Job and volunteering opportunities

Join the Micro Rainbow team!

Micro Rainbow supports LGBTQI asylum seekers and refugees through safe housing, social inclusion and moving‑on support. By working with us or volunteering your time, skills, or voice, you help create safety, dignity, and community for people rebuilding their lives in the UK.

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Volunteering at Micro Rainbow

Volunteering helps promote visibility of the challenges faced by LGBTQI people living in poverty and in repressive regimes. Whether you volunteer your time, amplify our messages online, or support our events, you contribute directly to improving safety and inclusion for LGBTQI people seeking sanctuary. 

We currently have a particular need for:

Volunteer interpreters

Many LGBTQI asylum seekers face significant language barriers when trying to access safety, housing, legal advice and community support. Sensitive, accurate interpreting helps ensure their experiences are heard and understood.

Who can volunteer as an interpreter?

To volunteer as an interpreter for Micro Rainbow, you need to be based in the UK and comfortable supporting LGBTQI people sensitively and confidentially. You don’t need interpreting or translating experience, but you need to be fluent in English and another language. Interpreting for us is fully remote and flexible, and there is no required time commitment.

We are looking for volunteers who are fluent in English and one or more of the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • Kurdish Sorani
  • Somali
  • Mauritian Creole
  • Luganda
  • Swahili
  • Farsi
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • British Sign Language
  • International Sign Language
  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Bengali
  • Fulani
  • Kurdish (general)
  • Kyrgyz
  • Maninka
  • Otjiherero
  • Spanish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Yoruba
  • Dari
  • Pashto

Sign up to become a volunteer interpreter

Please email info@microrainbow.org to register your interest in becoming a volunteer interpreter and to book a remote induction.

Please note that we have a small team and receive a high volume of emails, so it might take us a while to get back to you. We will respond to all volunteer enquiries.

Other volunteering opportunities

Are you a counsellor? Please join our register of counsellors and help provide mental health support to LGBTQI refugees and people seeking asylum.

If you wish to volunteer at Micro Rainbow’s next conference appearance, host a fundraising party in your home, or just share an encouraging message please email us at info@microrainbow.org.

Job vacancies

We currently do not have any job vacancies. To hear about opportunities, please subscribe to Micro Rainbow’s newsletter.

Services Coordinator (London, part time role)

Please see the Services Coordinator Job Description and Person Specification.

Please apply by fully completing the application form.We would appreciate it if you could also complete a monitoring form to help us monitor our efforts to ensure equality and diversity.

Email the completed application form and the optional monitoring form to recruitment@microrainbow.org

Deadline for applications is 12 February 2025 at 17:00.

Digital Communications Officer: London

Please see the Digital Communications Officer Job Description and Person Specification.

Please apply by fully completing the application form.We would appreciate it if you could also complete a monitoring form to help us monitor our efforts to ensure equality and diversity.

Email the completed application form and the optional monitoring form to recruitment@microrainbow.org

Deadline for applications is 5pm, Friday 28 March 2025.

We currently do not have any job vacancies. To hear about such opportunities, please subscribe to Micro Rainbow’s newsletter.

Outreach and Moving On Officer

Applications sent by 30/08/2024 are being assessed. The next recruitment round is likely to open in November/December 2024, please check this page regularly for updates.

Please see the Outreach and Moving On Officer Job Description and Person Specification.

Please apply by fully completing the application form.We would appreciate it if you could also complete a monitoring form to help us monitor our efforts to ensure equality and diversity.

Email the completed application form and the optional monitoring form to recruitment@microrainbow.org

You can send your application anytime, but please note that next assessment round and interviews are likely to be in September/October 2024.