Volunteer Coordinator Position

Location

Burlingame, CA


Department

Volunteer


Overview

Moms Against Poverty is a global non-profit charitable organization with the mission to nurture and educate impoverished children to their fullest potential, so that one day they can contribute and lead within their own communities and break the cycle of poverty. Our work is holistically minded, advancing communities one program at a time toward well-being and self-sufficiency.

Our army of volunteers, who dedicate their time, resources, generosity, and enthusiasm to Moms Against Poverty, are the glue that holds our organization together. They help us to fundraise, organize and execute events, drive social media engagement, and coordinate our many programs that benefit so many children and families around the world.  We are now searching for a Volunteer Coordinator to manage this growing army and maximize their potential. 

Your role will be to coordinate the volunteers and match them to the needs of the Moms Against Poverty team as well as work with our surrounding schools to determine additional volunteer opportunities.  This requires the ability to evaluate skill sets, resources, and availability of volunteers, assess how best they can assist, assign them to various tasks, and track and report on their activities.

This hourly position (15-20 hours per week) will be mainly out of Moms Against Poverty’s Burlingame, CA office and will report to the CEO of Moms Against Poverty. This is an exciting opportunity to join an amazing team!

Objectives of this Role

  • Implement strategy and maintain a volunteer program, i.e. recruit, interview, supervise, train, and evaluate
  • Increase engagement and retain volunteers with an emphasis on employee volunteers with corporate matching
  • Create, maintain, and track a database of volunteers
  • Coordinate student initiatives
  • Design and implement program for recognition and appreciation of volunteers, e.g. Volunteer of the Month, regular “meet and greet” events, volunteer hour acknowledgment letters, letters of recommendation etc.
  • Respond to requests from Team members for volunteer support
  • Assign tasks to volunteers as needed
  • Maximize volunteers’ skills, resources, and abilities to benefit the work of the organization
  • Maintain organizational standards of satisfaction, quality, and performance

Skills and Qualifications

  • Experience in a non-profit charity organization
  • Excellent communication skills
  • You will be a self-starter with stellar interpersonal skills
  • Ability to communicate across all levels of the organization
  • Excellent at problem resolution
  • Ability to think outside the box

Preferred Qualifications

  • Working knowledge of Farsi
  • Strong technical skills with proficiency in business software products

Salary: $30 an hour


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