Volunteer

Description

Full Description of Volunteering Opportunity: Joining the UL Student Sustainability Team allows you to make a meaningful impact on your campus. You do not need any prior sustainability knowledge! We work as a team to learn and create a positive impact. We welcome all students of various backgrounds and years of study to join.  

• As a member, you can:  

• Create engaging social media content  

• Collaborate with other students and staff on various projects and events  

• Practice facilitating workshops and public speaking  

• Our team is entirely volunteer-based. By working with us, you can earn well-deserved President Volunteer Award (PVA) hours.  

 

Overall, you will:  

• Develop a deeper understanding of sustainability  

• Explore and address current sustainability issues  

• Gain experience working with students from other disciplines  

• Receive PVA hours  

• Enhance your CV 

Is training provided?: Yes

Tasks that the volunteer(s) will be expected to undertake:

As members of the UL Student Sustainability team, volunteers undertake various responsibilities to drive forward our mission.   

We all participate in various roles such as:  

• Co-creation: Engaging in collaborative brainstorming sessions to generate innovative ideas for workshops, events, and projects.  

• Implementation: Taking a hands-on approach to bring ideas to life by organising and executing sustainability-focused activities and initiatives.   

Volunteers can choose to take the lead on a specific role for some projects such as:  

• Social Media Coordinator: Helps with all aspects of Student Sustainability social media and promoting other UL events connected to sustainability. Creates content to engage with UL community, posts on a weekly basis, comes to the events to record and take photos to produce content. Makes flyers/posters. 

• Community Engagement: Actively engaging with students, staff, and the wider community to raise awareness and foster dialogue on sustainability issues. Engages with community to meet others that could work with the team in the future (i.e. guest speakers/workshops.) Raises awareness and fosters dialogue on sustainability issues.  

• And more... 

Skills required for this role:

Good time management

Details of time commitment needed for role:
Details of time commitment needed for role: Program Starts: February 4th - May 20th Meetings: On UL campus, every other Tuesday evenings 6-7:30pm (* some days subject to change but group sessions should occur on Tuesdays.)

Minimum time commitment per week:
1 hour p/week

Additional screening required for this role:
You must have already applied and received an email confirming that you are taking part in the Team this semester. Email studentsustainability@ul.ie if you have any questions