Job Title: Volunteer and Community Affairs Coordinator
Organization: CentroNia
Location: Washington DC
Salary:
FT Regular
 
Job Description:
EXPERIENCE CORPS/WASHINGTON DC
 
Job Description: Manager, Volunteer and Community Affairs
 
Job Status: Full time (40 hours per week)
 
 
Qualifications
 
 College degree or equivalent experience
 At least 2 years of volunteer management experience, including the
recruitment and management of volunteers and volunteer recognition
 Staff management experience (managing assistants)
 Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills,
including public speaking and presentation skills
 Collaborative work style
 Energetic, with an infectious passion for volunteer service
 Strong organizational and planning skills, including the ability to manage
many projects simultaneously and to set priorities in a fast-paced,
results-oriented environment
 Good networking skills for community outreach; ability to interact with DC
Public Schools and outside groups in a collaborative process
 Excellent interviewing skills and solid people judgement
 Computer literacy (word processing, Excel, Access, database management,
desktop publishing, Internet use)
 Willingness to work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends
 Experience with older adults and strong familiarity with the DC community
highly desirable
 
General Responsibility
 
Experience Corps mobilizes caring older adults to tutor, mentor and provide
classroom assistance to student in DC elementary schools. The Manager,
Volunteer and Community Affairs has primary responsibility for shaping,
implementing and revising strategies for recruiting, retaining and
recognizing volunteers. He/she also is responsible for engaging volunteers,
especially AmeriCorps members, in recruitment, and for supervising staff and
volunteers who take on recruiting responsibilities. The Manager, Volunteer
and Community Affairs is involved with community outreach, which may
include collaborations with other groups, fundraising and various kinds of
communication. He/she reports to the Director and works collaboratively
with the Program Director, Site Coordinators and other staff, as well as
with the Advisory Council.
 
 
 
 
Duties
 
1. Help establish recruitment goals. Design and implement overall plan and
strategies to meet goals for Experience Corps program.
 
2. Plan and implement public information activities; create and maintain
necessary materials (radio, TV and print outreach, interviews, publicity,
mailings, displays, newsletters) that promote volunteer opportunities with
Experience Corps.
 
3. Plan and implement community outreach. Make contacts with business,
religious, neighborhood, senior, professional and government organizations
to promote volunteer opportunities and identify potential volunteer
contacts. Follow up on contacts with presentations and mailings as
necessary. Develop and manage collaborative partnerships.
 
4. Develop and coordinate systems for screening, interviewing, checking
references, obtaining security and health clearances and making appropriate
placements of prospective volunteers at program sites. Review and revise
volunteer applications, interview forms, information sessions and volunteer
selection process as necessary. Supervise staff throughout process. Train
Site Coordinators and staff in recruitment procedures.
 
5. Maintain and manage files and electronic database on all volunteers and
volunteer applicants. Prepare written reports and other documents based on
database and file information. Ensure that all paperwork requirements (from
AmeriCorps, U.S. Department of Education, DCPS, Experience Corps etc.) are
followed.
 
6. Assist Program Director and staff with orientation and training of new
and old volunteers as necessary, and with other special events (i.e. parent
activities).
 
7. Plan and coordinate the involvement of volunteers in recruiting new
volunteers and in other activities that further the development of
Experience Corps (office support, mailings, references, info sessions,
special events etc.).
 
8. Design and carry out ongoing plan for volunteer recognition, in
cooperation with Program Director and other staff. Coordinate organization
of annual year-end recognition event (with assistance from staff and
volunteers), encourage use of volunteer incentives, nominate candidates for
volunteer awards, publicize volunteer accomplishments and provide
educational and leadership opportunities when possible.
 
9. Supervise volunteer recruiters (both specific AmeriCorps recruiters and
other volunteers who wish to help)
 
Volunteer Coordinator Position -2-
 
 
10. Develop and implement an internal volunteer communications system
(listserv, newsletter) to disseminate information.
 
11. Provide ongoing support for Site Coordinators and volunteers that result
in good volunteer maintenance and higher levels of volunteer retention.
Visit sites to interact with volunteers, send cards and letters when
necessary, encourage and train Site Coordinators to interact optimally with
their volunteers, help volunteers ideas come to fruition, address
volunteers concerns, disseminate satisfaction survey etc.
 
12. Along with Program Director and staff, implement payment of AmeriCorps
stipends, and, potentially, payment of other stipends from future funds.
 
13. Serve on outside committees and boards to maintain connections with
DCPS,
community groups, literacy groups and possible funding sources. Serve as
information conduit to other Experience Corps groups, national office and
other groups that utilize the services of seniors.
 
14. Other duties as assigned.
 
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