New volunteering opportunities avalible at WYAS

The West Yorkshire Archive Service have some exciting new volunteering opportunities within their Education and Outreach team.

If you are interested in community heritage, community archives, education, or heritage outreach work then we have some opportunities which might interest you. Our volunteer positions are all part time and involve various levels of commitment. They are open to anyone who meets the basic criteria set out in the person specification and would particularly suit students at any level in helping to develop relevant and useful skills for a career in the sector. The following positions are available.

Oral History volunteer – to assist with the collection and care of oral history interviews. This is an opportunity to be involved in all aspects of oral history collecting for both specific projects and community collections. Full training will be provided.

Events Assistant volunteer – to assist the education and outreach team with the numerous events they hold throughout the year. This is an opportunity to get a taste of public facing  and outreach work and gain skills in events organisation and facilitation. Full support will be provided by the team.

Nowthen.org web volunteer – to assist with the running of the Archive Service community archive website nowthen.org. This is a unique opportunity to be involved with a very unique resource. We need someone with some previous knowledge of web technologies but full training will be provided by the service and opportunities to develop independent projects may be available.

If you are interested in applying for any of the roles advertised above please visit http://www.wyjs.org.uk/archives-volunteers.asp to download volunteer role description and specifications and to apply online.

For more information contact Sarah Shooter on 0113 289 8222 or email sshooter@wyjs.org.uk