Role Specifics
- Role Status: Volunteer
- Time Commitment: At times when required
- Location: Future Radio, 14 Woodcock Road, Norwich + different locations when requested
- Reporting to: Station Manager
- Start Date: As soon as practicable
Specific Responsibilities
The volunteer will:
- Research local news stories, local groups and events to identify potential guests and locations for interview.
- Contact guests and book time for the interview to be recorded on location.
- Record interviews on location using our digital recorders.
- Edit the recorded interview into a package and prepare it for broadcast – or work with one of our team to edit it.
- Write a cue introducing your recorded piece which the presenter will read out.
- Liaise with our broadcast team to arrange broadcast of your recorded piece.
- Work and communicate closely as part of a team.
Don’t worry, full training will be given!
Personal Profile
Whilst radio experience is desirable, it is not essential as full training will be given. You will be proactive, organised and able to work independently under a given remit. You will have excellent communication skills, a can-do attitude, and will act as a positive champion for Future Radio at all times. You will also be ready, willing and able to give the time, care and attention that the role requires over an extended period.
- You will need to have:
- Superb communication and presentation skills
- Performance skills and a clear voice
- The ability to generate original ideas
- A personable and confident manner
- A broad range of interests, including current affairs
- Good research and interviewing skills
- The ability to take initiative and make quick decisions under pressure
- Good team-working skills creativity and problem solving skills
About Us
Future Radio is part of Future Projects, a charity whose mission is to unlock the potential of communities experiencing hardship and deprivation by delivering high quality services and support which enables lasting change.
Alongside the radio station, Future Projects delivers that mission through Future Support and Future Education.
Future Support is a collection of specialist support services helping those most in need, in areas such as housing and homelessness, welfare entitlements, family support, debt and money advice, health and wellbeing, employability support, loneliness and isolation, and any other challenges being faced by vulnerable people in our communities.
Future Education is a specialist independent school which engages children with complex needs and nurtures them to become successful adults through an academic and therapeutic curriculum.
Future Radio is Norwich’s community radio station, broadcasting 24 hours a day online, via D.A.B. and FM to a potential audience of around 381,000 people across the greater Norwich area. The station is staffed by approx. 70 volunteers and acts as a platform for local communities, promoting talent, supporting businesses and offering training and career development opportunities. Our ambition is to create radio that everyone who considers themselves a resident of Norwich, enjoys listening to, no matter where in the world they are!
You can find out more about Future Projects here.
Get Involved
You will be vital to the work Future Radio does getting out and about in our community and giving them a voice. Plus you will be part of a fantastic team at an exciting time for the station!
Working at Future Radio offers tremendous opportunities, valuable work experience, the chance to develop new and existing skills & to build confidence. Plus you’ll get to meet interesting and enthusiastic people with a passion for music, broadcasting & getting involved in their community.
Previous volunteers have gone on to develop careers in music, media, education & training, business, and the voluntary and community sector.
Alternatively you can download an application form here and email it to our Station Manager, Dean Tucker, at d.tucker@futureradio.co.uk.
