- Assist the fundraising coordinator when seeking and writing funding bids
- Ensure diversity, inclusion and cultural sensitivity is included in all actions and decision making
Fundraising Coordinator
Could you fundraise for the Doula Access Fund? Are you a good collaborator?
We are proud that Access Fund doulas have provided doula support to 66 families promised over the past 12 months. 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 we need to raise funds.
As Fundraising Coordinator you would research available funding and work with the Communications, Engagement and Fundraising Officer to create fundraising bids. 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 to encourage people to donate and collaborate with the Events Coordinator to plan fundraising 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 Communications, Engagement and Fundraising Officer 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.
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
This role is for you if you enjoy lots of variation. The role centres on supporting our doula members including; ensuring individual members can get good support through the Doula Support Network, signposting doulas to safeguarding training, reporting on mentoring and training disputes and develop strategy in how we can improve support to marginalised members and families.
The role purpose:
- 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 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
- To ensure that all material distributed internally and externally is in line with DUK brand guidance.
Course Liaison
In your role you will liaise with our current Approved Course Providers and guide new applicants through our approval process ensuring that Doula UK facilitates good partnerships and approves a high standard of diverse training opportunities. You will work with the Education Coordinator.
The role purpose:
- To ensure that all material distributed internally and externally is in line with Doula UK brand guidance.
- To have administrative responsibility for all DUK approved courses and course facilitators, including: contractual accountability, adherence to process and policy, subscription payments and administration of issues arising.
- To maintain accurate and presentable records of education administration and activity.
- To ensure that the positive profile of the education activity within Doula UK is upheld across all areas of company delivery and by affiliated partners.
- To liaise with the the Directors, Leadership and Staff to ensure that all course providers
- To ensure diversity, inclusion and cultural sensitivity is included in all actions and decision making
- To engage in active outreach to ensure diversity of style and culture in our Approved Course Providers
While out of pocket expenses associated with volunteering are reimbursed, please be aware that none of the above are paid roles although your membership monthly subscription fees are discounted 100% while you are in the role.
Apply
Please email admin@doula.org.uk to express an interest in applying for any of these roles.
