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Nest Organisation Circle: Ticketing Website and Tech

This role is the lead role for the Tech team, which involves supporting the Technology used within Nest, from Google Admin to Asana to the website and it's features and also the all important ticketing process which covers all the ticket types and our partnership with Quicket.

It's a team role and has the responsibility for coordinating the Ticketing Manager, Tech Support and Website Developer roles. It has responsibility for liaising with the other teams.

Kitchen Co-Lead (Event)

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Nest Organisation Circle: Department of Public Works (DPW)

Join the team that is the heart, soul and stomach of the entire event! Kitchen is the place our volunteers come to rest their weary bodies from hard graft and get fluffed. The vision for the kitchen has and always will be to deliver astoundingly delicious and varied food from a camping kitchen, because our hardworking volunteers deserve so much better than hippy slop. The Kitchen Lead(s) will work together in the months leading up to Nest to plan, source and deliver everything for a week-long meal programme during the event (build and strike have their own leads). They will also train and manage volunteers. You should be able to plan in both small and large quantities (up to 80-100 people), vegan, veggie and meat options, have a good understanding of FOD, basic kitchen safety, and hygiene. We already have an incredible Kitchen Lead in place, we just need more food lovers to join the team

Kitchen Co-Lead (Strike)

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Nest Organisation Circle: Department of Public Works (DPW)

Be the greatest provider of warmth and comfort food for the hardworking burners staying for strike. The Kitchen is the place our volunteers come to rest their weary bodies from hard graft and get fluffed, with astoundingly delicious and varied food from a camping kitchen. The Kitchen Strike Lead will plan, source and deliver a meal programme for the volunteers staying for strike. We have existing meal plans that we can share with you, but we also receive a LOT of leftover food from departing Nestlings, so our first port of call is to use this up! Waste not want not...

We make 3 meals a day + fluffing snacks to keep our teams motivated, and our kitchen heroes are among the most beloved humans on site. If you're an experienced kitchen human with a knack for making order out of chaos, this is the job for you!

Fire Burn Site Lead

Nest Organisation Circle: Edge of Chaos

Are you the person to get everyone in the right place at the right time, ready to burn? Some would say it's the heart of the event, and we need it done safely.  Leadership and co-ordination in face of fire, fun, risk and reward.

Main responsibilities include coordinating the Burn nights, being the Site Lead for the Burn sites on Saturday or Sunday, advocating for safety of volunteers and Nestlings, and liaising with other leads around any planning and safety related to the Burn nights.

This role will be shared with another co-lead, so you only need to be responsible for either Saturday or Sunday, or you could have one person have the daytime and the other have the evening, and you can have fun the rest of the time!

Fire Response Lead

Nest Organisation Circle: Edge of Chaos

Frisky for risky?

Join the EoC team in this newly formed lead/co-Leads role! If there's 2 you can have one person responsible for Saturday and one person responsible for Sunday so you both have time to have fun!

You are responsible for the team that responds to any risks or incidents caused by the fire or art structure, such as fire outbreaks, clouds of sparks landing on/near people, tents, vegetation or anything else that could be damaged, pieces of the structure falling/rolling to inappropriate locations, structure failing to fall

Fire Perimeter Lead

Nest Organisation Circle: Edge of Chaos

Are you hot for fire and fun?

This is a new role this year. It's formed along with 3 other Fire/Health & Safe type roles and you'll work along side each other. This can be a co-lead role having one person responsible for Saturday and one person responsible for Sunday so you both have time to have fun!

You'll....

• Organise perimeter on Burn nights

You are responsible for the team that stands just inside the perimeter rope, primarily for crowd control. Only people who are part of the relevant teams should enter the perimeter from the point that the art structure is being prepared for the burn until the perimeter is dropped

• Manage volunteers
• Advocate for safety of perimeter volunteers and Nestlings
• Engage with other leads around any safety decisions including dropping the perimeter
• Liaise with other key people related to fire safety and crowd control

Art Project Liaison

Nest Organisation Circle: Arts

The Arts Circle is recruiting liaisons to support artists working on their projects. Each art liaison will help a small number of artists with the practical aspects of bringing their project to Nest. This could involve answering questions around placement, site logistics, or identifying opportunities for them to share costs such as transport and materials with other projects. We’re looking for good communicators who can keep track of emails and who are excited about bringing amazing art to Nest.

Inclusion Lead

Nest Organisation Circle: Community

A role for someone who is passionate about diversity and inclusion. The main task will be to coordinate with the Tech team to manage, decide and process low-income ticket applications. The Inclusion Lead will also look at other ways of increasing support for diverse and/or marginalised burners.

WAR Zone Chief

Nest Organisation Circle: Leave a Better Trace (LBT)

Guide our WAR zone and MOOP sweeping volunteers in their roles!

Carbon Footprint Steward (General)

Nest Organisation Circle: Leave a Better Trace (LBT)

Help Nest to improve their carbon footprint! This role is open and flexible to whatever initiatives the volunteer would like to bring to the team. Whichever capacity and interests you have, if it involves leaving no trace we would love to hear from you.

We would particularly welcome applications from someone who can take responsibility for organising a Rideshare Board and keeping it running, and we also need general help with setting things up for the event and researching ways to improve our sustainability.

Lost Property Guru 2

Nest Organisation Circle: Leave a Better Trace (LBT)

For those interested in helping absent-minded burners reunite with their treasured possessions! There will be a Lost Property box on site, which the Gate team will help manage. At the end of the event, the Lost Property Guru will help people collect their lost property on the way out of site. Anything else that is left or found during strike will need to be collected and either reunited with its owner or donated to charity. The holder of this role does not need to take any lost property home, but just make sure it makes its way into the right hands. We already have one Lost Property Guru, but we need extra help in the team.

Carbon Footprint Steward (Transport)

Nest Organisation Circle: Leave a Better Trace (LBT)

Help pioneer green transport initiatives and guide Nestlings to finding more sustainable transport options for attending Nest. This will involve leading and planning initiatives to improve our sustainability and environmental impact in regards to transport. Ideas include organising a rideshare board, coach hire, or group minibus rental from key locations, as well as researching green transport options to share with attendees. This role is flexible and adaptable to the ideas of whoever wants to get involved.

Strike Super Hero

Nest Organisation Circle: Leave a Better Trace (LBT)

Stay behind after the event to help with strike activities!

Site Search Team

Nest Organisation Circle: The Board

Burning Nest has it's current site till 2026 (inclusive). We'll need a new site for 2027 so now is the time to start looking. We need a team to draw up a site requirements list (with assistance) and help narrow down possible suggestions from the community.

Insurance Lead

Nest Organisation Circle: The Board

If you have experience working in the insurance industry and want to help us make sure we’re properly covered, we would love to have you on board. We’re looking for an Insurance Lead to assist us in handling Burning Nest’s insurances, including our vehicles insurance and event insurance. We need someone with up-to-date knowledge and strong industry contacts to help us secure coverage. If you’ve got experience in insurance, this is your chance to make a big impact! This role is to support the Board, the Edge of Chaos circle, and other circles as needed.