Join the County Team
Find your place in our team of inspirational women and men, sharing their skills and passions with girls in a local unit – all while benefiting from the adventure and opportunities guiding has to offer.
Do you have a passion for writing? Could you support our members by bring their stories to life? Our county is looking for someone to join our Marketing and Communication team as a blog writer.
You will approximately be writing one story a month which will be published on our County Website Blog, plus promoted via our County Newsletter and on social media.
If you are interested in the role, get in touch with Marketing Team.
An Adviser is a specialist in a particular field of the guiding programme. An adviser will advise, motivate and communicate information about the specialism to the division, county or country/region team and other guiding members, giving more girls and volunteers ways to access opportunities for development, challenge and adventure.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing support to the country/region, county or division by giving advice and answering specific queries, often by email.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of and enthusiasm for your specialism.
- Become an expert in your specialism, use your knowledge to solve problems and promote the advantages of your area of the guiding programme.
- Support leaders to provide a safe girl-only space where girls and young women can discover their full potential through all areas of the programme.
- Administer any applicable training or qualifications in your area of responsibility.
- Keep up to date with new resources and programme initiatives, and use and cascade information as appropriate, communicating to all relevant stakeholders.
- Complete relevant training for the role and ensure the wider team’s skills are up to date.
- Manage a local budget, liaising with the level treasurer and commissioner as necessary.
- Provide up-to-date, creative programme ideas and resources and distribute these to members in the local area.
- Support trainers and the trainer coordinator with the induction of any new parts of the programme related to your section, reviewing training modules if required.
- Support the Leadership qualification coordinator and those completing their Leadership qualification to review training books related to your section, and assist with specific mentoring if necessary.
- Visit units in the local area to promote events and opportunities.
- Attend events as appropriate.
Length of appointment: 3 years + 2 years
Time Commitment: Approx. 1.5 hours a week.
If you are interested in the role, get in touch with Jenni, Country Commissioner
An Adviser is a specialist in a particular field of the guiding programme. An adviser will advise, motivate and communicate information about the specialism to the division, county or country/region team and other guiding members, giving more girls and volunteers ways to access opportunities for development, challenge and adventure.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing support to the country/region, county or division by giving advice and answering specific queries, often by email.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of and enthusiasm for your specialism.
- Become an expert in your specialism, use your knowledge to solve problems and promote the advantages of your area of the guiding programme.
- Support leaders to provide a safe girl-only space where girls and young women can discover their full potential through all areas of the programme.
- Administer any applicable training or qualifications in your area of responsibility.
- Keep up to date with new resources and programme initiatives, and use and cascade information as appropriate, communicating to all relevant stakeholders.
- Complete relevant training for the role and ensure the wider team’s skills are up to date.
- Manage a local budget, liaising with the level treasurer and commissioner as necessary.
- Provide up-to-date, creative programme ideas and resources and distribute these to members in the local area.
- Support trainers and the trainer coordinator with the induction of any new parts of the programme related to your section, reviewing training modules if required.
- Support the Leadership qualification coordinator and those completing their Leadership qualification to review training books related to your section, and assist with specific mentoring if necessary.
- Visit units in the local area to promote events and opportunities.
- Attend events as appropriate.
Length of appointment: 3 years + 2 years
Time Commitment: Approx. 1.5 hours a week.
If you are interested in the role, get in touch with Jenni, Country Commissioner
A Coordinator is a designated point of contact for a particular element of the guiding programme: for qualifications, communications or for a particular event. A Coordinator is appointed by the relevant Commissioner and may not necessarily be a specialist. However, you should be able to use your excellent organisational skills to support girls and volunteers to access more opportunities for development, challenge and adventure.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing support to the country/region, county or division by giving advice and answering specific queries, often by email.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of and enthusiasm for your specialism.
- Become an expert in your specialism, use your knowledge to solve problems and promote the advantages of your area of the guiding programme.
- Manage a local budget, liaising with the level treasurer and commissioner as necessary.
- Use Go data to understand the current membership profile and to identify areas within the guiding area that need targeted support.
- Work with Communications and PR Advisers to ensure that strong and positive messages, supporting Growing Guiding, are incorporated into media work.
- Ensure that internal communications with Commissioners, Advisers and Leaders highlight the need to incorporate Growing Guiding into everyday guiding activity. Make appropriate use of the internal Growing Guiding key messages.
Length of appointment: 3 years + 2 years
Time Commitment: Approx. 1.5 hours a week.
