Volunteer Coordinator

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About This Job

This job description is a proposed position for an Americorps volunteer. The purpose of this position is to improve the Free Geek volunteer experience and to more effectively utilize volunteer skills.

Responsibilities

• Improve support for Spanish-speaking volunteers, including materials, documentation, translators, etc.
• Redirect volunteers who have completed the Build and Adoption programs
• Help ameliorate the orientation process for new volunteers, including tours
• Create a procedure for identifying volunteer skills
• Assist Education Coordinator with recruitment and processing of volunteer interns
• Evaluate the lack of space in various places, especially Build
• Formulate post-Adoption and post-Build surveys to create feedback loop for volunteer experience
• Help create a process for screening for dangerous behavior in new volunteers
• Assist with creation of volunteer contract/expectations for new volunteers
• Help coordinate volunteer appreciation events
• Research food donations
• Work with Office Coordinator support the volunteer desk
• Document as needed, which will be often
• Attend and participate in Inreach meetings
• Coordinate with other staff members
• Work floor shifts coordinating volunteers

Required Skills

• Experience managing volunteers
• Demonstrated documentation skills
• Work well under stress in an unusual setting, maintaining a positive attitude even in the face of adversity
• Self-motivation, ability to take initiative
• Friendly, outgoing personality
• Patient and courteous with the public
• Likes working with people
• Good organizational skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work in an informal, friendly environment with a diverse staff
• Ability to work and communicate well in a collectively-run organization
• Ability to work in a consensus decision making process related to staff and policy issues
• Not afraid to ask questions, but able to work on projects almost entirely without supervision
• Able to remain flexible as Free Geek grows and changes