Volunteer: Nonprofit Leadership Program

The Borgen Project; Regina; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

The Borgen Project offers a part-time, 12-hour-per-week remote Nonprofit Leadership Program focused on developing key skills for nonprofit advocacy. This unpaid program equips participants to engage in poverty reduction efforts through various activities like fundraising, recruitment, and marketing.

Benefits

College credit may be available

Qualifications

• Passionate individuals committed to fighting poverty.

Responsibilities

• Meet with government members and represent The Borgen Project.
• Learn fundraising skills and create a personal campaign.
• Update job postings and inform groups about openings.
• Pitch story ideas to media and utilize social media.

Job description

From CNN to The Huffington Post, the world is talking about the innovative movement that is downsizing global poverty. The Borgen Project believes that leaders of the most powerful nations on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. The national campaign is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. and U.K. foreign policy.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the world? Look no further!

The Borgen Project is an international organization that works at the political level to improve living conditions for people impacted by war, famine, and poverty.

With 20 years of experience in advocacy, The Borgen Project has supported the passage of numerous bills benefiting close to 500 million people in developing countries.

Nonprofit Leadership Program

This role offers insight into the key skills required to lead and develop a nonprofit organization. It is a part-time, 12-hours-per-week, 12-week unpaid remote program. If your availability is limited, you can work ahead and complete the program in fewer weeks.

Program Components

1. Advocacy Leadership Development: Meet with government members in your district; represent The Borgen Project at various events; mobilize individuals to contact their representatives in support of poverty-reduction legislation.
2. Fundraising Development: Learn fundraising skills; create a personal campaign and meet targets.
3. Recruitment: Update job postings; inform groups about openings; learn recruitment platforms; participate in interviews.
4. Marketing and Promotion: Pitch story ideas to media; utilize social media; develop web messaging strategies.

Experience: No prior experience necessary. We seek passionate individuals committed to fighting poverty, regardless of background or GPA.

Details: This is an unpaid program; college credit may be available.

Start Date: Programs begin monthly; you choose your start month.

This volunteer opportunity is offered by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good.