Bookshop Volunteer

Go Vol Herts; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An independent book charity in Hatfield is seeking volunteers to help sort and categorize books. As a volunteer, enjoy a friendly environment with no minimum commitment on shifts. Training provided, and you can collect free books. Ideal for those who love books and want to contribute to the community.

Benefits

Guidance and support

Free books

Reference for future opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be over 18 to volunteer.
• Reliability and friendliness are essential.

Responsibilities

• Sort and categorize books.
• Fill shelves with books.
• Answer questions from customers.

Job description

Summary

An opportunity to join an independent book rehoming charity that aims to promote reading and prevent books from going to landfill by giving out free books.

Detailed description

Want to join our team?

Are you reliable, friendly, and like books?

We'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities: Volunteers help sort and categorize books, fill shelves, and answer any questions from our customers. Full training will be given by a senior volunteer or one of the trustees during the trial shift as well as in subsequent shifts after joining the team.

Benefits: We can offer a pleasant environment, guidance and support, and free books! Once you've been with us for some time, we can also give you a reference which you can use for future volunteering or job opportunities.

As a volunteer, there's no minimum commitment to the number of shifts you do, and neither do you have to do the same shift every week. You can sign up to the shifts that you want on our rota.

We are open Monday to Saturday 11am - 4pm, and the volunteer shifts are split into 11am - 1:30pm and 1:30 - 4pm.

Please note you must be over 18 to volunteer with us.

Getting there

About Free Books Hatfield

Free Books Hatfield is a small independent book rehoming charity run entirely by volunteers. Our aims are to prevent books from going to landfill and promote reading in the community by giving out free books.

The public donates books to us, we sort and put them on our shelves, and then customers can come in and take up to 8 books for free per visit.

We are open from 11am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday, and have rehomed over 440,000 books since we were established in 2016.