OMID volunteering needs:

United Kingdom:

In the United Kingdom we need volunteers to provide the following services free of charge:

  • Administration:
    • Scope of work: Maintenance and improvement of mailing list.
    • Qualifications: Computer skills, word processing, knowledge of 'Outlook', familiarity with internet.
  • Auditing:
    • Scope of work: Auditing the accounts of the UK charity on an annual basis.
    • Qualifications: Practising UK based auditor or auditing firm.
  • Fundraising (institutional):
    • Scope of work: Identify and raise funds from institutions, grant writing, follow-up on grant applications, and preparation of progress reports for grantors.
    • Qualifications: Fundraising experience, grant writing experience, familiarity with the organisational structure of major funding bodies such as the United Nations and the European Commission preferred.
  • Fundraising (individual and corporate):
    • Scope of work: Identify and raise funds from potential individual and corporate funders. Organise fundraising functions/events.
    • Qualifications: Fundraising and event organisation experience, networking skills.
  • Legal:
    • Scope of work: Any and all legal work needed for a UK registered charity.
    • Qualifications: Practising UK based lawyer.
  • Marketing & PR:
    • Scope of work: Awareness building, placement of editorial articles and programs in UK media, procurement of free advertising on the internet, increase visits to the website.
    • Qualifications: PR and marketing experience.
  • Translation:
    • Scope of work: Translation of reports and documents from Persian to English and English into Persian.
    • Qualifications: Translation experience, excellent command of English and Persian.
  • Website:
    • Scope of work: Website maintenance, search engine optimisation and improvement of site visits and ranking.
    • Qualifications: Relevant experience.
 
United States:

In the USA we need volunteers to provide the following services free of charge:

  • Administration:
    • Scope of work: Maintenance and improvement of North American mailing lists.
    • Qualifications: Computer skills, word processing, knowledge of 'Outlook', familiarity with internet.
  • Accounting:
    • Scope of work: Maintaining the accounts, preparing and filing tax returns and other regulatory filings for US charity.
    • Qualifications: Practising US based accountant.
  • Auditing:
    • Scope of work: Auditing the accounts of US charity on an annual basis.
    • Qualifications: Practising US based auditor or auditing firm.
  • Fundraising (institutional):
    • Scope of work: Identify and raise funds from institutions, grant writing, follow-up on grant applications, and preparation of progress reports for grantors.
    • Qualifications: Fundraising experience, grant writing experience, familiarity with the organisational structure of major funding bodies like the United Nations and the European Commission preferred.
  • Fundraising (individual and corporate):
    • Scope of work: Identify and raise funds from potential individual and corporate funders. Organise fundraising functions/events. Volunteers needed in all states.
    • Qualifications: Fundraising and event organisation experience, networking skills.
  • Marketing & PR:
    • Scope of work: Awareness building, placement of editorial articles and programs in US media, procurement of free advertising on the internet, increase visits to the website.
    • Qualifications: PR and marketing experience.
  • Translation:
    • Scope of work: Translation of reports and documents from Persian to English and English into Persian.
    • Qualifications: Translation experience, excellent command of English and Persian.
  • Website:
    • Scope of work: Website maintenance, search engine optimisation and improvement of site visits and ranking.
    • Qualifications: Relevant experience.
 
Iran:

In Iran we need volunteers to provide the following services free of charge:

  • Corporate relations and job placement for our 'graduates':
    • Scope of work: Networking with the corporate world in Iran for creating a 'corporate affiliate' program, in which each corporate affiliate is committed to provide a number of employment positions to our 'graduates'; monitoring of job performance of 'graduates' after job placement.
    • Qualifications: Familiarity with and access to the corporate world in Iran.
  • Fundraising:
    • Scope of work: Identify and raise funds from potential individual and corporate funders.
    • Qualifications: Networking skills, familiarity with the Iranian corporate world.
  • Legal:
    • Scope of work: Any and all legal work needed for an Iran registered charity.
    • Qualifications: Practising Iran based lawyer.
  • Medical services:
    • Scope of work: Attending to the medical needs (in all fields of medicine) of the young women in our care.
    • Qualifications: Practising physicians in all fields of medicine.
  • Psychiatric counselling:
    • Scope of work: Psychiatric counselling for the women in our care who are in need of counselling.
    • Qualifications: Practising psychiatrist or therapist.
  • Teaching:
    • Scope of work: Teaching some of our core education or vocational training courses (English language, IT, accounting, architectural design and drafting, etc.).
    • Qualifications: Certified teacher qualification.
  • Translation:
    • Scope of work: Translation of reports and documents from Persian to English and English into Persian.
    • Qualifications: Translation experience, excellent command of English and Persian.  
 
The Rest of the World:

In the Rest of the World we need volunteers to provide the following services free of charge:  

  • Fundraising (institutional):
    • Scope of work: Identify and raise funds from institutions, grant writing, follow-up on grant applications, and preparation of progress reports for grantors.
    • Qualifications: Fundraising experience, grant writing experience, familiarity with the organisational structure of major funding bodies like the United Nations and the European Commission preferred.
  • Fundraising (individual and corporate):
    • Scope of work: Identify and raise funds from potential individual and corporate funders. Organise fundraising functions/events. Volunteers needed in all states.
    • Qualifications: Fundraising and event organisation experience, networking skills.
  • Marketing & PR:
    • Scope of work: Awareness building, placement of editorial articles and programs in local media, procurement of free advertising on the internet, improve visitations to website.
    • Qualifications: PR and marketing experience.
  • Translation:
    • Scope of work: Translation of reports and documents from Persian to English and English into Persian.
    • Qualifications: Translation experience, excellent command of English and Persian.
  • Website:
    • Scope of work: Website maintenance, search engine optimisation and improvement of site visits and ranking.
    • Qualifications: Relevant experience.
 
 
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