Volunteer Coordinator

**Position Title**
- Volunteer Coordinator

**FTE**
- 0.50

**Compensation Type**
- Salary

**Salary Minimum**
- $21,218.00

**Salary Description**

**Benefits**
- Comprehensive health & dental, life, LTD, AD&D, matching RRSP program

**Location City**
- Lanigan

**Location Country**
- Canada

**Location Description**
- The Lanigan Community Gift & Thrift Shop is located at 14 Main Street in Lanigan, Saskatchewan. The current town population is 1400, but services the surrounding area as well. The community has all basic services including medical clinic, hospital, schools, recreation center and curling rink.
The Lanigan Community Gift & Thrift Shop employs 3 permanent employees and has approximately 60 volunteers. The Shop is one of the 6 Thrift Shops owned by MCC Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan has approximately 1 million people, 35% living in rural areas. The majority are 2nd-to-5th generation Canadians of European descent; 15% are of First Nations origin, 5% Metis. About 700 people arrive in the province each year as refugees.
The MCC constituency includes 96 churches, most belonging to Mennonite Church Saskatchewan and the SK Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches. Rosthern Junior College, a Mennonite high school is also a part of the constituency.

**Applications Close Date**
- Apr 02, 2023

**Start Date**
- Apr 24, 2023

**Start Date Flexible**

**Term Length**
- Indeterminate

**Qualifications**
- Required
- Development and leadership:

- Experience in leading and training volunteers
- Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse experiences and life situations.
- Sensitivity and awareness of cultural, racial, economic, and socially diverse communities
- Ability to engage and influence others to achieve organizational goals.
- Self-motivated and willing to take initiative while at the same time willing to work as a team with staff and volunteers.
- Ability to create an atmosphere of a positive Christian presence within the shop.

Field Expertise:

- Experience with volunteers
- Knowledge of the basic operations of a Thrift shop (receiving, processing, sorting, pricing, selling)
- Must be extremely organized and a self-starter.
- Strong at Multi-tasking with the ability to prioritize a wide variety of tasks.

Communication expertise:

- Good oral and written communication skills required, using today’s technologies.
- Ability to diplomatically communicate policies and boundaries.

Work and Organizational Skills:

- Ability to make quick and thoughtful decisions.
- Willingness to grow and learn new skills.
- Heart for justice, active peacemaking and global understanding
- Respect for and discretion in dealing with confidential material required.
- Intermediate working knowledge of MS Office programs including Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint
- Ability to work independently and in a team setting, prioritizing a wide variety of tasks required.
- Willing to work within and promote MCC Thrift Operating Principles
- Required to work non-standard hours, including evenings and Saturdays.
- Ability to lift 50 lbs. and exert 11 to 25 lbs. of force frequently.
- May require 6 or more hours of intermittent standing or walking in a standard workday.
- Valid Canadian Driver's license
- Satisfactory Canadian criminal record check (upon hire)

Preferred
- Awareness of second-hand market
- Volunteer management certification
- Knowledge of antiques, collectibles, and brand recognition
- Experience with volunteer management software e.g., Volgisitics

**Job Synopsis**
- MCC Saskatchewan Thrift Shops strive to be a welcoming and caring place within a community. Generating revenue while practicing and promoting faithful stewardship and care for God’s creation is the mission statement of the MCC Thrift Shops.
The Volunteer Coordinator is an employee of MCC Saskatchewan and reports to the Community Gift & Thrift Manager. Under the direction of the Manager, the Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for maintaining and modeling a high level of organization and production through recruiting, training and mentoring volunteers. The Volunteer Coordinator will also support the receiving, processing and selling requirements of the shop.
The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for developing volunteer recruiting plans and strategies, orientation of new volunteers, developing and providing job specific training for volunteers, and managing all volunteer records and information in the Volgistics database. This role maintains the primary contact with all volunteers, while also connecting with patrons at the shop, both customers and donors, providing meaningful community connection. As required, the Volunteer Coordinator may be called upon to assist with workroom and retail operations.

**Challenges**
- Physically demanding work

**Key Responsibilities**
- General
- Communicate the MCC mission and values and mission of the Thrift Shop in a positive manner to staff, volunteers, donors, and the community at large.
- Participate