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It's a Penalty

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It's a Penalty works collaboratively to end human trafficking, exploitation and abuse. We run local and global education and...

It's a Penalty Student Ambassador

This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

It’s a Penalty’s Student Ambassador Programme provides UK university students with a highly flexible and impactful volunteering opportunity. As a Student Ambassador, you’ll support us to achieve our mission of ending abuse, exploitation and human trafficking. Human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing crime so your involvement will make an important difference to your local community and wider society. You’ll also develop important skills and experience to enhance your employability.

It’s a Penalty’s Student Ambassador Programme provides UK university students with a highly flexible and impactful volunteering opportunity. As a Student Ambassador, you’ll support us to achieve our mission of ending abuse, exploitation and human trafficking. Human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing crime so your involvement will make an important difference to your local community and wider society. You’ll also develop important skills and experience to enhance your employability.

After completing our core training, you’ll engage other students, university staff and/or your local community through awareness raising, change making and/or fundraising challenges of your choice. We recommend student ambassadors complete one individual challenge and one team challenge per term.

We’ll provide you with regular advice and support, high-quality training, recognition of your achievements and opportunities to get involved in the wider work of the charity. You’ll form part of a local group of student ambassadors at your university and gain skills in teamwork, leadership, advocacy, event planning, marketing, time management and more!

Time Commitment: Averaging roughly 1 or 2 hours per week, which can be done flexibly to fit around your other commitments.

Responsibilities:

  • Plan and undertake individual and team challenges

  • Educate students, university staff and the wider community on human trafficking, exploitation and abuse

  • Advocate for change to make your campus and city slavery-free

  • Fundraise vital funds to save lives

  • Communicate effectively with It’s a Penalty staff

  • Complete required training to better understand modern slavery

  • Support other Student Ambassadors at your university

  • Support the wider work of It’s a Penalty

Contact Name

Matt Humberstone

Benefits to self

You’ll form part of a local group of Student Ambassadors at your university and gain skills in teamwork, leadership, advocacy, event planning, marketing, time management and more! We also recognise and reward our active Student Ambassadors including providing certificates and references.

Benefits to others

Human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing crime so your involvement will make an important difference to your local community and wider society. Students are particularly vulnerable to modern slavery so you will help establish a slavery-free campus and slavery-free city.

Location

This role can be done online or a mixture of online, on campus and/or in your local community

Training available

All Student Ambassadors complete our training on Modern Slavery Awareness as part of their induction. We also have a number of online training courses including campaigning, active bystander and healthcare-specific modern slavery. We are developing additional online training courses currently and also run some live training sessions during term time.

Hours per week

Averaging 1 to 2 hours per week, which can be done flexibly to fit around other commitments.

PVG required

No

Support and supervision details

We have a dedicated team that you can meet with at any point throughout your time volunteering with us.
  • TypeEducation, Fundraising, Health and Wellbeing, Marketing Media, On-Campus, Sports, Student Community, Other

Employability skills

  • Leadership 0
  • Professional 0
  • Personal Development 0

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