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Specialist Grants Advisor Volunteer
Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce damage to the environment? Do you want to get people to enjoy healthy vegan food that looks good and tastes great?
The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible and easily adoptable by supporting individuals, policy and decision makers, caterers, manufacturers, health care professionals and the media.
Why do we need you?
The Vegan Society Grant is open to individuals and grassroots organisations. It exists to support projects which will encourage non-vegans to go vegan and stay vegan. The projects are based across the globe, with a particular emphasis on those based in the Global South. A typical award is £5000 which is granted to projects that meet our criteria and are selected by our cross-departmental panel. We are looking for help assessing applications that involve farmers transitioning from animal farming to plant-based farming. This means we are looking for an individual with expertise in this area.
What does the role involve?
Reading grant applications from applicants based in the Global South and advising The Vegan Society team regarding the farming projects.
What training and support are available?
Because this is a specialist advisor role the expectation is that you will have knowledge in a particular area that is not shared by the staff at The Vegan Society, so there will not be training available in this area. There will be support available from the Senior Volunteering and Engagement Officer who will work closely with you and provide all necessary training on our internal systems.
What skills would be useful in this role?
- Sound knowledge of farming practices for small scale farming, particularly in African climates and terrains
- The ability to critically analyse and score grant applications against a set criteria
- Ability to work independently
- Experience of working to a brief, including a deadline
What does my availability need to be?
This is a remote volunteering role and can be completed at a time that suits your schedule. We are looking for someone to dedicate several hours to reading and advising on applications in September 2025.
Who does this role report to?
You will work with the Senior Volunteering and Engagement Officer.
Who can I contact to find out more?
Please apply through our website and do not send CVs over email. However, if you do have a question that isn’t covered in this role description, you can contact Kaya (Senior Volunteering and Engagement Officer) on [email protected], or you can call us on 0121 523 1730.
Role description
Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce environmental damage? Do you want to inspire people to enjoy healthy vegan food that both looks good and tastes great?
The Vegan Society aims to make veganism more accessible. We help people to adopt a vegan lifestyle by supporting individuals, policy- and decision-makers, caterers, manufacturers, healthcare professionals and the media.
Why do we need you?
Laura Chepner is our Education Officer, and she is looking for a volunteer to support her in her role. Laura has a background in education, with a degree in Primary Education which preceded a decade of teaching and a short stint in the role of SENco (Special Educational Needs Coordinator). Shortly after that, Laura theorised vegan-inclusive teaching, published An Educator’s Guide for Vegan-Inclusive Teaching and worked as the UK’s first vegan-inclusion education specialist until joining The Vegan Society.
At The Vegan Society, Laura supports vegan learners in education who have been discriminated against by acting as an intermediary between their families and the institution. Additionally, Laura supports educators by creating resources and delivering training sessions on what it means to be vegan-inclusive in their practice. Furthermore, Laura empowers parents/guardians to ask for vegan-inclusion by creating documents, with the help of The Education Network, that they can present and highlight their rights.
What does the role involve?
This role involves working alongside our Education Officer to create around 50 differentiated worksheets for teachers of key stage 1 (KS1), Year 2 to use. No lesson plans to be made – just worksheets that support the National Curriculum English programmes of study for KS1, Year 2 outcomes. Laura would delegate certain literacy areas such as ‘suffixes –ful and –less’. Once complete, we would meet online to look over and then Laura would delegate another area of literacy to be completed.
Below is an example of the type of worksheets that will be created.
‘Today I am learning to use regular plural noun suffixes – s or – es.’
These tasks are not exhaustive, and more assignments may arise as the project progresses.
What training and support is available?
The ideal candidate for this role will have a background in Primary Education and be comfortable working independently. However, we are always willing to invite volunteers along to staff training when possible and to deliver training on specific skills in-house, as identified throughout the volunteering period. This role is remote, so support from the Education Officer will be available through email and phone calls as required. Monthly reviews with the Volunteering and Engagement Officer will also be conducted to ensure the volunteer is happy in their role.
What skills would be useful in doing this role?
We are looking for a volunteer with:
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KS1 or KS2 experience
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good Microsoft Office competency
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an awareness of Vivi the Supervegan books
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confidence to communicate any training or support needs
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an ability to work independently.
What does my availability need to be?
We are looking for someone who is available for two months, starting as soon as possible. We are looking for eight hours of volunteer time per week, done across one or two working days, which are the same working days each week.
Who does this role report to?
Laura Chepner, Education Officer.
Who can I contact to find out more?
You can contact Kaya (Senior Volunteering and Engagement Officer) on [email protected].
