Join the Movement: Volunteer Opportunities with Generation Success!
Generation Success is a social mobility organisation dedicated to creating equal access to opportunities. We work with young people, professionals, and employers to level the playing field and build a world where background does not determine future success. By joining us, you become part of a mission-driven community committed to ensuring that talent, not privilege, defines opportunity.
Location: United Kingdom (Remote / Hybrid / Virtual)
This is an unpaid volunteer opportunity.
We are seeking passionate, purpose-driven volunteers to help scale and amplify our One Million Doors and Open Your Doors Day campaigns.
The Roles
We are seeking volunteers for the following critical roles:
1. PR & Media Relations Specialist – Amplify the One Million Doors Movement
About the Role: Movements don’t just grow — they’re amplified. You’ll help take our campaigns to national headlines, podcasts, and industry platforms, making social mobility impossible to ignore by turning real stories into media moments.
Key Responsibilities:
Write press releases, media pitches, and thought-leadership copy
Build relationships with journalists, editors, and podcast hosts
Pitch employer inclusion success stories to national and trade media
Support milestone announcements (new partners, doors opened, impact moments)
Coordinate interview prep for campaign leaders and ambassadors
What We’re Looking For: You may be a PR professional, journalist, communications consultant or student with a passion for media and social impact. Strong storytelling ability and media outreach experience is key. We want someone who believes no young person’s career should be determined by birth.
2. Growth & Digital Strategy Volunteer – Scale the One Million Doors Movement
About the Role: We’re transforming small actions into national momentum. You’ll help scale the $£1$ Pass the Key challenge using data, testing, optimisation, and digital storytelling.
Key Responsibilities:
Analyse social and email performance data, track what works, scale insights
Support micro-campaign ad testing (LinkedIn, Meta, Google)
Track conversions ($£1$ donations $\to$ shares $\to$ sign-ups) including CTR and UTM performance
Improve SEO and landing-page optimisation for onemilliondoors.com
Help build automated email supporter journeys via Zoho
What We’re Looking For: You might be a digital marketer, growth strategist, CRM specialist, or data-curious creative. You enjoy analytics, testing, optimisation, and believe digital platforms can drive meaningful change.
3. Community & Partnerships Marketing Volunteer – Build Momentum for One Million Doors
About the Role: Movements grow when people feel seen, connected, and empowered. You’ll help nurture our online communities, spotlight partners, and build momentum between campaigns.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage LinkedIn and Mighty Networks communities – respond, connect, celebrate members
Create weekly spotlight posts featuring Door Openers, mentors, and partners
Collaborate with corporate communications teams on joint impact storytelling
Help coordinate outreach through universities and student networks
Track engagement and identify super-supporters for ambassador features
What We’re Looking For: You’re a natural connector who understands community engagement, content impact, and partnership storytelling. You believe change is driven by belonging, representation, and shared purpose.
4. Mentor Champion (Volunteer Mentor Lead) – Help Young People Step In
Mentor young people across our national programmes
Join Open Your Doors Day 2026 and future mentoring events
Share your career story to increase confidence and representation
Post your Key Tile and invite others to Pass the Key
Help grow the mentor community across industries
What You’ll Gain (Across All Roles)
You will gain a unique combination of experience and network:
Access to national campaign strategy sessions / Real campaign analytics experience at national movement scale / Experience managing national purpose-led communities / Join a national network of cross-industry mentors
PR & Media Toolkit, media calendar & story bank / Growth & Digital Strategy Toolkit + weekly stand ups with marketing lead / Access to Community Playbook + leadership team calls / Access to Mentor Welcome Pack and events
Network of purpose-driven professionals / Network working on one of the UK’s most exciting social mobility campaigns / Network-building experience in social mobility impact space / Chance to share your story and give others a fairer start
Opportunity to support impactful campaigns & measurable social change / Experience shaping digital impact strategy for social good / Partnership storytelling opportunities featured across networks / Recognition as a key contributor to the movement
A Key Tile to share publicly showing your contribution to opening doors / Your One Million Doors Key Tile recognising your contribution / Recognition as part of the One Million Doors movement / Your One Million Doors Key Tile
How to Apply
Apply via this LinkedIn post. Submit:
Your CV
A short paragraph (150–250 words) on why you’d like to volunteer with Generation Success (Tailor this to the specific role you are applying for).
Examples of PR/communications work, marketing work examples, community or marketing examples, or other relevant examples (Optional but welcomed).
Answers to the LinkedIn application questions:
Where are you located?
How many years’ experience do you have in this role?
Do you have your own laptop?
Do you have access to the internet?
Are you available 3 hours per week?
You are clear that this is an unpaid volunteer role?
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview/will be interviewed.
