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Social Media Lead Volunteers

  • Aberdeen Climate Action
  • VO96099

Description

Aberdeen Climate Action (ACA) is seeking Social Media Lead volunteers to help with the crucial work in our Social Media team. Our website and social media provide information on climate change, sustainable living, and relevant events. The purpose of social media team is to guide the creation of new posts, to unify the organisation’s social media presence.

ACA is a volunteer led organisation, which focuses on educating and prompting action on climate change in the North East of Scotland.

As a Social Media Lead Volunteer, you’ll find yourself helping with
• Primarily promoting the climate café each month.
• Managing the messages to social media accounts.
• Promoting events.
• Creating graphics.
• Making relevant content.
• Creating Facebook events for the café.
• Promoting sustainability articles/ideas via our social media platforms while liaising with other groups such as XR and Friends Of the Earth.

You’ll be working alongside a diverse collection of individuals; from students to retirees; lawyers to oil and gas professionals; local Aberdonians to peoples from across the globe.

ACA wants to offer you an interesting and valuable opportunity that can help bolster your CV, develop or gain skills; make new friends; or just do your part to help the environment. No matter what, your time and the work you do helps ACA complete its valuable work in the North East.

For more information or any queries, please email our volunteer support team: recruit@aberdeenclimateaction.org

Organisation aims and objectives

Aberdeen Climate Action is a volunteer led organisation, which focuses on educating and prompting action on climate change in the North East of Scotland.

Frequency and commitment details

Flexible times available to assist-all help makes a difference and is greatly appreciated.

Restrictions

Travel details: ACA is an Aberdeen based group but has members who join in from afar using video call software. Please be aware that some face-to-face meetings may take place in Aberdeen. As an organisation with no physical offices, our volunteers tend to work from home, with face-to-face meetings happening occasionally. When you join; you’ll be able to access our shared online platforms and video meeting conferences; which allow us to work as a team no matter where we are.
Minimum age: 18

Support

Expenses paid: Yes
Expenses details: Appropriate expenses will be reimbursed
Support: Named Contact For Volunteer,
Wheelchair Access/Disabled Access Toilet

Last updated 3 months ago

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