Current vacancies
135th Year Trail Volunteer
To celebrate its 135th anniversary of helping, healing and homing animals in the city, Bristol Animal Rescue Centre is launching a city-wide trail featuring its mascot, Parker the Dog.
We are a looking for a volunteer to support us with our brand new city-wide trail. We are looking for a volunteer to cover a wide range of activities to help in all aspects of setting up and running the trail throughout the year.
The Fundraising and Communications team works hard to raise the vital funds needed to care for the thousands of animals that rely on us each year, and this brand new exciting role is vital in providing much needed 135th Year Trail support to help us achieve our aims.
So, if you are looking to support our work using your valuable skills, and if you are passionate about our cause and want to gain some experience in a fundraising environment, this could be the perfect volunteering role for you!
Time commitment: We are looking for Volunteers who are able to commit to at least two half days every week, on the same days each week where possible (Monday – Friday during office hours of 9 – 5pm).
To apply: Please read the
full role description and use the
application form to apply. Forms can be returned to us at volunteering@bristolarc.org.uk or by post to ‘Volunteering’ 48 Albert Road, St Philips, Bristol, BS2 0XA
Closing date for applications: This role will remain open until we have successfully filled the role. although please note we may close the applications early if we receive a high volume of applicants.
Interviews and role start date: We will arrange for interviews to take place as soon as we can safely do so with a view to this role commencing asap.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact our Volunteer Support for further information: volunteering@bristolarc.org
Communications Volunteer
We are a looking for a Communications Volunteer to support us with a wide range of activities. This role would be ideal for someone who is passionate about animal welfare, and who has communications experience (e.g. experience in one or more areas of social media, copy writing, writing press releases, photography, creating video content, marketing, communications strategies etc.) or for someone who is interested in gaining experience working in a charity and pursuing a career in communications.
We are looking for Communications Volunteers to assist us with all areas of our public facing communications activities. Great communications strategies are crucial to an organisation like ours, enabling us to raise our profile in and around Bristol and beyond.
The Fundraising and Communications team works hard to raise the vital funds needed to care for the thousands of animals that rely on us each year, and this exciting new role will be pivotal in helping us achieve our aims.
So, if you are looking to support our work using your valuable skills, and if you are passionate about our cause and want to gain some experience in a fundraising environment, this could be the perfect volunteering role for you!
Time commitment: We are looking for Volunteers who are able to commit to at least two half days every week, on the same days each week where possible (Monday – Friday during office hours of 9 – 5pm).
To apply: Please read the full
role description and use the
application form to apply. Forms can be returned to us at volunteering@bristolarc.org.uk or by post to ‘Volunteering’ 48 Albert Road, St Philips, Bristol, BS2 0XA
Closing date for applications: This role will remain open until we have successfully filled the role. although please note we may close the applications early if we receive a high volume of applicants.
Interviews and role start date: We will arrange for interviews to take place as soon as we can safely do so with a view to this role commencing asap.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact our Volunteer Support for further information: volunteering@bristolarc.org
eBay Volunteer
We are looking for one or more volunteers to support us with our eBay income and sales. You will be responsible for advertising items, including adding photographs and descriptions, and then posting out bought items in a timely manner and writing reviews.
The Fundraising and Communications team works hard to raise the vital funds needed to care for the thousands of animals that rely on us each year, and this role is vital in providing much needed eBay support to help us achieve our aims.
So, if you are an experienced eBay user looking to support our work using your valuable skills, and if you are passionate about our cause and want to gain some experience in a fundraising environment, this could be the perfect volunteering role for you!
Time commitment: We are looking for Volunteers who are able to commit to at least one half day every week, on the same day each week where possible (Monday – Friday during office hours of 9 – 5pm).
To apply: Please read the
full role description and use the
application form to apply. Forms can be returned to us at volunteering@bristolarc.org.uk or by post to ‘Volunteering’ 48 Albert Road, St Philips, Bristol, BS2 0XA
Closing date for applications: This role will remain open until we have successfully filled the role. although please note we may close the applications early if we receive a high volume of applicants.
Interviews and role start date: We will arrange for interviews to take place as soon as we can safely do so with a view to this role commencing asap.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact our Volunteer Support for further information: volunteering@bristolarc.org
Corporate fundraising Volunteer
We are looking for one or more volunteers to support and assist us with growing, developing and maintaining our Corporate network.
The Fundraising and Communications team works hard to raise the vital funds needed to care for the thousands of animals that rely on us each year, and this role is vital in providing much needed Corporate support to help us achieve our aims.
So, if you are experienced in Corporate Fundraising, or looking to move into a role in Corporate Fundraising and looking for valuable experience, this could be the perfect volunteering role for you! If you are passionate about our cause and want to gain some experience in a fundraising environment, and looking to support our work using your valuable skills, we would love to hear from you.
Time commitment: We are looking for Volunteers who are able to commit to at least one half day every week, on the same day each week where possible (Tuesday or Wednesday during office hours of 9 – 5pm).
To apply: Please read the
full role description and use the
application form to apply. Forms can be returned to us at volunteering@bristolarc.org.uk or by post to ‘Volunteering’ 48 Albert Road, St Philips, Bristol, BS2 0XA
Closing date for applications: This role will remain open until we have successfully filled the role. although please note we may close the applications early if we receive a high volume of applicants.
Interviews and role start date: We will arrange for interviews to take place as soon as we can safely do so with a view to this role commencing asap.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact our Volunteer Support for further information: volunteering@bristolarc.org
Volunteer Reception Assistants
We are looking for volunteers to join our small and friendly team, working alongside our Animal Centre Reception and Admin teams to provide a warm welcome to all visitors to Bristol A.R.C. whether they are human or animal!
Whether working in our soon to be opened new adoption centre reception or within our Clinic reception you will assist the team with all day to day tasks, from welcoming visitors to the site and answering phone queries, signposting visitors and callers as appropriate to other staff members and assisting with the animal adoption process and other general admin tasks. This is the perfect role for people who are happy to work in a busy environment, where they are helping animals in need.
Enthusiasm and a cheerful nature are a must for this role – so whether you have experience in a customer-facing role, with excellent communication, administration and organisational skills, or you love working with the public and are quick to learn new skills – this could be the perfect volunteer role for you! Full training will be provided.
Time commitment: We are ideally looking for at least one regular shift per week, to be carried out on the same day each week (we have morning & afternoon shifts available Monday – Sunday, either 9 – 1pm, or 1pm to 5pm or all day).
To apply: Due to high levels of interest, we've temporarily pressed 'paws' on applications for this role. Please check back for updates.
Closing date for applications: This is an ongoing open position, although please note we may close the applications if we receive a high volume of applicants.
Interviews and role start date: We aim to be in touch with applicants within two weeks of your application form being sent in, with interviews and role commencement taking place as soon as possible.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact our Volunteer Coordinator for further information: volunteering@bristolarc.org.uk
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