Volunteer Systems Lead
Employer: Bylines Network
Location: Remote and flexible
Working hours: We are far more interested in your thinking than in how many hours you propose to spend.
Salary: £7,000 (negotiable depending on approach and scope)
Closing date: 5 pm, Friday, 17 April
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We are a national grassroots journalism network, publishing 400 articles a month in 10 online publications and a host of other content, and powered by more than 2,500 volunteers. At the heart of what we do are citizens with important stories to tell and a passion for speaking truth to power – writers, editors, proofreaders, technical experts, social media champions – people who believe journalism is a public good.
Since our launch in 2020, we’ve grown fast. Now we’re looking for someone who can help us design the systems that will allow a large, dispersed, volunteer-led organisation to thrive whilst holding true to its democratic ethics and values.
This is more than a volunteer coordinator role. This is a systems architecture commission.
We’re looking for a contractor who can:
Bring clarity to hundreds of volunteer roles without creating bureaucracy.
Onboard and support contributors at scale without losing warmth.
Embed policy and compliance in a way that feels enabling rather than restrictive.
Turn a CRM (Donorfy) into the quiet engine of a national movement.
Can you help us build sustainable systems, without becoming corporate? Then get in touch.
Over six months, you could help us:
Map and structure our volunteer ecosystem
Create role frameworks that make sense of complexity
Design onboarding journeys that feel human but are systematised
Embed training pathways that scale
Configure Donorfy so it becomes the backbone of volunteer engagement
Leave behind documentation and workflows that we can confidently run without you
How you do that is up to you. We’re not looking for someone to manage volunteers. We’re looking for someone to design the infrastructure that supports them.
Who this might suit:
An organisational designer who enjoys building operational clarity
A CRM specialist who understands community, not just data
A consultant who has worked with distributed or volunteer-led networks
Someone who likes creating systems that empower people rather than control them
You are comfortable working alongside a small core team and a passionate volunteer community. You know how to introduce structure without flattening culture.
Practicalities
Six-month commission (April–September 2026)
Remote and flexible
£7,000 (negotiable depending on approach and scope)
We are far more interested in your thinking than in how many hours you propose to spend.
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