Do you have expertise that would be useful to the outdoor swimming community? Outdoor swimmers are curious and we want to put together an outstanding and interesting panel of experts that can continue to inspire OSS swims and expand the range of swims people go on and experiences they have.

We welcome areas of expertise running from the mainstream to the bizarre, so whatever subject you've drilled down into to enhance your own experience of swimming, please do get in touch. Possible subjects include: open water technique, life saving, fish or bird life, reading water & swim safety(sea, rivers), expedition planning, long distance swimming, introducing children to open water, island swimming, racing, cold water acclimatisation, swimming the channel, free diving, map reading and enjoying the mindfulness of swimming. Your expertise might be recognized in a medal trophy, or only (so far) appreciated by you: whatever it is please do get in touch.

We would be grateful and delighted to have skilled and unusual people on the panel. Please introduce yourself to us with what you know, that you think more of us might like to know, whether it's how to use online mapping, the best season to swim with trout or how to tell if a river is safe or not.

A budding writer with journalistic skills and a keen interest in fitness and technique would be perfect for this role, which involves writing content on swimming for the website. This will include all aspects from swim safety to general fitness and water quality, to address a broad audience, from first time swimmers to those training for the channel. Research will be required. If you're interested, send us a couple of ideas of articles you could write.

The OSS has a clear programme of events for 2010 and beyond that we are currently seeking funding for. We have a strong public health brief, increasing peoples health and happiness by engaging them in physical activity and the outdoors. We need someone to take charge of writing funding applications for campaigns, trusts and grants for events and salaried positions within the OSS. Experience of the field, and success within it, will be prized highly.

'Social swims', peer led swims organised through OSS facebook, are a vital part of the OSS. All over the country, people are waiting to take the plunge into wild swimming. To encourage them, we need someone who can seed regional groups and support them in their growth. From researching good local swimming spots to writing documents on how to organise social swims, this person will be the centre of our rapidly expanding regional network.

Got a love of the cinema - and swimming? We have a blueprint idea for running swim film nights at a West London cinema, which we're hoping someone will pick up and run with, turning it into a great night out and a fundraiser for the OSS. You would have freedom to market and craft the night(s) anyway you want, including film choice. If this inspires to your inner director/party thrower/ event organizer, please get in touch with details of why you would like to do it and any relevant experience or contacts that would help make it a success.

Could you help the OSS devise and implement a new membership model? You will explore different ways by which we can recruit new members, work with our existing members to make sure we are meeting their needs and develop a new income stream for the society through subscription fees. Creativity and research skills are a must, as you will need to look at a variety of other society models to see how we can set up a sustainable membership structure in 2010.

Would you be interested in helping to set up an OSS Fundraising Team?  We are looking for creative and enthusiastic people to organise and coordinate fundraising events.  If you have experience in the area or would like to know more, please get in touch! 

Now we have a new content editor on board spending the December Dip profits on improvements to the website, we can gainfully employ some more volunteer writers. So if you're a keen writer, who can write to brief and deadline, and would like to contribute to the OSS, then please get in touch. We need writers with different skills - so whether your interest in writing and swimming is historical, literary, narrative, nature-based or technique, fitness or training based, please get in touch.

If you are interested, please file 500 words on a swimming related story you'd like to see in the next newsletter, or - just to show us your writing - about your last swim or why you love swimming. If your news story requires more research than you are able to do, please file a brief, introductory paragraph, and research plans.

We are also looking for someone to run an OSS writing forum, where those in the group could share their writing and the best be published to the site. If this appeals to your writerly instincts, please get in touch with ideas.

Got a creative drive and an urge to make some cult t-shirts, memorable event kit or help devise some ground-breaking wetsuits? Or just happy to source and supply regular OSS kit for events and the shop? We are looking for someone to handle our merchandise, coming up with new ideas and setting up commercial relationships with manufacturers. This position would be perfect for someone with an interest in fashion and/or retail.

Could you produce informational films for the OSS? We want films that celebrate the beauty and films that explore the technique of swimming. Someone is also needed to edit existing and new OSS video clips to produce a promotional video and slide show, and to produce videos of key OSS events. This would suit someone with an interest in film who would like a short-term, one-off position with the OSS.

Many thanks to Adam Carroll for producing a film of the OSS December Dip

We're getting set to spread our fitness courses nationwide this summer. If you are interested in coaching OSS fitness sessions this summer, on a voluntary or paid basis, then please get in touch with relevant experience, qualifications, coaching style and location ideas of lakes and lidos (if you have them). You would be leading groups of 20 in 8 week courses, and the focus is on increasing fitness and running enjoyable sessions - although the drills and technique points inevitably improve technique and comfort in the water. We run improver and intermediate sessions, with sessions running for 60-90 minutes (depending on water temperature).

We need a trustworthy individual to keep the OSS accounts in order.  Ideally, the right volunteer would be able to come to London once a month to deal with this, but at a push it could be done remotely.  Please let us know if you can help, detailing your past experience/qualifications.

Our regional reps coordinate and organise regular social swims in a particular area.  We can provide you with advice on organising a social swim, and help you advertise and promote your event through Facebook and the OSS newsletter.  All you need is initiative, enthusiasm, swimming common sense and sociability.  If you're interested in helping more people discover their local wild swimming spot, please get in touch and let us know where you live and swim, and how you would get more people involved.

We need to overhaul our online registration system so that is better meets the needs of our members and how we communicate with them.  We need someone to assess the various commercial packages that can deal with this and work with our website team to help implement the chosen system.

We need someone to set up affiliate marketing accounts for us, creating links from our webite in order to create new income streams.  It will benefit the OSS as a whole as well as all our members, offering them links to key products and offers.  It would suit someone looking for a one-off position, and it shouldn't take more than a few hours. 

We are looking for a organised soul who can take charge of various admin tasks in the OSS, not least dealing with the various member queries we get.  You will need regular e-mail access and a willingness to get to know the OSS team (to help forward queries on to the right person).  You will also be responsible for monitoring the Facebook group to check if there are any queries which are being ignored.  If you are an organised, approachable, good communicator we would love to hear from you.

This summer the OSS is going to start producing regular magazines for members, with more in-depth features and offers. We have heaps of content, ideas and member activity which a talented and experienced writer/editor could pull into a great little bi-monthly or quarterly magazine (probably 4 A4 pages). If you would enjoy the role of editor, designer or publisher (to collect advertising to make the project self-funding, and arrange member benefits), please get in touch with examples of your work and some ideas of what you would like to see in it. All are volunteer posts, with a minimum commitment of a year.