You will help to:
● Assist with planning and scheduling social media content
● Support the creation of engaging posts, captions, carousels, and visual content
● Help communicate our mission, projects, and community journey in clear and compelling ways
● Support community engagement across social channels
● Source relevant imagery, trends, and visual inspiration
● Contribute ideas to improve audience growth and engagement
● Help maintain a thoughtful, consistent, and high-quality brand presence
These responsibilities may change as The Living Experiment evolves.
Skills
We’re looking for someone who is:
● Creative, organised, and proactive
● Comfortable using social media platforms such as Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and TikTok
● Confident in written communication and storytelling
● Interested in sustainability, community-led projects, social impact, or ethical finance
● Comfortable volunteering independently while collaborating with a wider team
● Able to think in terms of audience, narrative, and engagement—not just posting
Experience with Canva, CapCut, video editing, or social scheduling tools would be beneficial, but is not essential. Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who resonates with our mission and wants to contribute meaningfully.
Benefits
There are many benefits to volunteering with us, these are the main three:
- Exposure to a real-world social media campaign,
- The opportunity to volunteer alongside and learn from an experienced social media practitioner,
- The opportunity to be involved with a project which will focus on four important pillars of; sustainable organic farming, distribution of that produce using a pay-what-you-can principle via community-based hubs, creating safe and sustainable housing as a stepping-stone to longer-term solutions and showing people there is another way of living through education.
Practical Considerations
This volunteer role may particularly suit:
● A recent graduate
● An early-career marketer or content creator
● A junior social media professional looking to build experience
● A career-switcher moving into content or communications
● Someone passionate about sustainability and impact-led work
This is largely a volunteer-from-home opportunity.
Supporting individuals with additional support needs and/or disabilities
We would encourage anyone thinking of volunteering to discuss any adjustments or additional support they may need in order to join us as a volunteer, so that reasonable adjustments can be considered wherever possible.When do I need to be available?
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- Details
- Disabled Access
- Equal Opportunities Policy or Statement
- Expenses
- Health and Safety
- Induction
- Insurance Cover for Volunteers
- Other
- Suitable for 13 - 16 years
- Suitable for 16 - 18 years
- Suitable for a group of volunteers
- Suitable only for (e.g. 18+, LGBT, BAME, Women only)
- Support on Offer
- This role is adaptable for different abilities
- Training


