Volunteer Manager

COMPANY NAME:  Volunteer Manager
Job Site: Remote
About POWER CHANGES LIVES:
POWER (People Organized Working Evolving Reaching) is a 501(c)(3) whose mission is to provide assistance to low-income, minority, and underserved communities and create sustainable futures with the capacity to build and thrive, eliminating disparities in aging, education, family wellness, food-insecurity, homelessness, housing, social justice and reform. We need a volunteer services manager to build, develop and maintain a robust volunteer database.
Position Overview:
▪  Research and develop a robust database of major corporations and organizations that offer Volunteer Service Off (VSO) policies.
▪  Create a robust database of volunteers based on their skill, days and times available.
▪  Recruit volunteers from Junior High School, High School, and college and universities, fraternities, sororities, civic organizations, senior citizen clubs and the general public.
▪  Create flyers and advertisements to achieve recruiting results
▪  Each month set recruiting goals of 25% increase.
▪  Post volunteer opportunities on social media, Handshake, newspapers
▪  Schedule in-person training, when needed
▪  Meet with corporate Human Resources to encourage volunteering.
▪  Design and maintain a way to track each person’s volunteering and provide verification when asked.
▪  Advertise for, screening, and recruiting volunteers, providing them with training and support, tracking their performance, and keeping records of their activities.
▪  Creating activities to supplement and support staff needs.
▪  Ensure adequate volunteer coverage is available at events and community outreach engagements.
▪  Advertise volunteer openings on various platforms and provide weekly reports of the results.
▪  Create volunteer training manuals to include all Federal, State and local requirements as well as program specific requirements (i.e. informed consent, de-escalation, etc).
▪  Ensure all volunteers are properly trained prior to engaging clients. Maintain accurate records of training completion.
▪  Verifying the volunteers' availability, receiving their feedback, recognizing their efforts, and answering their questions.
Volunteer Services Coordinator Requirements/Skills:
▪  Preferred experience within non-profit fundraising and/or outreach activities.
▪  Possess or currently enrolled and working towards a bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business, or related fields.
▪  Knowledge of appropriate software including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat
▪  Outstanding written communication and presentation skills.
▪  Strong experience preparing reports preferred
▪  Friendly, enthusiastic, and positive attitude.
▪  Strong knowledge of social media and other basic marketing platforms.
▪  Detail-orientated with the ability to manage multiple projects at a time.