If you are interested in the role, get in touch with Jenni, Country Commissioner
An Adviser is a specialist in a particular field of the guiding programme. An adviser will advise, motivate and communicate information about the specialism to the division, county or country/region team and other guiding members, giving more girls and volunteers ways to access opportunities for development, challenge and adventure.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing support to the country/region, county or division by giving advice and answering specific queries, often by email.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of and enthusiasm for your specialism.
- Become an expert in your specialism, use your knowledge to solve problems and promote the advantages of your area of the guiding programme.
- Keep up to date with new resources and programme initiatives, and use and cascade information as appropriate, communicating to all relevant stakeholders.
- Support the Leadership qualification coordinator and those completing their Leadership qualification to review training books related to your section, and assist with specific mentoring if necessary.
- Attend events as appropriate.
Length of appointment: 3 years + 2 years
Time Commitment: Approx. 1.5 hours a week.
If you are interested in the role, get in touch with Jenni, Country Commissioner
Become a trainer with Girlguiding and support our fantastic volunteers to deliver great experiences to girls.
Trainers/prospective trainers are volunteers who are members of Girlguiding and want to support the learning and development of our members by helping others gain skills and knowledge. Together, we all provide quality guiding.
Why become a trainer?
As a trainer, you’ll facilitate and deliver learning opportunities that give volunteers the motivation and confidence to provide good guiding for our girls. You’ll be a role model for other volunteers and help ensure excellence and consistency across our organisation.
Types of trainers
There are three different trainer roles at Girlguiding, but you can qualify to hold more than one.
- Trainer in leading and managing people
- Trainer in programme
- Trainer in a specific subject (subject matter expert) – for example, A Safe Space
Once you have completed your Trainer qualification, you can then develop your skills further by becoming a residential trainer and a trainer leading a team of trainers.
How much time will I need?
There is no set timescale for the Trainer qualification, but most people will need a period of preparation to gain the knowledge required for each module, and to deliver their trainings. As a minimum, you’ll need to:
- Conduct three trainings which are observed by a tutor
- Complete a knowledge checklist
- Record evidence of your progress in a record of completion
- Keep and submit a Personal Development Plan
To apply, simply download and fill out the application form, then send it to Jenni, County Commissioner
Who can become a mentor? You can!
Could you support and motivate fellow volunteers, using your knowledge and experience to achieve their Girlguiding Qualification? Volunteering as a Mentor could be for you. A mentor does not need to be a fountain of all knowledge – just a friendly face who has achieved a Girlguiding qualification and would like to help others do the same.
Take a look at the mentor profile below and if you would like to be a Leadership Qualification mentor, please contact Melissa and will talk it over with you.
Who can do this role?
A Mentor must be over 18 years old and hold, and have current or recent experience of, the qualification she is mentoring for.
What is the purpose of this role?
To support a fellow volunteer in their training towards the Leadership Qualification. A Mentor will be matched with a member completing a qualification and will be responsible for supporting them through their qualification, ultimately deciding when they are qualified.
What will I do in the role?
- The list below outlines the general responsibilities of a Mentor
- Ensure that each Leader in Training (LiT) acquires all the necessary skills, knowledge, attitude and behaviour to achieve their qualification.
- Maintain good, regular communication with the LiT, sharing knowledge and resources, maintaining support and enthusiasm.
- Conduct the visits required throughout the qualification to observe the LiT’s skills and help the LiT to reflect on and learn from their experiences.
- Evaluate the LiTs progress regularly, making sure they understand their role and what is expected of them, helping to identify areas for development.
- Sign off the LiTs qualification evidence online
- Motivate, support and encourage each LiT in successfully gaining their qualification.
- Maintain communication with the LiTs local Commissioner and relevant Advisers/Coordinators or Unit Leader if appropriate, to keep them informed of the LiT’s progress and any relevant difficulties or opportunities to fulfil requirements for their qualification.
- Signpost the LiT to relevant local training opportunities and help them to register for these.
If you are interested in the role, get in touch with Melissa, County Leadership Qualification Coordinator
Create and send Willow Tree Marketing emails, approximately 4 emails a year.
If you are interested in the role, get in touch with Marketing Team.
Be an inspiration for girls and young women. Help girls to realise their full potential and share some unforgettable moments along the way.
By volunteering with us, you can help girls build their confidence, have adventures, learn new skills and have loads of fun – no matter your experience, your background or how much time you have spare. Register your interest to find out about opportunities near you.
Becoming a role model doesn’t need a full-time commitment – we need volunteers in all sorts of roles. So, if you want to help behind the scenes, at special events or get involved every week, there’s loads of ways to inspire girls with Girlguiding.
Under 18? You can volunteer with us from age 13 upwards – join today as a young leader, for your DofE as a young external volunteer or a peer educator. All great ways to be a force for good!
