Volunteering Opportunities
Administrator/Receptionist
Haringey Women’s Forum is looking for a few volunteers to provide administrative support for the organisation. Volunteers will answer phones and regulate building access as well as document incoming and outgoing post, maintain the archive filing system and complete other administrative tasks necessary to provide support to members of staff.
Time Commitment
At least one day per week, 10:00am – 3:00pm.
Skills/Qualifications
No formal qualifications required, however, it is essential that applicants have certain skills and qualities.
Essential:
- Have an interest in promoting equality for women
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- Administrative experience
- Good communication skills
- Professional telephone manner
- The ability to write letters
- The ability to be punctual and reliable
- The ability to use initiative but also take guidance and work within boundaries
- Willingness to learn about and work within Haringey Women's Forum policies and procedures
Desirable:
- The ability to show empathy and understanding
- Knowledge of Microsoft Access
To apply, please download the application form located in the downloads box to the right of this posting. You may submit your application in the following ways:
By Post:
(Private & Confidential)
HWF Jobs
Haringey Women’s Forum
1 Bruce Grove, Tottenham
London, N17 6RA
By Email: click here
If you return the form electronically please request a delivery receipt to make sure that your form has reached us. If you are subsequently invited to interview, you will be asked to sign your application.
Job Applications (including downloadable forms and packs)
Please download the Application form and Job Pack. Please do not send cv's - they rarely do you any favours!completed applications should be sent to
1 Bruce Grove,
London
N17 6RA
or email it to us using this link
Please read the pack carefully before completing the Application Form
We do not currently have any vacancies
Core values
- HWF believes that it is essential for women to have control over their own lives
- HWF believes that women have the right not to have their lifestyles or choices judged or neglected
- Information about a woman will not be discussed with a third party unless the client specifically requests HWF to do so
- Counselling will be centred on a woman’s feelings about her immediate or long-term situation
- HWF aims in providing support to acknowledge women’s reality and their feelings, to empathise and enable women to move towards changing their situations and /or feelings
- HWF promotes advocacy, assisting women to speak and act for themselves
- HWF believes that all agencies should respond to women’s requests for services directly and immediately
- HWF aims to challenge all forms of oppression in it’s work
- HWF aims to reach out and provide a service to women from all communities
- The vision of HWF is integrated into the core values, which continue to represent the principles of working with, and on behalf of local women.
Making a donation
All donations to the Forum are gratefully received. You can text us a donation to 70070 quoting HWFA11 or send cheques, made payable to "Haringey Women's Forum", to the address below:
Haringey Women's Forum
1 Bruce Grove
London
N17 6RA
If you are a tax payer, please enclose the following declaration with your donation:
I would like Haringey Women's Forum to treat all donations I have made since 6 April 2000, and all donations I make from the date of this declaration, until I notify you otherwise, as Gift Aid donations.
Signed: _________________________
Date: _________________________
This will enable us to claim tax on your donation. A gift of £10, covered by this declaration, is worth £12.82 to Haringey Women's Forum - donors simply have to pay income tax or capital gains tax at any rate, equal to the tax deducted from their donations.
Please contact us at the address above or by emailing info@hwfonline.org.uk if you wish to make a regular donation by standing order or you would like to help in any other way.
Thank you for your support.
Our mission statement
The Forum recognises the persistent barriers and challenges, which affect and potentially may blight the lives of many women living and/or working in Haringey. We are committed to working co-operatively with women to promote real opportunities for all women with particular regard to women whom face ongoing discrimination or disadvantage.
The Forum seeks to promote and improve the welfare, quality and conditions of life for women who live or work in Haringey by working to support women and women’s organisations in the London Borough of Haringey.
The Forum seeks to identify key issues (e.g. health, social welfare, educational and economic opportunities, barriers to equal opportunity) affecting Women and to work with women, and agencies representing women, to identify how to address key issues and respond effectively to key needs.
We are committed to working co-operatively with other relevant agencies to promote the infrastructure of the voluntary sector to enable organisations to meet the needs of women.