County Vacancies

This role will work alongside Chloe, our additional needs adviser to ensure we are offering opportunities across the county to all demographics to the best of our abilities.

The role will also work along side the Growth and retention lead to help us with recruitment in under represented demographics in our county.

The role will support the executive team with planning and events to help us ensure we are being as inclusive as possible.

This role will look at recruitment of volunteers and girls in the county. They will support units and commissioners in growing Girlguiding in their areas where there is the most need. This could be in supporting with social media, or perhaps assisting at in person events like PRIDE or carnivals.

They will also be looking at the retention of our volunteers and investigating what we can do as a county to assist volunteers in their roles, and to ensure the role is beneficial to those volunteers too.

We’re looking for a young volunteer aged 18–30 to join our Trustee Team and ensure the voices and experiences of our younger volunteers are represented across Girlguiding Cambridgeshire West.

As a Trustee, you’ll play an important role in helping oversee how the charity is run and how our funds are used, providing a valuable youth perspective to county decision-making.

The role involves attending quarterly Trustee meetings and working alongside the wider Trustee Team to help ensure the county is run effectively and in the best interests of our members and volunteers.

The position will run for 4 years, in line with the term of the current County Commissioner.

A fantastic opportunity to have your voice heard, influence the future of guiding and make a real difference across our county!

We’re looking for a creative and enthusiastic volunteer to help showcase all the amazing things happening across our Cambs West county!

Working closely with the County Commissioner, you’ll help create and share engaging content across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, while exploring new opportunities such as LinkedIn and Bluesky.

You’ll help keep our platforms active, share our achievements, events and Guiding stories, and raise our profile within our local communities. You may also have the opportunity to support with media enquiries and local publicity.

A great role for someone who loves social media, storytelling and shouting about the fantastic things our volunteers and members achieve!

The role of a district commissioner is to support the leaders in your area. This role can be undertaken by any volunteer over the age of 18, (unit helper, leader, occasional helper etc) and the role could be shared amongst a team if that suits the district better.

This key responsibilities will be

• Ensuring volunteers have the correct skills and training

• Cascading information from county where appropriate

• Ensuring their DBS and other safeguarding checks are completed regularly

• Checking and approving REN's for holidays and events.

• Collecting annual accounts paperwork from units

• Welcome new volunteers to the area and placing them with units and mentors where appropriate

• Supporting leaders through complaints and safeguarding concerns

• Supporting the welfare of your District leadership team

• Creating a cohesive team that works well together to support the transition between sections for girls and parents.

• Reporting and escalating any issues to the division commissioner where appropriate.

We currently have vacancies for district commissioners in:

• St. Neots - Priory and

  Kym Valley

• Huntingdon - Godmanchester, Alconbury and Huntingdon

• Peterborough North - Werrington

• St. Ives - Slepe District

• Peterborough North East - New Dogsthorpe and Car Dyke

This role sits on the county executive team and ensures the smooth running of the county whilst supporting the district commissioners in their teams and being an escalation point where required.

Their role will include:

• Supporting district commissioners and creating a cohesive team

• Escalation if volunteers have the correct skills and training

• Cascading information from county where appropriate

• Collating annual accounts reports from units and districts

• Ensuring their DBS and other safeguarding checks are completed regularly

• Checking and approving REN's for holidays and events where district commissioners are attending

• Welcome new volunteers to the area and placing them with units and mentors where appropriate, where there are no district commissioners in place

• Supporting district commissioners and leaders through complaints and safeguarding concerns

• Supporting the welfare of your district leadership team

• Reporting and escalating any issues to the county commissioner where appropriate.

We currently have vacancies for division commissioners in Peterborough North and Peterborough North East.

We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers who can share their skills and expertise with others across the county.

As a Trainer, you’ll have a specialist subject – such as First Aid, Programme or another area you’re passionate about – and help other volunteers build their knowledge, skills and confidence. You’ll be supported through the Girlguiding Trainer Qualification and become part of a wider network of trainers.

It’s a fantastic opportunity to share what you know, inspire other volunteers and help make great guiding happen across our county!

Find out more about becoming a Girlguiding Trainer

We’re looking for someone enthusiastic and approachable to support our members working towards their Queen’s Guide Award – the highest award in Girlguiding!

You’ll be a friendly point of contact, helping participants navigate their award, sharing opportunities, answering questions and offering encouragement along the way. You’ll also connect with regional mentors and other coordinators to share ideas and support.

A lovely opportunity to encourage, inspire and celebrate our young women as they work towards an amazing achievement!

You don’t need to be an expert – just organised, approachable and passionate about helping young women reach their potential.

Find out more about the Queen’s Guide Award

We’re looking for someone to champion D of E across the Cambs West county and help our young women get the most from their award.

You’ll support participants and leaders, help with the administration of the programme and become a D of E Supervisor, with training costs covered by the county. You’ll also be asked to support some expeditions throughout the year.

A brilliant opportunity for someone who loves adventure, the outdoors and helping young people achieve something amazing!