Find your Ideal Role

Find Your Ideal Role

We hope the Foundation Programme has inspired you to volunteer either for a role in your nearest Local Group (see this map), or for a role in a regional, national or UK-wide team as advertised on the Volunteer Website.

Roles advertised on the Volunteer Website can be filtered by 'Role Type' into 'from home' (most roles) or 'in-person' (e.g. Production & World Build Team).

It’s fine to have more than one role in order to experience different aspects of XR. It’s also ok to leave a role if you find you no longer have capacity, or you would prefer to move to a different role, but please give your team a little notice.

See the XR UK Organism here for how the Regional, National and UK-wide teams are structured and for their mandates.

If you would like advice on which role to apply for, please email us at volunteer@extinctionrebellion.uk. And if you've applied for a role but not heard back from the team after a week, please let us know and we will chase them up for you - their integrator may have been on holiday. We would really welcome feedback on your experience as a volunteer.

Generic roles

Most teams have the following roles:

Secretary/ Minute Taker : this role requires reasonable keyboard skills and very good listening skills. The secretary:-

• arranges meetings and take minutes
• deals with day to day running of the team
• ensures that Action Points are clearly communciated to the team
• might act as facilitator if no-one has filled that role (but it is not expected)

Facilitator : this role requires training as XR meetings run in a specific way. The facilitator ensures that:-

• meetings run smoothly according to the group agreement
• every voice is heard
• the agenda is covered as well as possible
• the meeting does not run over time

Budget holder : a good understanding of figures and banking is required, or a willingness to train. The budget holder:-

• understands what budget is available to a team and what it must be spent on
• approves expense claims from receipts for goods and services
• approves VLE (volunteer living expenses).

Tech admin : sets up new group members and updates existing group info on the Hub and Mattermost. This role needs training and some experience in using the Hub and Mattermost. Keeping the group's Hub information up to date is crucial as this is the movement's telephone directory.

Integrator : for recruitment and training of new rebels, a role that itself needs some training and a little knowledge of the team. Find more info here