Board Member - Volunteer Management Committee Director

MISSION & EXPECTATIONS

Our mission at KIDS Initiative is to focus on helping to facilitate sustainable solutions in developing countries to enrich the lives of children. We can only focus on doing so when our team on the ground are driven, passionate, and innovative. We focus on developing genuine and impactful relationships with those we work with, which allows us to work cohesively as a team. We look to recruit a diverse group of individuals willing to dedicate their time to our mission and help to grow our organization into an efficient machine whose goal is to strive for a world where everyone lives more and suffers less.

In applying to work with KIDS Initiative, you adopt and exude the following characteristics:

-Dedicated, Committed, and Passionate about the overall mission to enrich the lives of children.

-Values the qualities necessary to strive in relationship building.

-Respectful in all areas and methods of communication.

-The drive to be Innovative, Independent, and to take Initiative.

The role of the Volunteer Committee Director is meant to ensure that our organization is always staffed with the best and most dependable individuals, and that volunteers feel valued and are correctly utilized for the fulfillment of our mission.

-Manage and maintain all volunteer, and board information through the KIDS database

-Develop an overall strategy for the committee including recruitment, orientation, training, communications, recognition, and retention.

-Recruitment:

----Maintain the volunteer database
----Work with each committee to determine their needs
----Recruit through websites, community calendars, social media, and website
----Manage applications through the volunteer@kidsinitiative.ca email
----Facilitate interviews via phone, virtual, or in person to gauge suitability based on the committee needs. *Board Member applications get directly sent to the President

-Orientation:

----Provide a general orientation process for volunteers with an overview of the organization
----Leads to maintain a current overall orientation process

-Training:

----Work with the committees to discuss and develop onboard training for new volunteers, post-orientation

-Communication/Retention:

----Work with the Marketing & Communications committee to communicate monthly, or as needed, with the volunteers
----Contact volunteers on a monthly basis to gain feedback through surveys, emails, or phone
----Provide feedback to committee leads for areas of growth and best practices

-Recognition/Retention:

----Develop a strategy to achieve a National Volunteer Week campaign
----Develop a plan behind recognizing volunteers on International Volunteer Day
----Develop a strategy on how to recognize and retain volunteers (i.e., certificates, approval letters for volunteer hours for students/interns, recognition gift for length of time, etc.)
----Coordinate regular team meetings (i.e., weekly, biweekly, monthly, or as otherwise determined by lead) to manage and gauge progress of all committee members

-Monthly report to the board on all committee actions and goals

-Experience working within the not-for-profit sector

-Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, in regard to being able to communicate effectively and respectfully with donors, volunteers, and Board members.

-Familiarity and a general understanding of donor stewardship and volunteer management and recognition

-Experience leading a team of volunteers and understanding how to utilize everyone's skills to create a cohesive and nurturing team environment in order to achieve the desired outcomes of the program.

-Organizational and time management skills to ensure tasks are being identified and achieved in a timely manner.

-Experience developing and executing a donor stewardship and volunteer recruitment, retention, and recognition plan.

-Social media, marketing, and communication skills an asset.

KIDS Initiative Board Director roles are fully operational, this requires time commitment, skills, fulfilling key responsibilities, leading a volunteer committee, and a minimum 2 year commitment.

• Online: www.kidsinitiative.ca/volunteer