“As a volunteer I felt that I had made a meaningful contribution to help achieve a financially secure future for a charity that really makes a difference to people's lives. It was a pleasure to work with them."
Jeremy Walford, Volunteer
The Cranfield Trust volunteers
Cranfield Trust Volunteers are high calibre managers, and are generally active in the commercial sector. Most Cranfield Trust volunteers have Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees or other postgraduate professional qualifications. Increasingly, employers are joining forces with us to provide development opportunities for their senior managers.
As one of our volunteer consultants, you will work with a charity Chief Executive or senior manager to help them through a process such as:
• Working with the Board to develop strategy
• Writing a business plan
• Improving financial management
• Developing marketing/communications; or
• Embedding effective HR practices
You will need to be able to work effectively as an independent consultant, have experience of operating at strategic level, and enjoy the challenge of devising effective solutions with minimal resources. Your expertise could be in marketing, finance, HR, IT, general operational or other management fields.
Our volunteers fit in Cranfield Trust projects around their work, families and other commitments – they act as consultants, working with voluntary organisations on an advisory basis over a period of weeks or months. They are flexible and work to meet client charities’ particular objectives and deadlines, ensuring that each project is unique to the client organisation.
Cranfield Trust volunteers tell us that their assignments are personally and socially rewarding, with 100% of their work directly helping charities and often providing a lifeline for the charity’s existence. The whole experience can be a very enjoyable and enriching one, but don’t just take our word for it -
If you would like to know more about becoming a Cranfield Trust volunteer or you are an employer interested in providing career opportunities for your senior staff and you would just like to have an informal chat, please contact our office on tel: 0844 8003390 or click here to email us.