Jobs and Volunteering

In this section you will find details of any paid vacancies at Computer Aid International.

Computer Aid also relies on volunteers to who give up some of their time to help the organisation achieve its mission. We are looking for people with a wide range of skills to support our work.

We generally ask volunteers to commit to a minimum of two days per week for a minimum of three months. Office based voluntary positions are open Monday to Friday during normal office hours. Workshop and warehouse voluntary positions work Monday to Saturday. In return for your help we offer a safe and friendly working environment and the opportunity to learn new skills. All volunteers are also given a full induction into the work of the charity.

Please choose the area of work that you are interested in from the links below to enquire about volunteering with Computer Aid.

We need people with IT hardware skills to help refurbish donated computers in our workshop and people with warehouse skills to help manage our warehouse.

To enquire about current opportunities please contact David Griffiths by email or telephone 020 8361 5540. Thank you.

Do you have an interest in international development and the environment? If so, this is an ideal introductory role into these two sectors.

We are looking for an intern to assist the PC donations and marketing department in its work to boost vital donations of PCs from companies in the UK, to be reused in schools, hospitals and community organisations in developing countries.

This will involve direct mailing, cold calling, and exhibiting at conferences and events. The intern will need to persuade IT managers of the environmental and social benefits of reusing their unwanted IT equipment. The role will also involve general administration tasks, such as thanking donors, answering telephone and email queries and data inputting.

Person specification:

• Good telephone manner – able to discuss Computer Aids services to UK businesses, and influence and convince via the phone

• Able to represent Computer Aid at conferences and events and communicate persuasively face to face

• Good computer skills and experience of using databases

• Ability to organise own work load and prioritise effectively

• A working knowledge of IT equipment and its uses.

• Commitment to the values, aims and objectives of Computer Aid International.

Ideally the candidate will be able to volunteer 3 days a week for 3 months, starting as soon as possible. Volunteer expenses of up to £10 per day will be paid for food and travel on production of valid receipts.

To apply please send your CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification to deirdre@computeraid.org.

We advertise our jobs here, and on the following websites:

Charity Jobs

Environment Jobs

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We need people with good administrative skills to help us to deal with enquiries from potential overseas partners and beneficiaries. If you have language skills (French or Spanish) it would be an advantage. To enquire about current opportunities please contact Ludovic by email or telephone 020 8361 5540. Thank you.

We need people with good IT, research, written and administrative skills to help us to identify and approach financial donors for our work. From time to time we also need people with design skills to help us produce advertisements and leaflets to support our work. To enquire about current opportunities please contact Stephen Campbell by email or telephone 020 8361 5540. Thank you.

We need people with good IT and administrative skills to help us to identify and approach donors for our work. From time to time we also need people with design skills to help us produce advertisements and leaflets to support our work. To enquire about current opportunities please contact Deirdre Maguire by email or telephone 020 8361 5540. Thank you.