Get involved in the 2012 Games Makers programme

Fantastic opportunity to get involved in the 2012 Games Makers programme here in the West Midlands

Volunteers have been integral to both Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games since they were used for the first time at London 1948. So in 2012, the volunteer programme will be coming home to the city where it all began!  The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is seeking to attract, recruit, select, and train up to 70,000 ‘Games Makers’ to volunteer during London 2012 - representing the largest workforce mobilisation in peace time the UK has ever seen.

Approximately 50 committed and passionate volunteers are required to help with the 2012 Games Makers selection event at Warwick University between 22 June and 15 July 2011.

The application window closed on the 27th October, and LOCOG has had overwhelming public response.  To help find the best and most passionate Games Makers they are planning on inviting and interviewing up to 120,000 candidates on a face-2-face basis at selection events.....and this is where LOCOG would like your help.

Role description

As a selection event volunteer, you’ll conduct interviews, support the check-in desk and provide information to Games Maker applicants. LOCOG need volunteers to help out for a minimum of four shifts, and will provide one mandatory day’s training in competency-based interview skills at Warwick University on the 4 June 2011

How to apply

If you're interested in applying, please download and complete the selection event volunteer application form [55kB, DOC]. 

If you have any questions about being a selection event volunteer, please download and read the FAQ document [22kB, DOCx]. 

LOCOG want London 2012 to be everyone's Games, and this means having a diverse selection event volunteer team. To help check how LOCOG are doing, all selection event volunteer applicants are required to download and complete the diversify and inclusion form [76kB, DOC].

Applications will close at 5pm on 14 January 2010.