Volunteer Membership Roles National TTS Coordinator The National TTS Coordinator is responsible for the delivery of Time to Sing courses across the association. TTS is an effective, tried-and-tested format for recruitment drives, and remains one of the most rewarding ways for clubs to gain new members. An effective TTS Coordinator will: Have experience running effective TTS courses in their own club Have a good understanding of effective branding and marketing strategies Be data-driven, responding to feedback from clubs and participants Be available to assist and support clubs in delivering their courses Work well as part of a team Responsibilities: Work with the BABS Director of Marketing and Communication to manage the TTS Brand Report regularly to the BABS Director of Membership Support clubs with marketing and delivery Work with the BABS Director of Music & Education to manage the curriculum Encourage clubs to participate Collect feedback from club and participants Coordinate the awarding of grants To apply, please send a short paragraph giving an overview of who you are and why you’re right for the role to Peter at [email protected] by 31st January 2021. Regional Club Liaisons Regional Club Liaisons act as liaisons between BABS and BABS clubs in their region. Reporting to the Director of Membership, they are the first point of contact for clubs requiring information or assistance. An effective RCL will: Have experience in their own club's leadership Be engaged in the national BABS community and wider barbershop world Be a great communicator Be proactive Work well as part of a team Responsibilities: Provide reactive and proactive support to clubs and keep them engaged with the BABS community Schedule regular check-ins with clubs in your region Schedule regular meet-ups for club leadership in your region Report to the Membership Director regularly Attend BABS Council meetings as a non-voting observer, and stay up-to-date with developments within BABS and the barbershop community Escalate issues to the BABS Board/Membership Director as appropriate To apply, please send a short paragraph giving an overview of who you are and why you’re right for the role to Peter at [email protected] by 31st January 2021. Music and Education Roles Educational Outreach Agent (5 Posts Available) Responsible for the mentoring, coaching and continuous development of a group of choruses within a designated geographical area (Areas to be decided based on applicant locations). An Effective EOA will: Be or have recently been an active practitioner within BABS as Musical Director with a minimum B+ group. Be knowledgeable around music in general and in particular the Barbershop form of a capella singing. Note: the BABS Contest and Judging team will provide training where appropriate. Be a motivational educator and have the ability to coach male and female voices. Have a passion to help choruses and the individuals within our association to develop and improve as singers, performers and directors. Have confidence in yourself to be able to mentor your designated choruses over a given period. Responsibilities: Work with a variety of choruses across your designated region to develop an improvement plan for the individual group and members within the group. Signpost the choruses to additional support available to them within BABS and externally where appropriate. Commit to an agreed schedule with your allocated choruses for each 12-month period at the end of each contest cycle. As an Agent of the Music and Education team, represent BABS in a professional, caring and first-rate manner. Report back to the BABS Director of Music and Education on educational plans agreed with choruses post visits. To apply, please send a short paragraph giving an overview of who you are and why you’re right for the role to Dale at [email protected] by 31st January 2021. Finance Roles Finance Assistant Our Finance Director, Pippa, is looking for someone to help her with the smooth running of BABS’ finances. The Finance Assistant will aid Pippa in completing various day-to-day tasks, such as preparing purchase and sales invoices for review, helping with monthly bank reconciliations and other ad hoc duties. You will need to be organised, reliable and attentive to detail. No experience needed, as Pippa will provide training in both accountancy generally and the specifics of BABS. To apply, please send a short paragraph giving an overview of who you are and why you’re right for the role to Pippa at [email protected]. Marketing and Communication Team Roles Web Manager We are looking for someone who can help manage our brand new website! Keeping the website updated with all our news and events information is an important job as it is BABS’ window to the world, and it is continuously updating and improving. The right person will be organised and self-sufficient, and able to update the website with minimum 24h notice. Our ideal Web Manager will have experience with Wordpress or another CRM package, but on-the-job training is available as required. The Web Manager will report to the Director of Marketing and Communications. Digital Campaign Manager Our Digital Campaign Manager will be in charge of communicating to BABS’ membership and those who sign up for our mailing lists. They will manage the schedule of communications and design mailings to send out on a regular basis, as well as dealing with urgent ad-hoc mailings if necessary. This position would suit a methodical and detail-orientated person. Experience with Mailchimp is desirable, but on-the-job training is available as required. The Digital Campaign Manager may be given other specific tasks and they will report to the Director of Marketing and Communications. App Manager BABS are searching for an App Manager to help keep our app up to date. Along with the website, the app helps BABS communicate with the outside world, and it needs someone to look after it. The App Manager will make sure that all relevant information on the website is reflected in the app, and make sure that the information on the app is the most recent version. On-the-job training is available as required. The App Manager may be given other specific tasks and they will report to the Director of Marketing and Communications. Social Media Team (Events) Do you attend all of BABS’ events? Do you consider yourself a social media connoisseur? Then this might be the position for you! Help the BABS social media team keep our channels up to date at our events. Pass on important event updates and capture special moments, all whilst enjoying your favourite BABS events. The right person would work alongside the BABS social media team and coordinate with posts and updates during BABS events. To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a paragraph giving an overview of who you are and why you’re right for the role to Shanna at [email protected]. Please note these are unpaid positions but all expenses are reimbursed.