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Peterborough Repair Cafe volunteers meet on the first Saturday of every month 11-3.30, in different locations in and around Peterborough. We help fix portable household items for free! We do ...
Vice Secretary Peterborough Repair Cafe UK
Contact person
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Summary
We are looking for someone with initiative to be part of our committee and train up to potentially take on the full Secretary role in the future.Detailed description
(These tasks are for the Secretary, the Vice Secretary will support these activities, with a possible view to take on the full position in future)
Note: Repair Cafe sessions happen monthly on the first Saturday of the month, 11-3.30. We set up at 10 and finish by 4.
Main tasks
- Creating agendas, and keeping notes from meetings
- Creating meeting invitations and sending reminders and links to volunteers
- Maintaining email distribution list for monthly newsletter
- Keeping records on things like quotes from customers and numbers of repairs
- Noting evaluation points after each Repair Café, for discussion at meetings
- Collating information for the AGM for the Chair
Being part of the committee
- Attending online meetings on Tuesday 7-8pm
one with committee only, on the Tuesday after a Repair Café
one optional with all volunteers on the Tuesday before
- Attending monthly Repair Cafes and helping out as needed
- Carrying out admin tasks as needed such as:
responding to enquiries via email
booking and liaising with upcoming venues
dealing with new volunteer enquiries
ensuring we have enough blank paperwork
Essential skills/qualities
- Use of MS Office (Word, Excel and Teams) and Google packages (Drive, gmail, Forms, Contacts)
- Good organisational skills
- Proactive
- Interested in sustainability
Monthly commitment:
- Attending Repair Cafes 6hrs
- Attending online evenings meetings 2 hrs
- Dealing with Secretary duties 2hrs
- Helping with additional tasks 2h