Volunteer Coordinator

PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 15, 2024
- EXPIRY: NOVEMBER 5, 2024
- ONSITE
- BROOKS, ALBERTA
- FULL TIME
- SOCIAL SERVICES

**Summary**:
**Description**:
Primary Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Recruiting volunteers based on the needs of BCIS and/or the community.
- Creating and updating volunteer resource information as required.
- Delivering orientation, training, and support to volunteers.
- Organizing volunteer recognition and annual appreciation programs.
- Promoting consistent volunteer management standards and policies, including police and child protection clearances.
- Developing partnerships with other volunteer organizations in Brooks.
- Maintaining a database of volunteers, including agency-established standards for tracking demographics and statistical data.
- To prepare and submit articles on volunteer activities for publication in newsletters, etc.

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary degree/diploma in Human/Social Services preferred.
- 1-3 years’ experience working with new Canadians.
- Experience in volunteer recruitment management.
- Experience working in a not-for-profit agency and familiarity with immigrant settlement issues will be considered as assets.
- Ability to relate and communicate effectively within a multicultural and multidisciplinary client and staff setting.
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite and Internet.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and persuasive oral and writing abilities.
- Must be legally eligible to work in Canada

**To Apply**:
CCIS thanks all applicants; however, only those selected to compete further for this position will be contacted.

Additional Information

**CCIS - Who We Are**

**CCIS **(Calgary Catholic Immigration Society) is a nonprofit organization that provides settlement and integration services to all immigrants and refugees in Southern Alberta. Since our inception in 1981, we have been a community leader with solid experience in the design and delivery of comprehensive services for our newest neighbours. We deliver these services through a dynamic multi-cultural, multi-denominational and multi-disciplinary team of professionals who collectively speak over 90 languages.

From airport reception to a first job interview, CCIS’s programs and services have been designed to assist immigrants and refugees through all phases of the settlement and integration process. CCIS is committed to welcoming and serving newcomers of all races, ethnic and national origins, cultural backgrounds and religions, sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions.
**CCIS - Community Development and Integration Services (CDIS) Division**
Our Community Development and Integration Services Division works towards empowering individuals and communities to make changes through education, volunteerism, and community development and integration strategies. CDIS is committed to creating a welcoming community and helping newcomers and the community alike work together to build an inclusive community. CDIS programs support this goal through various community approaches, including volunteerism, education, outreach, community development, and cultural diversity capacity building.