Volunteer Roles

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Outreach

  • Partnership Lead-A volunteer leading the relationship with a partnership institution, can be within the organisation or outside of it
  • Advocacy - Involved in policy work and advocating for change supporting free knowledge
  • Speaker - Delivering a talk (eg: at a conference) for WMUK
  • Ambassador - Represents WMUK at conferences/events, but not as a speaker

Governance & Planning

  • Committee member - Sitting on committees
  • Governance support-Gives qualified, relevant, and pro-bono advice
  • Multimedia and comms support-Contributing to the newsletter, writing blog posts, etc
  • Office support-Helping with office tasks, eg: preparing packs for a conference or analysing a survey


Events & Project Delivery

  • Event host - Contact at a host organisation who helps arrange an event
  • Event organiser - Organises the event
  • Lead trainer (accredited) - Leads the training
  • Lead trainer (non-accredited) - Leads the training
  • Photographer-Documents events
  • Trainer (accredited)-Someone delivering training, not the main person
  • Trainer (non-accredited) - Someone delivering training, not the main person
  • Event support- Helps with tasks such as moving equipment, preparing handouts etc
  • Content contributor (Project)-Someone editing/uploading for a WMUK supported Wikimedia project