Volunteer: Dressing - Smart Works Charity

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About Smart Works

Smart Works is a dynamic, high profile and fast-growing UK charity that dresses, coaches and empowers unemployed women for success at their job interview. After visiting Smart Works, 69% of clients secure a job within a month.

The Smart Works service is delivered in 11 centres across the UK. Over the past ten years, Smart Works has helped over 35,000 women. It is our mission that any woman who needs our service should be able to find her way to a Smart Works centre. More information about who we are can be found on our website.

Across London Smart Works currently has three centres in Ladbroke Grove, Croydon and Islington. The team are currently recruiting wardrobe volunteers for the South and West London centres.

About the opportunity

The dressing room is where magic happens, when a client puts on an outfit that makes them feel confident and ready to take on their interview.

Smart Works Dressing Volunteers work directly with clients to help them find the perfect outfit for their interview and give them the confidence they need. They support numerous clients from different backgrounds throughout their volunteer day, working with one or two other volunteers to tailor appointments to each individual client.

Volunteers can attend to a wide range of exclusive events including VIP preview evenings for pop-up fashion sales, volunteer socials and access to our monthly volunteer forums and training. You will become part of the supportive and buzzing Smart Works community, consisting of 40 staff and over 300 volunteers across our three London centres.

This opportunity would be perfect for anyone who has a great eye for style and wants to make a difference through using fashion as a force for good.

Key Activities

• Work as part of a team with other dressing volunteers to make clients at Smart Works feel welcomed and comfortable during their dressing consultation.
• Use the power of clothing to uplift clients by curating rails of clothing with other dressing volunteers, catered to clients' requests and sizing.
• Occasionally support the Wardrobe Team by sorting retail donations for our client wardrobe and fashion sales.
• Maintain a high standard of the rails in the wardrobe by tidying and sorting them at the end of your volunteer day.

Skills you should have

• Good attention to detail.
• Great listening skills and the ability to empathise with individuals from a variety of backgrounds.
• Strong organisational skills.
• The ability to work well as a part of a team from a range different backgrounds and experiences.
• An awareness of fashion brands (desirable but not essential).
• A passion for the Smart Works mission and using fashion as a force for good.

Benefits of volunteering

• Using your knowledge and skills to help women feel more confident before they enter the workplace and make a positive difference to the lives of our clients.
• Meeting people from a range of backgrounds and making new friends who have a shared passion for helping others.
• Joining our monthly UK wide virtual volunteer forums to meet individuals across the charity and receive training opportunities to help you learn new skills.
• Early access to our pop-up fashion sales, where we have stock spanning across pre-loved, vintage and designer pieces, all up to 70% off RRP.

How to apply

To apply, please submit an application via our recruitment portal here and we will be in touch if your application is of interest.

Your application should be addressed to Alex Codrington, Smart Works Charity.