Unit Leaders

Unit Leaders

Posted for Girl Guiding - Newbury District

Posted by Volunteer Centre West Berkshire

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• Help plan and deliver activities which are based on our Girlguiding programme. These are accessible and inclusive. Often they’re planned by volunteers and girls at the beginning of term
• You’ll go to your unit meeting each week and run activities with the girls and other volunteers
• Safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do at Girlguiding, so you’ll help provide a safe, girl-only space where every girl and young woman can take part
• You’ll also be keeping up the Doing Our Best standards for your unit
• You’ll complete training for the role and follow Girlguiding policies
• You may be a trustee for the unit, which means that you have more responsibilities
• Your whole unit leadership team decides who keeps the accounts and unit records. But you may have overall responsibility, especially if you have a small team (even if your unit has an administrator)
• You might communicate with parents, carers and other Girlguiding volunteers
• Leaders usually spend two to five hours a week outside of the unit time on the role (depending on how the unit responsibilities are shared and what activities are planned). This might include contacting new members or going to district meetings.
• Leaders share issues and concerns with local commissioners

Our current needs for leaders are at a new unit.

What skills do I need?

• Flexibility: You need to change your plans according to the needs of the girls.
• Willingness to get involved: To take part in a team and activities.
• Teamwork: Be able to work with others and share tasks and responsibilities.
• Personal and digital communication skills: You’ll have a part in communicating with parents and other volunteers in your district.
• Attention to detail: Some tasks, like updating or overseeing the accounts, need your diligence, although there will be a great team to support you.
• Willingness to learn: Learning as you go to keep your skills fresh.

• We’ll give you a thorough induction to your role and to Girlguiding
• You’ll have lots of training opportunities, including e-learning, face to face training and live online classrooms that you can do from home
• When you start your Leadership qualification you’ll have a volunteer mentor to help you through the qualification
• You’ll have a great support network from your fellow volunteers, including a local commissioner and Girlguiding advisers
• And there are regular meetings and events to share information
• We reimburse agreed expenses
• Girlguiding has a clear complaints procedure and support to help sort out problems or disagreements