Volunteer Newsletter Coordinator position with VOICE
General description:
Coordinating the design, publication and distribution of the VOICE newsletter twice a year and the publication of periodic e-newsletters.
Length of project/job:
It will be an ongoing project, and initial commitments of 2 months will be required to see a newsletter from start to finish.
Time commitment:
Variable. Newsletters will be published and sent out twice a year (June and November). This would involve perhaps 2-6 hours a week in the 6 weeks prior to a newsletter, increasing to 10 hours a week in the last week prior to a newsletter. In between newsletters perhaps only 1 hour per week contact in between would be needed.
Skills:
A volunteer with good written and organisational skills, somewhat creative with some design capability, and can work with computers.
Tasks:
In co-operation with the VOICE Coordinator:
Plan newsletter
Collect and compile information for the newsletter from the various campaigns and other areas of interest.
Collect articles from contributors
Write of short non-technical articles if required.
Edit newsletter
Format the final document (possibly on a desktop publishing system like Microsoft Office Publisher)
Liaise with printer (and designer, if design work is done externally).
Organise mail-out to members in co-operation with Coordinator.
Contact:
Mindy O’Brien, Coordinator
mindy@voiceireland.org
(01)642 5741
