Volunteer Services Specialist

americanredcross; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The American Red Cross in Charlottesville, VA is looking for a Volunteer Services Specialist to recruit and engage volunteers across the region. You will develop recruitment strategies, screen and place volunteers, coach volunteer teams, and help implement event-based volunteer plans, all while complying with regulations.

This is a local role with a salary range of $60,200 to $64,240 and a comprehensive benefits package. Relocation is not offered.

Qualifications

• Experience developing recruitment strategies and volunteer programs.
• Ability to screen, refer, and place volunteers to meet regional goals.
• Strong relationship-building with volunteer organizations.
• Ability to coach and guide volunteer teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement broad-based recruitment strategies to attract volunteers and meet regional goals.
• Support the implementation and execution of programs to increase volunteer engagement.
• Perform screenings, referrals, and placement of prospective volunteers to support regional needs.
• Ensure compliance with standard procedures and applicable laws and regulations.
• Assist with executing the Event Based Volunteer plan.

Job description

Job Description

By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?

Join us-Where your Career is a Force for Good!

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else - it's as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world's largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you'll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life's work with an ongoing mission that's bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you're cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

What You Need to Know (Job Overview)

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

The candidate must reside no more than 45 minutes from Charlottesville VA.

The Volunteer Services Specialist supports volunteer recruitment and engagement activities within the region:

Develop and implement broad-based recruitment strategies to attract and identify Red Cross volunteers to effectively support Regional goals and mission critical activities.

Support the implementation and execution of programs, projects and initiatives to increase and strengthen the engagement of volunteers.

Perform screenings, referrals, and placement of prospective volunteers to effectively support Regional goals and mission critical activities.

Perform all duties and responsibilities in compliance with standard operating procedures and other applicable Federal, State and local regulations.

Where Your Career Is a Force for Good (Key Responsibilities)

• 1: Utilize comprehensive recruitment strategies to meet assigned volunteer recruitment metrics, effectively support goals and ensure placement of sufficient numbers of volunteers to meet operational needs. Conduct general and targeted outreach and recruiting activities through various resource pools, networks and digital media to obtain volunteer applicants tracked to referral and approval. Maintain accurate records of all potential and actual volunteer leads through the appropriate tools. Produce status reports as directed.
• 2: Identify, cultivate, and maintain relationships with key volunteer recruitment agencies/organizations, market segments, and populations to create a robust network and strong candidate pipeline for future needs. Assist in screening and referring volunteers to appropriate department opportunities. Partner with assigned staff to strengthen existing relationships, and identify and evaluate prospective volunteer recruitment sources and partnerships. May assist in scheduling and coordinating volunteer orientations, placements, meetings and events.
• 3: Evaluate and modify recruitment and engagement strategies based on lessons-learned. Support the development and ongoing refinement of volunteer strategies.
• 4: Provide coaching and guidance to volunteer teams (paid and volunteers) and foster a culture of volunteerism that supports engagement strategies across departments. Contribute expertise and serve as a resource for volunteer engagement best practices. Review volunteer satisfaction data and work with operational teams to develop and execute engagement and retention strategies to improve volunteer satisfaction within the assigned area Implement strategies and tactics to drive volunteer engagement and provide input on volunteer engagement issues.
• 7: Responsible for development of a thorough volunteer needs assessment for assigned area. Meet with stakeholders and ensure alignment of established goals to volunteer needs. Monitor the appropriate usage and implementation of the needs assessment through department collaboration and mutual accountability for results. Support volunteer programs and services to meet established goals and objectives.
• 8: Assist with executing the Event Based Volunteer plan

Scope

Scope: Individual contributor that is fully proficient in applying subject matter knowledge; knowledge based acquired from several years of experience in particular area. Works independently; may instruct or coach other professionals.

Pay Information

The salary range for this position is (Virginia): $ 60,200.00 -$64,240.00

Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual