Job Description

We are Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity). We stop at nothing to help give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhoods possible. We do it by funding groundbreaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment and life-changing support. For the children from all over the UK who are treated by Great Ormond Street Hospital every day. For children with rare or complex illnesses everywhere. For this generation and all those to come. Because we believe no childhood should be lost to serious illness.

Be part of it.

How you'll make a difference

Do you want experience supporting GOSH Charity's flagship mass participation event RBC Race for the Kids? If you are keen to be part of an events team, enjoy a variety of tasks, and want the opportunity to develop your organisation and communication skills, whilst supporting a worthwhile cause, this is the role for you.

We'd like you to offer your time to help us deliver an excellent events experience, going above and beyond for event participants and to help support on the day event volunteer recruitment. By joining the GOSH Charity team you'll help us to give the RBC Race for the Kids participants the best possible event experience, helping to boost fundraising to help build the new Children's Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

We are looking for an individual to join and support our amazing Owned Events & Products fundraising team. The Owned Events and Products team sits within GOSH Charity's Mass Participation Fundraising team and is responsible for organising and overseeing bespoke events to help raise money and awareness for the hospital.

What's involved?

Activities could include:
Supporting RBC Race for the Kids participants to have the best experience and encourage them to raise funds. Activities could be: for example:
Gift in Kind prospecting, helping us to source items that could be used on event day such as drinks and snacks for volunteers, items for goody bags or fundraising incentives
Supporting with good luck phone calls and sending thank you cards
Supporting with welcome phone calls to schools' stewardship, to thank them for registering
Offering fundraising support and answering event queries for top fundraisers
On the day volunteer support, which could include researching potential volunteer hubs and direct outreach to local groups and universities to help us recruit more event volunteers.
Event week support, which include help packing and assembling volunteer clipboards
Writing handwritten thank you cards to key event participants and suppliers post-event

What time should you offer?

We are looking for a volunteer who would ideally be able to help

2 days a week

for 10-12 weeks from

mid-July to mid-October.

Ideally, we're looking for a volunteer to join us two days per week, with one of those days being a Wednesday to coincide with our team day in the office. The second day is flexible and open to agreement. If you're unable to join us on a Wednesday, we are happy to discuss suitable days with the individual. We can also be flexible on hours if you prefer to have one longer day and one short day for example, depending on your requirements.

Where will you be based

This volunteer role is based in the GOSHCC office:


Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, 40 Bernard Street, London, WC1N 1LE

Pre-volunteering requirements

Application form
Informal interview
2 references
Key Responsibilities

What we are looking for

Able to confidently communicate with supporters, over email, phone and in-person Personable attitude and communication skills Able to use Microsoft office such as word and excel to do simple tasks such as writing copy and data sorting. An interest and enthusiasm in learning about events and/or fundraising Good time management skills, with the ability to work towards deadlines. Ability to manage a range of tasks, sometimes simultaneously Ability to research Ability to follow our policies and procedures to keep you, our staff and volunteers, our patients and our supporters safe Ability to represent GOSH Charity and our values positively. Aged 18 or over

Benefits

What can you gain from volunteering in this role?

Learn about Mass Participation Events and how we raise money
Join an enthusiastic team, meet new people, and get more involved in your local community
Develop your verbal and written communication skills
Learn more about delivering events and project planning
Use and develop your organisation, research skills and event planning skills, enhancing your CV if that is important to you
Knowing that you are helping seriously ill children, and their families have access to care and support by supporting the hospital

Training and support

Dedicated support from the Events Senior Executive in the Owned Events and Products team
Volunteer Handbook and Volunteering Policy
Online training on how to keep and store data safely and office health and safety
Updates on how your support is making a difference

What we offer in return

Reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses in line with GOSH Charity guidelines Training and support as outlined above A reference

Equality and diversity

GOSH Charity recognises the strengths of equity, diversity, and inclusion - and how a diverse group of volunteers can help us reflect our diverse patients and families. Therefore, we particularly welcome applicants from a range of different backgrounds.

We also recognise that disabled people, or those with long-term health conditions, may need some support from us to volunteer. We are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments and cater to your needs.

About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity


Every day, around 750 children and young people from across the UK are seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). At Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, we help the hospital go above and beyond for seriously ill children, enabling kinder and better treatments, bringing hope for children with the rarest and most complex illnesses, and making hospital a little bit easier and a lot more fun for the thousands of children who are treated at GOSH every year. Our staff raise vital funds to support ground-breaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment, and the creation of child-centred facilities to help save more young lives, and essential support services that help save childhoods too.

Together, we can help give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhood, possible. We were delighted to be named Charity Times - Charity of the Year 2024, recognising the impact of our shared mission.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We believe that GOSH Charity and the charity sector more widely should reflect the diversity of patients, communities, and society at large. We also know that having a more diverse and inclusive workforce will make us more innovative, challenge the status quo, and enable us to deliver more impact. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. In particular, we encourage applications from those who are currently under represented within the charity sector as they may be marginalised by race and/or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, long-term health conditions, or socioeconomic status.

If you would like more information about our approach to inclusive hiring please see our Inclusive Hiring Page here. You can also find out more about our commitments to EDI within our EDI Strategy here https://www.gosh.org/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-edi-strategy/


As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact recruitment@gosh.org

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

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