Placement Opportunity

Charity:icap - Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy

NOTE: this is a purely administrative role with no contact with clients or therapists at the time of sessions.

Location: London (FinsburyPark)

Website:

Number of placements: 1

Length of placement: min. 6 months, 4 hours a week

Placement dates: a.s.a.p. Please state in application when you are able to start.

London Office

Our main office is in FinsburyPark and we need volunteers to cover Reception/Administration for 4 hours one evening a week and also to help with our Fundraising. You will need good computer skills - Microsoft Office Word and Excel are essential, Publisher and Photoshop are desirable. You need to also have some event experience.

Volunteer Receptionist & Administrator

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to cover our reception one evening a week in our London office (4.30pm – 8.00pm Mon – Thurs), there are also some opportunities to volunteer during normal office hours.

This post will also include assisting with our fundraising and events programme, including managing social media.

Responsibilities include:

  • Answering the telephone and taking messages for our therapists, passing the message to the appropriate person
  • Answering the entrance door and showing the clients into the waiting room
  • Provide support to the administrative team
  • Ensuring that the premises are locked up at the end of the day

Candidates need to have the following skills:

-A good, clear telephone voice

-A helpful and patient manner both on the telephone and in person

-Clear verbal and written communication skills

-A methodical, orderly approach to work

-Keen attention to detail

-Be a team player

-Experience of organising/assisting events is desirable

-Microsoft Office Word & Excel are essential

-Microsoft Publisher & PowerPoint are desirable

-The ability to understand and a willingness to work within icap’s equal opportunities and confidentiality policies

Why volunteer with icap?

This is a fantastic opportunity to build your experience working within an office environment, gaining administrative and reception skills, as well as fundraising and events experience.

icap will pay your travel expenses and if you are able to volunteer for longer than 5 hours a day icap will also provide you with some lunch money.

Please e-mail a C.V. and cover letter to Szonya Durant titled ‘icap Application’ no later than Monday 6thDec. The Psychology department will pre-select suitable candidates and send these applications on to icap.