Vice Chair Peterborough Repair Cafe UK

(These tasks are for the Chair, the Vice Chair will support these activities, with a possible view to take on the Chair position in future)

Note: Repair Cafe sessions happen monthly on the first Saturday of the month, 11-3.30. We set up at 10 and finish by 4.

Main tasks

• Representing the Repair Café in the local community
• Taking a lead in meetings
• Taking a lead at the AGM
• Reporting to volunteers and supporters at the AGM
• Ensuring volunteers feel valued
• Ensuring H and S guidelines are understood and followed
• Overseeing volunteers during a Repair Café
• (Triage bookings: this can be done by other committee members)

Being part of the committee

• Attending online meetings on Tuesday 7-8pm

one with committee only, on the Tuesday after a Repair Café

one optional with all volunteers on the Tuesday before

• Attending monthly Repair Cafes and helping out as needed
• Carrying out admin tasks as needed such as

responding to enquiries via email

booking and liaising with upcoming venues

dealing with new volunteer enquiries

ensuring we have enough blank paperwork

Essential skills/qualities

• Knowledge of broad range of repairs, especially electrical
• Use of MS Office (Word, Excel and Teams) and Google packages (Drive, gmail, Forms, Contacts)
• Good leadership skills
• Proactive
• Interested in sustainability

Monthly commitment:

• Attending Repair Cafes 6hrs
• Attending online evenings meetings 2 hrs
• Dealing with Chair duties 2hrs
• Helping with additional tasks 2h