Volunteer Social Media Officer

Overview

Are you a vegan wildlife enthusiast who wants to make a difference and protect UK wildlife? Why not volunteer on our small, friendly team and create educational online content to challenge the status quo?

This remote, flexible, part-time (5 hrs/wk) role is ideal for someone passionate about UK wildlife, animal wellbeing, and ethical conservation.

Summary of the role

• Attend 1 weekly online meeting to discuss ideas, plan tasks, and measure progress.
• Create 1 social media post a week using Canva Pro.
• Your posts will focus solely on UK wildlife issues caused by humans. Eg: hunting, shooting, human-animal conflict, roadkill.
• Research resources with appropriate copyright licenses (copyright training given).
• Critically analyse information to create challenging responses to the status quo and campaign for UK wildlife rights.
• Write persuasive captions to accompany your post.
• Submit your post to a feedback and edit process before publication.
• File your published post in our folder system.

Thinking of applying? This would help…

Make us possible

• A lover of all UK wildlife.
• Computer and good internet connection.
• Weekly online meeting to discuss ideas, measure progress and plan tasks.
• Ideally, volunteer 5 hours a week.
• Respond daily to emails Mon - Fri (this helps enormously)
• Reside in the UK to fulfil our insurance criteria
• Experience with Google Workspace.
• Well-written and spoken English.
• Computer proficient

Make us better

• Committed to our cause
• Understand how speciesism negatively impacts UK wildlife.
• Any training with Canva.
• Any education or training with wildlife, conservation, ecosystems etc
• Any education or training in graphic design etc.
• Less experienced applicants would need a resourceful nature and a willingness to learn new skills.
• Use creative ideas and outside-the-box thinking for thought-provoking and factual social media posts.
• Create content in keeping with our brand.

Make us thrive

• More experienced applicants will be able to create their own video content.
• An excellent general knowledge of UK wildlife issues.
• Able to critically analyse information. eg: government press releases
• The ability to write persuasive copy that allows people to challenge mainstream perceptions.
• Several years of experience creating fun, educational online content.
• Several years of experience working with social media channels, whether as an enthusiastic individual or an organisation.
• Enthusiastic
• Reliable
• Organised
• A good team player.

Why volunteer…

• Connect with like-minded people over UK wildlife rights issues.
• Creating a sense of belonging.
• Help protect UK wildlife.
• Give something back to society
• Open up your world to future possibilities.
• Developing your skills and experience in a growing organisation.

Why volunteer with Verify Humanity…

Verify Humanity was established in 2020 by Conservation Photographer and Writer Kate Fox. We are a Compassionate Conservation animal advocacy organisation. Our vision is to create a world where speciesism and human-animal conflict no longer exist by raising awareness of neglected wildlife issues through research, education and campaigns.

In a world where conservation culling, pest control, humane slaughter, and entertainment killing are becoming our default setting, Verify Humanity advocates compassionate conservation, peaceful co-existence and veganism as solutions that promote life, a natural balance and a new way of engaging with our fellow creatures.

Our contact details

• Email - [email protected]
• Website - www.verifyhumanity.org

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Verify Humanity