Current Openings
If you are interested in a position we have available, please get in touch at hello@getwellgamers.org.uk. If we don’t have anything currently that suits you, please check back soon and keep an eye on our socials as we’ll always post roles available there.
All roles except Vault Team Members are home based, therefore hours are completely flexible. All roles will be required to use Slack to keep in contact with the rest of the team and while there are no official minimum hours, we will require you to be an active member of the team so please consider this before applying.
Social Media Star
We are looking for someone clued up on all things social media to join the GWG team and push our social media presence to the next level.
What you’ll be doing:
– Maintain presence on Facebook, Twitter/X, Bluesky and Instagram.
– Proactively create content for platforms.
– Respond to instant messages and posts regarding GWG (escalating to board if necessary)
– Maintain good community links with social media connections(prior streamers/partners etc).
– Maintain a consistent tone across all social channels.
– Keep community updated with latest donations, projects and event pictures.
– Maintain daily Twitter posts, ensuring that IRL GWG pics in event/donation basis are promoted cross-platform.
– Stay engaged with new releases/social media trends.
Social in many ways is the public face of GWG, and as such, is responsible for keeping our followers and supporters both informed and connected with our activities.
In doing so, a consistent tone must be maintained in order to keep GWG in a positive light within the public sphere.
You will be involved in posting both short term/active content and developing a longer term strategy to grow follower count and efficacy of social posts. You will be involved in posting both short term/active content and developing a longer term strategy to grow follower count and efficacy of social posts.
The position will also engage closely with both the Head of Events, to ensure that the current calendar of events is publicised, and the Head of Comms, both to maintain consistency of communication and also organise donations.
Social media management experience is preferred but we are happy to take on someone who would like to gain experience in doing so as long as they have the basics down.
Vault Volunteer
We are looking for trustworthy, reliable and friendly people to join our vault team in Glasgow!
What you’ll be doing:
– Dealing with incoming donations – Unboxing, sorting, evaluating condition/quality/suitability, storing.
– Fulfilling outgoing donations – Reviewing request list, parceling up, labelling, sending out.
– Organising and tidying items within the vault
– Communicating with other volunteers to highlight any issues/ask questions/highlight any major donations
– Passing any contact requests to the relevant volunteers (ie. “please email me when this has been received)Potentially supporting with “in person” donations or events in the Glasgow area (optional & will require DBS check)
What you’ll need:
– Organisation skills – Both organising your time and organising/tidying within the vault
– Able to work on your own initiative.
– Ability to follow procedures for inventory keeping etc.
– Video game knowledge/awareness – You will need to know the differences between consoles and games etc. Also knowing what is suitable for hospitals, rough idea of what is good/terrible, knowing about games which need to be online or not.
– Good physical stamina as the role does involve shifting lots of heavy boxes around!
Our current vault team will give you as much support as needed to get you started in the role so please don’t worry about not having every single thing nailed down!