Volunteer With Us
Since our founding in 2017, we have welcomed thousands of passionate and committed volunteers from all over the world. If you are willing to support refugees and people on the move and be part of our organisation, consider joining our team as a volunteer.
Who can join?
What can I do?
We are always looking for flexible and passionate people from all kinds of backgrounds to join our team. Previous experience or not, we provide briefings and training to prepare members of our team for the work they will be doing. We especially encourage applications from volunteers who speak Serbo-Croat-Bosnian, French, Pashto, Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish, Turkish, Urdu, Hindi, Tigrinya, Amharic, Oromo, Thai, Vietnamese, and Punjabi.
If you would like to stay in our accommodation, we do ask for of contribution of five euros per night to help cover the cost of the rent. However if this would be a barrier to you volunteering, we still strongly encourage you to apply and we can discuss how we could reduce or waive this fee.
We ask for a minimum commitment of four weeks.
We take this work very seriously and require that you do the same. We make a great effort to ensure that we do not cause any harm to the people we support or to anyone else, so we expect our volunteers to follow best practices at all times, as outlined in our Volunteer Agreement and Code of Conduct and Safeguarding Policy.’
Most of our shorter-term volunteers will be working as a general volunteer - helping in our warehouses and on distribution in the field. Longer-term volunteers have the option to take on additional responsibilities as an officer.
Once we have received your application, we will get back to you about the current state of our projects and we will arrange an interview to see if Collective Aid could be for you. However, while volunteers are usually assigned to a dedicated project, it is important to retain some degree of flexibility. With the ever-changing circumstances humanitarian efforts are often facing, we sometimes have to ask our volunteers to help out with tasks different to the project they may have signed up for.
General Volunteer
Participate in the day to day operations of a Collective Aid project. Sort incoming donations to make sure our stock is suitable, organise the warehouse to ensure it is ready for distributions. Facilitate the distributions of clothes and WASH services. If join us for a longer you may be able to team lead other volunteers in the warehouse and the field.
Advocacy and Communications Officer
We’re looking for people with a passion for storytelling and a desire to improve the world. Alongside time spent volunteering at our WASH centre, warehouses, and on distributions, the Advocacy & Communication Officers will spend around 10 hours per week gathering content for digital communications and supporting on advocacy projects and campaigns. No two locations are the same, so the role will differ slightly depending on where you are based, but wherever you are, this essential role is vital in raising awareness and pushing for change.
Fundraising Officer
Alongside time spent volunteering at our WASH centre, warehouses, and on distributions, the Fundraising and Grants Officers will spend around 10 hours per week to help to increase funding capacity in Collective Aid through research, grant applications, and fundraising campaigns, among other tasks. No two locations are the same, so the role will differ slightly depending on where you are based, but wherever you are, this essential role is vital in ensuring the continuity of our projects and the sustainability of our finances.
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Alongside time spent volunteering at our WASH centre, warehouses, and on distributions, the M&E Officer role will spend up to ten hours per week on tasks such as monitoring and reporting on accumulated data, observing trends, reporting on key observations, and ensuring the data stays reliable and organised. The purpose of the role is to ensure the project and aims of Collective Aid are being achieved by identifying problems early and adapting our services to meet the needs of those who use our services. By having a direct presence on the field, the M&E Officer is able to more responsively monitor impact and bring essential feedback to the M&E process.