Detail-oriented volunteer needed!

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a volunteer to support our safeguarding due diligence process with eight education NGOs. You will join us as soon as possible in October to help review their materials and prepare a board summary. This is a short but  important piece of work to ensure our partners fulfil their obligations to keep children safe,and a chance to apply your professional skills to maximise social impact in global education.

Whether you’re exploring a move into the social sector or offering a few volunteer hours, you’ll work alongside experienced professionals while contributing to lasting change.

You’ll collaborate directly with Greater Share’s Executive Director, a recognised social impact leader with 20+ years’ experience across nonprofit and business sectors. 

What You’ll Do

• Review safegauarding materials provided by NGOs.
• Assess their performace according to pre-agreed metrics.
• Prepare clarification questions for NGOs where information is incomplete or unclear.
• Track receipt of NGO responses and follow up where needed.
• Assist in preparing short “traffic light” assessments for each NGO, highlighting strengths, risks, and areas requiring further monitoring.
• Produce a consolidated comparison table of all NGOs, showing key findings and any red flags.
• Draft an overview slide for the board.  

What We Offer

• Impact: Support leading NGOs and social enterprises to deliver measurable improvements in education worldwide.
• Professional Exposure: Gain experience of a new finance role.
• Events Access: Attend mission-focused events showcasing the impact of our partners’ work in underserved communities (subject to availability).
• Flexible Remote Work: Work on your own schedule, from anywhere.
• Professional Recognition: Receive a LinkedIn endorsement and letter of recommendation.
• Work Space (optional): Occasional access to the Conduit, a 5-floor club in London with spaces to work, meet, eat and socialise.

What are we looking for?

We Would Love to Hear from You If… 

Essential 

• Most importantly, you’re organized and detail-oriented.
• You have at least 3 years of experience of HR, risk analysis or other types of analysis related to compliance. 
• You’re a self-starter, comfortable managing and executing with minimal guidance. 
• You have native or near-native English fluency.  

Desirable: 

• Background in charity (or other forms of) compliance . 

What difference will you make?

You’ll help best-in-class NGOs and social enterprises drive measurable improvements in education outcomes, world-wide. 

This is an opportunity to make a tangible contribution to the effective governance of our grant-making and help ensure our partner NGOs are financially resilient. Greater Share is a pioneering philanthropic investment platform that connects the world’s top-performing private equity funds with high-impact non-governmental organisations (NGOs). We invest in best-in-class private equity funds screened for ESG criteria, with a pledge to share at least 50 percent of the gains with high-impact education NGOs. 

To learn more, watch this  https://vimeo.com/655121390 or visit our website www.greatershare.com 

Anything else...

probably a total of 15 hours, on a fully flexible schedule. The work is time-sensitive from October to end of November.