MARINElife Social Media Volunteer

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
3-7 hours / week Based entirely from home for 3 to 5 hours per week . Occasional meetings by Teams or Zoom ., The MARINElife Social Media Volunteer will be responsible for helping the communications team to develop, collate, prepare, and upload quality communications content to a variety of digital and social media.

What will you be doing?

To ensure MARINElife has an active, open, and responsive presence online, which will help to continually raise awareness of our activities and aims. We are now seeking a dedicated Social Media Volunteer.

The Volunteer will need to be able to dedicate around 3-5 hours per week to creating and curating content online and be comfortable working remotely and liaising with MARINElife leadership via, email, telephone conversations, and occasional online meetings (usually held on Teams).

The MARINElife Social Media Volunteer will be responsible for helping the communications team to develop, collate, prepare, and upload quality communications content to a variety of digital and social media. They will also interact with our growing online audience to build, develop and strengthen our online community. This role will make a significant contribution to raising awareness of MARINElife and increasing interaction within our membership and beyond.

• Campaigning


• Copywriting / Journalism


• Public relations


• Social media marketing, Good communication skills


Excellent knowledge of social media networks and IT skills

Ability to write creatively and succinctlyAn understanding of the benefits of a social media planComputer and internet access at homeKnowledge of social media scheduling and scheduling programs such as Social Pilot

Knowledge of the marine environment and some cetacean and seabird identification skillsCommitment to dedicate at least 3 hours per week to the role

If you have some of the skills above and are eager to support MARINElife in strengthening its online presence - we'd love to hear from you! While interest in, and knowledge of the marine environment is important, you don't need to be an expert at identifying different species; we're looking for someone with a desire to protect dolphins, whales, porpoises, and seabirds who is also eager to learn and can adapt and evolve on the job. The role would suit a volunteer with lots of initiative, looking to shape activities proactively and think creatively.