Become a Volunteer

Our volunteers are the lifeblood of APMP UK, supporting both the operational running of the chapter as well providing specialist communities through focus groups.

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Why Volunteer?

Operational Support

There are several opportunities to support the running of APMP UK, gaining new skills and experience in areas such as marketing, event management, professional development and finance support.

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Every event provided to APMP UK members involves volunteers, with people responsible for webinars, podcasts and in-person events such as the BIDx Roadshow. Heard about the work APMP UK is doing via LinkedIn or via our monthly newsletter? This is due to the hard work of our marketing and communication team. Volunteers give their time every week, often developing skills that fall outside their day time careers.

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Focus Group Support

Do you have a specialist passion within the bid and capture community? Our focus groups form communities to help drive best practice, share ideas, and advocate for particular areas of interest. These groups depend on volunteers who are able to represent and provide expertise in each area. From Social Value to Bid Writing and Capture, the members of each group provide vital contributions to the APMP UK Chapter.

Educate and Raise Awareness

Develop new skills

Volunteering in areas like events and marketing provides a great opportunity for personal development outside of your normal career. For example, becoming proficient in the use of Canva or designing and delivering a webinar.

Be part of a community

Volunteering increases engagement with others with the bidding and proposal community, providing the opportunity to work alongside people from different backgrounds and sectors. Our volunteers bring experience from working for a wide variety of companies, from defence to banking, and represent a range of seniority and age levels.

Continuing Education Units (CEU) credits

Volunteers can gain up to 10 CEU credits per year, which provides the necessary number of credits over two years to maintain Foundation Level Certification and half the number of units required for Practitioner Level Certification

Give back

Volunteering is a great way to give something back to the APMP UK community

Implement Inclusive Policies and Practices:

There are three ways to volunteer:

Participate in a Focus Group

This is where the majority of our volunteers support APMP UK

Apply to join one of our operational teams

We will occasionally have specific vacancies for roles in our individual portfolio areas such as the Podcast host. Where this is the case we will invite applications for these rolls.

Micro-volunteering

Do you have specialist skills that can be called upon from time to time for specific tasks? We are in the process of building up a team of volunteers who can support tasks when they emerge without having to provide support on a regular basis.

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Speak at a regional event / webinar

Training, discussions, expert panels and more: the UK community is hungry for ideas and we’re always looking for more. If you think you have a good idea for an event that you’d like to propose, please follow the link to submit your ideas.

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Host a regional event

To keep offering world-class speakers and events, we need to have world-class facilities and hosts. If you'd like to volunteer your meeting rooms, board rooms or even to sponsor an event hosted at an external facility, please please follow the link below.

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Support the Events Team

The APMP in the UK is run and delivered by a team of volunteers, supported by a wider network of passionate professionals. If you’d like to volunteer a few hours a week to support the actions of your board, or suggest an idea they may not have considered yet, please follow the link below.

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Assist the Membership Team

If you'd like to give some of your time and expertise to support our member engagement efforts (new members, career clinic, focus groups, etc.), follow th elink and a board member will be in touch to talk through getting you involved.

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Join the Professional Develpment Team

If you'd like to give some of your time and expertise to support our professional development efforts (mentoring, certification, apprenticeship, etc.) follow the link to apply and we'll be in touch.

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Help the Marketing Team

If you'd like to give some of your time and expertise to support our marketing efforts (member engagement, campaigns, social media, etc.) follow the link below to our application form amd a board member will be in touch to talk through getting you involved.

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Assist the Conference team

If you'd like to give some of your time and expertise to support our annual conference (organising, booth duty, session monitor, registration, etc. ) follow the link to our form and a board member will be in touch to talk through getting you involved.

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Engage the Chapter Board

Got a question or a thought you’d like raised at the next board meeting? Submit your ideas below. We can’t promise that all suggestions will be discussed or actioned, but we’ll do our best to make sure any idea that affects the general APMP population in the UK will receive attention.

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