Volunteer Advertising Outreach Coordinator for Jewish Care’s Serenata Soiree Concert
Volunteer Advertising Outreach Coordinator for Jewish Care’s Serenata Soiree Concert
Role Summary:
Jewish Care’s Serenata Soiree is an annual evening event featuring a classical musical concert, helping to raise funds for music therapy and concerts for all residents living at Jewish Care’s Betty & Asher Loftus Centre in Friern Barnet. This event attracts over 200 attendees and raises in excess of £10,000 each year.
The role is to support the main fundraiser for Serenata Soiree, taking place in January 2026. The volunteer would be required to approach various businesses for sponsorship to be included in the event brochure. They would also need to help with the event on the day.
Time Commitment: On going frequent in the run up to the Serenata Soiree concert in January 2026.
How this role makes a difference:
Music brings our residents such immense joy and stimulation, and the annual Serenata Soiree is a highlight of the calendar for many residents. By volunteering to help with this annual event project, you will help to enable us to continue provide music therapy and classical music concerts for all residents at The Betty & Asher Loftus Centre, whilst raising vital funds as you do so.
What you’ll be doing in this role:
- Approaching various businesses with advertising opportunities for the event
Skills & experience required:
- Experience and confidence in reaching out to businesses as well as contacts for advertising and support.
- Good telephone manner.
- An understanding of the fundraising dynamic and how fundraising events work.
- Confidently engage with a diverse range of people and enjoy helping others.
- Reliability, consistency and dependability.
- Good conversational and listening skills with a clear speaking voice.
- Patience, empathy and a non-judgemental attitude.
- The ability to work independently and as part of a team, to also stay within the role’s boundaries – recognising what should and shouldn’t be done and when to seek advice or report concerns.
Induction, Learning & Development:
Training is available so volunteers can carry out their roles to the highest professional standards, develop new skills, build confidence, make new friends and take on new and increasingly responsible tasks.
Jewish Care will provide the following training, essential for this role:
- Provide you with access to a Volunteer Handbook and all Policies and Procedures.
- Provide Induction Training: Getting to know Jewish Care, Communication & Disability Awareness, Boundaries & Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Health & Safety, GDPR.
Provide on the job induction.
Benefits of Volunteering with Jewish Care:
Without our volunteers, we simply couldn’t function. We absolutely depend on you. Whatever your age, disability, whether you are working, unemployed or retired, there are opportunities to help at Jewish Care.
As well as helping others you’ll get the chance to develop skills, build confidence and make new friends.
- Enhance the lives of older people, making a real difference to the Jewish Community we support.
- Be part of a great team and make new friends.
- Build your confidence and develop transferable skills.
- Access to a comprehensive training programme designed for the social care environment.
- Gain valuable experience and enhance your CV
Our aim is to enable people to enjoy a first-class experience as volunteers, making the most of their skills to make an impact on the communities that Jewish Care serve.
Why get involved with Jewish Care?
The work of Jewish Care and the services we provide to our community are vital. We touch the lives of 10,000 people each week, with everything we do being underpinned by our Jewish values and ethics. We provide services to:
- Older people
- People with Mental Health needs
- Holocaust Survivors
- People who are living with Dementia
- People with physical and sensory disabilities
- People who care for others
We can only do this thanks to our amazing professional staff of 1,400 and the 3,000 dedicated volunteers who help make our work possible.
Next Steps to becoming a volunteer at Jewish Care:
Step 1: Please complete an expression of interest form for this role, which will automatically create a profile on our volunteer management system. After you have applied, we will be in touch to discuss this role in more detail.
Step 2: Following a successful conversation, with a member of the Volunteers Team or Hiring Manager you will be invited for an interview (and asked to bring identification with you).
Step 3: Following a successful interview, you will be offered the volunteering role and asked to add further information into your volunteer profile, providing two references and completing a DBS (previously CRB) application form online. Additional paperwork may need to be completed for some roles e.g. volunteer driver.
Step 4: You will be invited to attend mandatory Volunteer Induction Training, as well as any specialist training relevant to your volunteer role. Training is to enable volunteers to carry out roles to the highest professional standards, develop skills, build confidence and meet other new volunteers
Step 5: Mazel-tov/Congratulations! Once we have received and recorded a suitable DBS, satisfactory references and training has been completed, you are officially part of the Jewish Care Volunteer network!
If you have any questions at all about this role or volunteering with Jewish Care in general, please contact volunteering@jcare.org or telephone 020 8922 2405.
This is a voluntary position that supports the work or our services and is not replacing the work of a paid member of staff. This role does not form any part of any contract of employment.
