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Status: Full-Time Position – Hourly<\/p>\n
Starting wage is $37,440 annually, DOE, and includes paid medical insurance, sick, holiday, and vacation pay. General hours are 8 am \u2013 4:30 pm M-F, with some Saturdays and evenings as needed.<\/p>\n\n
See full details at https:\/\/fishvancouver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Volunteer-Coordinator-Job-Description-2021.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n FISH of Vancouver, a large food pantry at 906 Harney Street in Downtown Vancouver for more than 50 years, is seeking an experienced Volunteer Coordinator to help lead our volunteer efforts. As a nonprofit organization, volunteers are the key to FISH\u2019s success and ability to serve our community. This job includes recruiting, maintaining volunteer schedules, training, reporting, and celebrating our volunteer team. You would work closely with our Operations Manager to fulfill organizational goals in order to serve our community well. Good computer skills and communication skills a must. Higher education preferred.<\/p>\n If this sounds like a fit for you, please apply by sending your resume, cover letter, and application to info@fishvancouver.org<\/a><\/p>\n Declaration: The position description is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for the performance of this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. FISH of Vancouver Overview: FISH of Vancouver is a well-established food pantry located in downtown Vancouver, WA. We currently provide emergency nutritious food to approximately 3,500 individuals monthly including those who are unemployed\/low income, children, the elderly and individuals without homes. FISH is a nonprofit organization run by a small, paid staff and volunteers and is funded entirely by donations. For more information, please visit www.fishvancouver.org<\/a><\/p>\n Our Mission<\/strong>: Driven by compassion, dignity and respect and empowered by committed volunteers, we are a thriving nonprofit organization that provides nutritious food for community members in need. At FISH, our culture encourages teamwork, growth, safety, efficient and continuous improvement. We enjoy a casual but professional, friendly and fast-paced work environment.<\/p>\n Responsibilities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n General<\/span><\/p>\n Contribute to organization\u2019s overall success by ensuring that FISH has enough volunteers scheduled, trained, and actively volunteering to provide for sufficient hauling, packing and pantry distribution, while maximizing client dignity, food safety, and volunteer experience.<\/p>\n Model and propagate organizational culture centering on client dignity, compassion, and respect.<\/p>\n Recruit<\/span><\/p>\n Develop and maintain promotions, materials and outreach for volunteer recruitment using volunteer match sites (VolunteerMatch, Craig’s List, etc) community connections (RSVP, The Columbian, VolunTeen, WSU-V, etc) FISH website and word-of-mouth opportunities. Determine speaking opportunities for presentation about FISH volunteer needs. Determine other avenues for recruitment.<\/p>\n Assign<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Facilitate new volunteer communications – responding to requests via website, email, phone, and in-person. Funnel various volunteers to appropriate roles within the organization.<\/p>\n \u2022 Create student or group engagement opportunities, as needed. Oversee scheduling, communication, planning, and implementation of engagements.<\/p>\n \u2022 Collaborate among program areas for strategic\/effective use of volunteer opportunities i.e., staff tasks that can be transitioned to volunteer roles.<\/p>\n Train<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Determine training needs of each volunteer position.<\/p>\n \u2022 Develop formal training program with the assistance of the Operations Manager and team leaders.<\/p>\n \u2022 Oversee volunteer trainings as needed for individual program area. This ranges from large group volunteer orientations to structured trainings and testing in more specified roles, i.e., reception, truck driving, etc.<\/p>\n \u2022 Conduct annual training of volunteer leadership teams.<\/p>\n \u2022 Ensure highest levels of food safety are maintained.<\/p>\n Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Offer comprehensive training and orientation to new volunteers, including facility tours and introduction to FISH\u2019s mission and values.<\/p>\n \u2022 Develop and fill weekly volunteer schedule according to pantry needs and available roles, including hauling, packing, distribution, and special projects.<\/p>\n \u2022 Work with volunteers to determine a mutual beneficial schedule for them and FISH.<\/p>\n \u2022 Learn and use WhenIWork software to schedule and communicate with volunteers.<\/p>\n \u2022 Facilitate community outreach opportunities through volunteer staffing of events to promote FISH and its volunteer program.<\/p>\n \u2022 Maintain supplies needed to facilitate volunteer opportunities.<\/p>\n Other<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Oversee special days of service including MLK Jr Day of Service.<\/p>\n \u2022 Organize volunteer recognition including events.<\/p>\n \u2022 Maintain connection and relationships among individual volunteers and teams.<\/p>\n \u2022 Develop and maintain volunteer database.<\/p>\n \u2022 Compile monthly data on volunteer numbers and hours.<\/p>\n Skills <\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to set and meet goals, prioritize, plan and manage work independently<\/p>\n \u2022 Strong communication and interpersonal skills<\/p>\n \u2022 Capable of following written and oral directions<\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to recruit and work with a diverse group of volunteers of all ages and skill levels<\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to provide formal and informal training for volunteers<\/p>\n \u2022 Strong computer skills with willingness to learn new programs.<\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to thrive and adapt in highly fluid and fast paced work environment.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3815,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[4,32,28,33,141,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43520,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43519\/revisions\/43520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}