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Volunteer Receptionist
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Summary
We are looking for a Volunteer Receptionist to join our King’s Lynn office, working on Mondays.Detailed description
What will you do?
- Complete an introduction to Citizens Advice and training for your role
- Welcome all individuals to the local Citizens Advice
- Explain to our clients how long they might be waiting and what will happen and give out a form for clients to fill in
- Type up information from the individual’s form onto a spreadsheet or database
- Answer the telephone, put calls through or take messages
- Help with the day to day running of the Citizens Advice service
What do you need to have?
You don’t need specific qualifications, skills or experience.
You will need to:
- Be friendly and approachable
- Be non-judgmental and respect views, values and cultures that are different to your own
- Be able to listen and communicate effectively
- Have good IT skills
- Be willing to learn about and follow the Citizens Advice aims, principles and policies, including confidentiality and data protection
- Be willing to undertake training in your role
How much time do you need to give?
We will need you to be available for our office hours on a Monday - 10am - 2pm.
What's in it for you?
- Make a real difference in your community
- Learn about a range of issues that affect our clients such as benefits, debt, employment and housing.
- Build on valuable skills such as communication, listening, marketing and advertising
- Increase your employability
- Work with a range of different people, independently and in a team
- Wellbeing Assistance Scheme and Wellbeing Hub
- Charity Discount Scheme
- Social events for volunteers
- Option to join network groups within the organisation for individuals from various Ethnic backgrounds and cultures, people with Disabilities, LGBTQ+, Trans and Non-Binary
- We reimburse your travel expenses too!
Valuing Inclusion
We’re an inclusive and welcoming organisation and we’re here for everyone. Our volunteers come from a range of backgrounds and we particularly welcome applications from people with Disabilities, people with physical or mental health conditions, LGBTQ+ and individuals from various Ethnic backgrounds and cultures.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer and would like to discuss flexibility around location, time, ‘what you will do’ and how we can support you please contact us.