Regional Social Innovation & Volunteer Lead

Islamic Development & Empowerm; Buena Park (CA); Sur place; USD 60 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

IDEA, the Department of Social Innovation, seeks a Regional Social Innovation Coordinator in Buena Park, CA. You will find and develop Idealists, host events, run trainings, and connect volunteers to IDEA's programs from food distribution to medical missions.

This field role covers five states—Southern California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, and Hawaii—requiring travel and evening/weekend work to engage communities and support leadership development.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 3+ years in community organizing, volunteer management, program coordination, or similar work
• Experience planning and running events, from small gatherings to large public programs
• Experience designing or leading trainings, workshops, or leadership programs
• Strong communication skills with audiences from students to executives
• Ability to work evenings and weekends and travel regularly across the region's five states (expenses covered).

Responsabilités

• Recruit, train, and lead volunteers for IDEA's Fund Development events, US Programs, food distributions, disaster response, and medical missions
• Partner with IDEA teams from the start of planning to design volunteer experiences people love, then follow up and invite volunteers to their next step
• Recruit emerging leaders for international volunteer trips to see IDEA's projects firsthand
• Build relationships with MSAs, young professional groups, masajid, nonprofits, and social enterprises across your region, and show up at their events
• Host a monthly IDEA Night in your home city, building toward a large Ramadan IDEA Night with iftar, fundraising, vendor booths, and local organizations
• Run quarterly convening in other cities in your region, such as pitch days and hackathons for good
• Turn relationships into support for IDEA's work, in partnership with our Fund Development team
• Lead two IDEA Fellowship cohorts a year: a three-month leadership program for emerging change makers
• Deliver workshops on organizing, storytelling, and social innovation, and help partner organizations build their capacity
• Guide volunteers into IDEA's online leadership training and support them from their first event to leading their own projects

Connaissances

Community organizing

Volunteer management

Event planning

Training design

Communication skills

Evenings/weekends travel

Formation

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Description du poste

IDEA, the Department of Social Innovation, seeks a Regional Social Innovation Coordinator in Buena Park, CA. You will find and develop Idealists, host events, run trainings, and connect volunteers to IDEA's programs from food distribution to medical missions.

This field role covers five states—Southern California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, and Hawaii—requiring travel and evening/weekend work to engage communities and support leadership development.