By Staff
April 30th, 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
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- 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
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- 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.
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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.
