Placements - Marketing, Info, Education, Gardens, Engineering, Membership and others

CAT takes around 15 volunteers every 6 months to work across a variety of departments. We are looking for people to join us for 6 months from September.

About CAT:

With over 35 years experience, CAT is dedicated to informing, inspiring and enabling in the field of sustainability through a diverse range of activities. The Centre offers information and education and has a visitor and conference centre. We attract around 60,000 people a year and employ more than 100 dedicated and creative staff.

Based in beautiful mid-Wales, the Centre overlooks the Snowdonia National park, renowned for its stunning scenery and outdoor activities. Within easy reach of the local beaches and University town of Aberystwyth, Machynlleth has a vibrant local community, has a lively arts and music scene and is a great place for families.

About the LTV Scheme:

Volunteers are extremely important to the work at CAT and the achievements over the last 30 years simply wouldn’t have happened without the hard work, inspiration and dedication of the initial idealists who founded the centre in 1975.

Long Term Volunteers (LTV’s) come every March and September to work full time for 6 months in various departments across CAT. Whilst gaining hands-on valuable work experience and learning more about sustainability during their unpaid placement, individuals make a valuable contribution to the work of CAT which is highly appreciated.

LTV’s find accommodation locally and need to be completely self funding. Anyone is welcome to apply but you must be over 18 years old.

Benefits:

Work experience and training, lunch, travel expenses (currently upto £16.50 a week), two free CAT courses (subject to availability), a year’s free subscription to CAT’s membership magazine, discount for CAT shops & restaurant.

To apply:

Interested individuals should consider the different roles and apply for these unpaid placements by filling in our application form or alternatively sending a CV and a thorough covering letter explaining your motivation for volunteering, why you would be suitable for the role and any information that could be useful in your application. Please clearly state which role you are applying for. You are welcome to apply for more than one position but please indicate this in your application and explain, for each role, why you would like to do this role.

If you are successful at this stage, you will then be invited to the trial days in August which will involve meeting staff and volunteers, visiting CAT, working in the department amongst other things and seeing whether you would like to be at CAT for 6 months and whether we think you would be suitable. Potential LTV’s are asked for a £20 contribution towards food and accommodation for these days.

Volunteers will most probably be taken in the following departments. Please refer to our website for more information about these departments and the roles at www.cat.org.uk/jobs

Biology
Buildings and Site Maintenance
Displays
Education
Engineering
Gardens
Information
Marketing
Media
Membership
Web

Information about being an LTV – www.cat.org.uk/volunteers
Information about the roles – www.cat.org.uk/jobs

Closing Date for Applications: Currently 8th July 2011
Trial weeks/selection days: Monday 8th – Thursday 11th August 2011
Start Date of placement: 5th September 2011
(depending on the situation, there may be some room for negotiation)

For more information, information about supporting yourself and living locally, please do not hesitate to contact Michelle on 01654 705955, vacancy@cat.org.uk