Volunteer Coordinator

2 weeks ago

Halifax, Canada Chebucto Connections Full time

Chebucto Connections

Volunteer Coordinator - Pathways to Education Program

**Salary**: $23.50/hour

Hours of Work: Monday - Friday, negotiable Start Date: As soon as possible

Application Process: Please use your cover letter as an opportunity to share your personal qualities and highlights of your experience.

Position Overview: Pathways to Education plays an important role in developing confidence and building resiliency with young people in the Spryfield area. Pathways strengthens the community by lowering highschool dropout rates and increasing post-secondary education access among disadvantage youth. Reporting to the Program Manager, the Volunteer Coordinator will play an essential role in coordinating volunteers, placement students, and nutrition requirements to successfully run the Pathways to Education Program. Chebucto Connections is a learning organization and is open to innovative ideas on how we share our work and serve more people.

Qualifications:

- Detailed oriented with excellent time management and organizational skills, written and presentation skills.
- Relevant combination of experience and Post-Secondary in education
- Computer proficiency is required, particularly Microsoft Office and comfortable working with databases
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to thoughtfully and effectively communicate with staff, volunteers and the public
- Knowledge of community and social service resources that support youth and families is an asset
- Food handlers certification is an asset

Demonstrated Skills:

- Understanding of the strengths, capacities, challenges and barriers faced by youth today
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently and in a team setting
- Ability to work in a manner that preserves confidentiality, dignity and well-being
- Detail oriented with strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Exceptionally organized with the ability to handle numerous projects at the same time

Job Duties
- Recruit, train, orientate and coordinate volunteers and student work placements
- Develop/Identify creative and supportive projects that align with placement students learning goals
- Support the integration of volunteers within the program so that experiences are meaningful and beneficial to everyone
- Develop and maintain relationships with universities, community colleges, course instructors and service learning coordinators
- Supervise, advise and evaluate placement students; liaising with practicum coordinators
- Participate in awareness building and recruitment geared events ie. University fairs, public speaking engagements, class visits, information sessions for universities and colleges
- Responsible for the delivery of the afterschool healthy snacks. Coordinating volunteers to prepare snacks following healthy food guidelines with a great understanding of food inclusivity and accessibility
- Organize and monitor annual food safety training for staff and volunteers
- Maintain and implement organizational policies

What we offer:

- Dental Care & Extended Health
- Casual Dress
- 3 Weeks Paid Vacation
- Employee Assistance Program Paid Holiday Break
- Paid Wellness and Sick Time

Working Conditions

Chebucto Connetions strives to be an employer that supports all employees with a conviction to place employee’s health and happiness along with their family first. To that end we endeavor to provide a clean, safe and secure workplace with various support mechanisms and operational flexibility. The following list includes specific assumptions about the organization’s working conditions:

- Flexible work schedule
- Overtime may be required at times and will be compensated an equal amount of time off work (these hours must be pre-approved)
- Employees are expected to multi-task with possible interruptions from colleagues, management or other persons
- A typical work week is an 8 hour shift that includes one 30 min paid break and one 30 min unpaid break

**Registered Charity Number: 11902 8256 RR0001**

**Registered Charity Number: 11902 8256 RR0001**

**Salary**: $23.50 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Halifax, NS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location

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