Volunteering Opportunities

The Nuclear Institute has a proud tradition of active and engaged volunteers donating their time and energy to carrying out tasks that help the Institute meet its core objectives.

Many of these roles involve direct contact with other members and even the public via branch and community activities as well as outreach events and STEM engagement. Our members are also the repository of a vast range of nuclear knowledge and experience which is fundamental to delivering local events, seminars, schools, university and other outreach activities as practical or digital resources.

The key benefits to volunteers are:

• Gaining experience in business-related settings and activities
• The chance to develop business and leadership skills
• The satisfaction of contributing to the development of the profession and your fellow professionals by ‘giving something back’
• Activities that contribute to your own continuing professional development
• Developing your own network of professionals within the industry but outside of your own organisation.

If your organisation works in multiple branch areas, you can contact NI HQ or YGN Company Catalysts to find out how best your employees can engage and get involved. 

Volunteering Survey

The NI Outreach Committee is keen to understand how it can better support volunteers across the nuclear industry to engage in Outreach Activities. As such, this survey is aimed at current volunteers to gain a greater understanding of the activities being undertaken and the challenges faced with respect to Outreach.

Take survey

Current Volunteering Opportunities 

If there isn't a role listed you can contact individual Branches directly to find out what roles are available and what activities you could get involved in. 

Branch contacts

Branch	Role(s) Available	Find out more
	2025 Conference and Events Committee members  The Digital Special Interest Group and AI4Nuclear sub-group are planning to host several events and require volunteers to support the planning and content design.	Contact Ray Chegwin, Digital SIG Coordinator
	Events Lead Outreach Lead	Contact Chair.northwest@nuclearinst.com
	Events sub-committee	Register interest
	EDI Lead Outreach Lead Events Support	Contact Chair.midlands@nuclearinst.com
	Chair Secretary Treasurer Speculative applications for other positions are welcome	Register interest  Contact: chair.wales@nuclearinst.com
	Volunteer Membership Assessor/Interviewer (You must be a Member or Fellow for this role)	Sign up Contact: membership@nuclearinst.com
	Assessors for Project Controls Apprenticeships (paid)  To act as assessor or lead assessor for the End Point Assessment (EPA) of the Level 6 Project Controls Professional (PCP) Apprenticeship. Role Description	Contact: zoe.whittington@nsan.co.uk

Paid public engagement opportunity

Could you be a social media star with Zion Lights, an award-winning Science Communicator? Zion is looking for people to make content on life as a nuclear worker, specifically for TikTok. 

Contact zion@emergencyreactor.org asap if interested