Volunteer Coordinator

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

• Skills:
 Good knowledge of PC operating in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
 Knowledge of use of Internet and e-mail (Outlook)
 Good knowledge of English language (other languages of international circulation are an advantage)
 Good communication skills and inter-relations with personnel in organizations or the public with who they are in contact.
 A desire to learn and perfect themselves
 Capable to work alone and in a team, in a demanding environment
 Organized and practical

• Other:
 Desire to affirm and uphold the mission and principles of Habitat for Humanity
 Driving license cat. B
 Available to long hours, when necessary
 Available to travel in the country up to 50% of the working time

Responsibilities

Volunteer coordination

- Recruits and coordinates the local volunteers according to the construction schedule and the activities that need to be done.
- Assists, encourages, supports, trains and motivates the volunteers so they can develop their knowledge and personality according to their desires and abilities, and to obtain satisfactions from their cooperation with Habitat.
- Proposes strategies for attracting volunteers and involving them in the Habitat activities
- Helps find and arrange accommodation, meals, transportation, touristic programs according to the options given by the teams, and in partnership with the affiliates and the leadership of the projects in other locations where Habitat builds, and presents them to the teams
- Ensures the arrival/departure, accommodation, orientation of the volunteer teams
- Answers to other requests of the volunteers so as they feel at ease, want to come back and contribute with donations to the Habitat program, and to pass on to others the desire to volunteer.
- Organizes common actions between volunteers and partner families to recruit new volunteers
- Makes sure that the policies and procedures of Habitat in use are observed
- Is responsible for the coordinating and development of the corporate volunteering concept
- Initiates and continues the relationships with firms/companies/schools/churches/other organizations and individuals in Romania for developing volunteering programs
- Assists RD&C Manager in fund raising activities
- Supports and assists NVPM in the hosting of international teams and answers to other needs of the organization to support the volunteer program.

Communication and information

- Edits and displays information necessary for volunteers
- Prepares and translates materials/articles referring to volunteers
- Prepares/ copies information packages for the international volunteer groups
- Develops and updates the database with volunteers
- Keeps in touch with the organizations (firms/companies/schools/churches/other organizations and individuals) for organizing the teams
- Follows up with the volunteers on the basis of a communication schedule agreed in the RD&C dept.

Monitorizing. Resource development

- Monitors the expenditures of volunteer groups
- Creates budgets and programs with the leaders of the teams
- Elaborates projects through which to obtain funds designated for the amplification, diversification and stimulation of volunteer activities.
- Develops processes, procedures and materials for ensuring a consistent, fluent and growing volunteer program
- Researches and presents to new potential volunteer partner organizations.
- Prepares presentation materials to recruit and prepare volunteers in conjunction with communications department
- Ensures the completion of evaluations within established time frames and the introduction of these into survey monkey.

Reporting

- Informs permanently the National Volunteer Program Manager about the evolution of the achieved actions and consults him about problems that appear
- Reports each month, in writing, to the National Volunteer Program Manager, until the 19th of the month, about the activity in progress during the current month.

Habitat for Humanity is one of the largest international non profit organizations that builds and renovates simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with families in need of shelter. We base our work upon the Christian principles of our society.

CV’s should be mailed to Camelia Nistor at camelia.nistor@habitat.ro via e-mail or via Mail to Habitat for Humanity Romania, Bd.Carol I nr.31-33, corp4, et.2, Bucharest, sector 2.

Deadline for CV’s and letters of intent is October 10th, 2009.

Only selected candidates will be contacted.