Summer employment opportunity - Volunteer & Community Engagement Officer

By Staff

April 30^th, 2024

BURLINGTON, ON

Community Development Halton (CDH) is a non-profit organization committed to building a society in which diversity, equity, and social and economic justice are central to all aspects of our lives. CDH is made up of two pillar services: Social Planning and Research and Volunteer Halton.

Volunteer Halton is a flagship program of CDH with a focus on increasing public access to meaningful volunteer opportunities for all residents across Halton Region. Volunteer Halton is seeking a dynamic and creative post-secondary student with a passion for community development, digital promotion, and member engagement for the position of Volunteer & Community Engagement Officer for an 8-week term in Summer 2024.

The Volunteer & Community Engagement Officer will focus on launching the Volunteer Ambassador program, collecting data on outreach engagement and member organizations, and helping to promote volunteerism in Halton.

Specific Responsibilities

The Volunteer & Community Engagement Officer will be responsible for the following activities:

• Volunteer Ambassador Program
  • Assist with recruiting, screening, and onboarding volunteers to
  • Participate in volunteer training
  • Secure locations to host volunteer information sessions and volunteer fairs across Halton Region.
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• Member Engagement
  • Connect with current nonprofit members via telephone or video call to confirm contact information and understand key challenges, documenting same.
  • Connect with current nonprofit members to understand key challenges, documenting
  • Assist with volunteer database management to confirm contacts, up-date files, mailing lists, etc.
• Support volunteer-seekers in exploring opportunities using Volunteer Connector
• Communications and Digital Promotion
  • • Promoting recruitment needs of member organizations, connecting with volunteer- seekers, and promoting membership with CDH/Volunteer Halton via social media.
    • Assist volunteer-engaging organizations post and promote opportunities on Volunteer
    • Contribute content for monthly VIEWPOINT

  Requirements

• Enrolled in post-secondary education currently or for the Fall 2024 semester; focus on volunteer engagement or community development preferred.
• An ability to provide quality customer
• Effective problem-solving with the ability to
• Database/data entry experience an
• Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to foster strong and long- lasting relationships with member organizations, volunteer-seekers, and the public.
• Ability to work in a hybrid model; combination of in-person and remote
• Access to a car or reliable transportation
• Able to work independently and as part of a
• A passion for collaborating with
• A professional, enthusiastic, flexible, and energetic demeanour. Benefits
• Career-related training in nonprofit and volunteer management
• Access to learning materials
• Support for skills development in volunteer engagement and Terms
• Fixed-term contact, 8
  • • 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, the occasional Saturday may be
    • $16.55 per hour plus 4% vacation
    • Start date: May 21, 2024

  Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter to the attention of Heather Johnson, Director, Volunteer Halton at volunteer@cdhalton.ca. Applications will be accepted until 2:00pm on Wednesday May 8, 2024.

Since this is a funded position by Canada Summer Job grants, all applicants must be a youth

(Citizen, Permanent resident, or Conventional Refugee) between 15 -30 years of age to qualify.