The AmeriCorps Volunteer Coordinator will personify our commitment to a consistent, excellent volunteer experience through our volunteer engagement and hospitality principles, ensuring we connect with, empower, and appreciate each volunteer that serves with Habitat Chicago.
Who Should Apply: You are someone who loves organization and planning. You enjoy working with people & facilitating events but understand the preparation that has to go in to make those events successful. You are a team player, focused not only on your own improvement but also the growth and development of others.
Areas of Responsibility:
Volunteer Programs 80%
- Assist with volunteer management including orientations; build site logistics; volunteer tracking; and follow up for opportunities in construction, office, family relations and special events.
- Work with manager and construction staff to ensure consistent, excellent volunteer build day experiences through a commitment to hospitality on the build site.
- Assist with volunteer data management and individual volunteer coordination
- Recruit, schedule and coordinate workgroups (including church groups, youth groups, and student groups) and individual volunteers.
Communications 10%
- Serve on the affiliate’s Communications and Stewardship Project Team, assisting with communication projects aimed at volunteers (social media, newsletter, content development, etc.), individual and group volunteer stewardship, and campaigns.
- Key Responsibility: Leadership and Teamwork (10%)
- As a key Programs Team member, contribute to our organizational health through enthusiastic collaboration, leadership and personal integrity.
- Maintain a “team first” outlook, supporting the success of the team and the mission in attitude, ideas, and actions; lead by example and with active, creative input for growing and improving the organization.
- Support complementary programs as needed with advice and/or by taking on defined responsibilities.
- Contribute to organization events, helping as necessary with set up/take down, management, networking, various tasks, etc.
- Contribute to organization communication/marketing strategies as needed.
- Engage with all members of team, program participants, and core volunteers.
Educational Background:
G.E.D. equivalent or high school diploma required
Skills/Experience:
- Communication abilities for varied situations (e.g. public speaking, coaching, listening, interpreting, advocating, negotiating, etc.)
- Organization, attention to detail, ability to work independently with minimum supervision
- Patience, understanding, and flexibility
- Confidentiality with sensitive information
- High level of computer literacy, including competence with Microsoft Office and familiarity with Constituent Relationship Management databases (Salesforce preferred)
- Personal vehicle or access to transportation to arrive at Habitat office required.
- Commitment to problem-solving, continuous improvement, curiosity and personal development
- Experience working with volunteer preferred
- Successful Habitat team members share the following characteristics:
- Trust: You invest in your fellow team members and you do what you say you will do. You thrive on constructive feedback and have a high level of integrity.
- Commitment: You have a “go above and beyond” attitude; nobody here works just for a paycheck.
- Engagement: You embrace bringing people to the Habitat mission.
- Innovation: You are a creative problem solver who works across teams.
- Curiosity: You express curiosity and reserve judgment.
- Achievement: You love results and hate excuses. You will help Habitat Chicago grow to be a leading organization.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jun 17 2019
Active Until:
Jul 17 2019
Hiring Organization:
Habitat for Humanity International
industry:
Nonprofit