Volunteer with us
If you’re looking for a volunteer role that truly changes lives, please consider volunteering for The Roof of Africa. We are a small grassroots charity with big ambitions, but we need more volunteers to help us grow. We have a number of roles ranging from those that can be completed remotely to those that enable you to be located at The Roof of Africa school and the local community.
Prior to the pandemic, The Roof of Africa welcomed volunteers all year round at the school in Tanzania. We are resuming these opportunities in 2025 and further details will follow. In the meantime, we have remote roles available that can help support the charity in the areas of fundraising, marketing and finance.
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Location: Remote
Time commitment: Flexible
Charity background
The Roof of Africa SCIO is a Scottish registered charity providing a range of initiatives to communities in Tanzania from free education, family reunification programmes, food support, building homes to providing toilets. As well as running our own primary school in Sonu, near the foothills of Mount Kilmanjaro, we also have satellite schools in other communities. Through the power of education, we aim to break the cycle of poverty. The charity have no paid administration roles within the UK with the board of trustees responsible for promoting, fundraising and growing the charity. As the charity expands, so does our need to find new voluntary support.
Role description:
We are looking for someone who can research, develop, and write grant proposals. You will need to be able to express our values, impact and needs by writing compelling proposals that will help showcase our charity and the life changing differences we are making to children and their families. Support will be available, and no experience is necessary. What we are looking for: We’re looking for someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability to work independently and collaborative within a team. A passion for children’s education and wellbeing.
Requirements:
As this role is remote, volunteers will require their own computer and internet access. This is a fully flexible role, with a requirement to attend a meeting with the trustees on dates and times to suit. No grant experience is needed as support can be provided.
To apply:
Email info@theroofofafrica.org with details of why you would like the role and when you would be available for an online meeting.
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Location: Remote
Time commitment: Flexible
Charity background
The Roof of Africa SCIO is a Scottish registered charity providing a range of initiatives to communities in Tanzania from free education, family reunification programmes, food support, building homes to providing toilets. As well as running our own primary school in Sonu, near the foothills of Mount Kilmanjaro, we also have satellite schools in other communities. Through the power of education, we aim to break the cycle of poverty. The charity have no paid administration roles within the UK with the board of trustees responsible for promoting, fundraising and growing the charity. As the charity expands, so does our need to find new voluntary support.
Role description:
We are looking for someone who can support our volunteer marketing manager in creating contents across our social media platforms and website. You will need to be able to express our values, impact and needs by writing compelling copy that will help showcase our charity and the life changing differences we are making to children and their families.
Support will be available, and no experience is necessary.
What we are looking for:
We’re looking for someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability to work independently and collaborative within a team. A passion for children’s education and wellbeing.
To apply:
Email info@theroofofafrica.org with details of why you would like the role and when you would be available for an online meeting.
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Location: Remote
Time commitment: Flexible
Charity background
The Roof of Africa SCIO is a Scottish registered charity providing a range of initiatives to communities in Tanzania from free education, family reunification programmes, food support, building homes to providing toilets. As well as running our own primary school in Sonu, near the foothills of Mount Kilmanjaro, we also have satellite schools in other communities. Through the power of education, we aim to break the cycle of poverty. The charity has no paid administration roles within the UK with the board of trustees responsible for promoting, fundraising and growing the charity. As the charity expands, so does our need to find new voluntary support.
Role description:
We are looking for someone who can support our volunteer finance manager in keeping up to date accounts and supporting with the annual accounts and keeping track of sponsors and ensuring our website remains up to date with children who require sponsors.
Support will be available but ideally experience in accountancy is an advantage.
What we are looking for:
We’re looking for someone with excellent numeracy skills and ideally experience working within a finance environment. The ability to work independently and collaborative within a team. A passion for children’s education and wellbeing.
What we are looking for:
We’re looking for someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability to work independently and collaborative within a team. A passion for children’s education and wellbeing.
To apply:
Email info@theroofofafrica.org with details of why you would like the role and when you would be available for an online meeting.
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Location: Remote
Time commitment: Flexible
Charity background
The Roof of Africa SCIO is a Scottish registered charity providing a range of initiatives to communities in Tanzania from free education, family reunification programmes, food support, building homes to providing toilets. As well as running our own primary school in Sonu, near the foothills of Mount Kilmanjaro, we also have satellite schools in other communities. Through the power of education, we aim to break the cycle of poverty. The charity has no paid administration roles within the UK with the board of trustees responsible for promoting, fundraising and growing the charity. As the charity expands, so does our need to find new voluntary support.
Role description:
We are looking for someone who can help create fundraising initiatives for individuals and corporates as well as providing updates for existing sponsors and further opportunities for them.
Support will be available, and no experience is required.
What we are looking for:
We’re looking for someone with excellent written and verbal skills with the ability to think of creative ways of raising funds. The ability to work independently and collaborative within a team. A passion for children’s education and wellbeing.
Requirements
As this role is remote, volunteers will require their own computer and internet access.
This is a fully flexible role, with a requirement to attend a meeting with the trustees on dates and times to suit.
No experience is needed as support can be provided.
To apply:
Email info@theroofofafrica.org with details of why you would like the role and when you would be available for an online meeting.