The Executive Assistant(s) of the EUR Policy Team will play a critical role in supporting the ongoing development of Volt Europa’s policy portfolio and policy platform, and in ensuring effective collaboration between Policy Team members. They will also ensure that the Volt membership is kept informed of the activities of the Policy Team and oversee some of the policy development and editorial processes.

Policy Shapers are experts in their field of interest and play a central role in the ongoing development of Volt Europa’s policy portfolio. By working collaboratively with other Policy Shapers, National Policy Leads and other Volt members, and by seeking input from external stakeholders, they craft policies and identify and share best practices. They are also responsible for ensuring that Volt’s policies are brought to the attention of other thought-leaders and the general public through networking and external outputs.

Title: Policy Support Team Volunteer (Advisory/ Functional), EUR Policy Team Reports to: EUR Policy Leads Location: Remote The remit of the EUR Policy Team is broad and often project-driven. As such, the team sometimes needs ad hoc assistance in the form of expert advisory input and/ or functional support. The EUR Policy Support Team is a flexible, ‘on-call’ unit and comprises two types of volunteer: Support Team Volunteer: Advisory – for those who have advanced, expert knowledge of a topic and are keen to share their expertise on an ad hoc basis (either in response to queries or during the development of formal policy) Support Team Volunteer: Functional – for those who are willing to support the team in any way according to project requirements (e.g. supporting Policy Shapers in researching/ drafting policy documents, organising internal and external events, covering for absences, etc.) Support Team Volunteers are not required to make a regular commitment to the EUR Policy Team (besides checking emails/ internal chats), meaning that this may be an ideal role for those who want to contribute to Volt’s vision but are short on time.

The Thematic Communities Lead is responsible for establishing and supporting Volt’s Thematic Communities. Volt Communities are informal groupings of Volt members working on a variety of grassroots activities, from policy development to outreach and engagement with external parties, bringing Volt’s ideas and policies into the ‘real world’. The Thematic Communities Lead ensures that Thematic Community core teams have access to the support and resources they need to operate, and facilitates communication between the Communities and EUR Policy Team. As this is a new role to support the newly established initiative of Thematic Communities, there is considerable scope for creativity. Responsibilities will evolve over time and be shaped by the Communities Lead(s) themselves.