Coordinator, Volunteer Services
Job Information
Located in the heart of Vancouver on beautiful Granville Island, Arts Umbrella is widely regarded as an organization with a heart: where creativity is nurtured, children are valued, and staff, donors, and volunteers are intensely loyal and sincerely appreciated. Serving youth ages 2-19 for more than 25 years, Arts Umbrella strives to foster the creativity of young people by providing innovative and quality visual and performing arts programs that inspire intellect, spirit and passion. Delivering both on-site and outreach programs, Arts Umbrella touches the lives of thousands of children a year through the delivery of over 200 weekly classes. Programs range from general courses in music, theatre, dance, painting, sculpture, architecture, film, photography, media and more.
Reporting to the Director, Special Events, the Volunteer Coordinator acts as the central point of contact for volunteer management at Arts Umbrella and plays a key role in managing teams of multi-level volunteers who support the work of all Arts Umbrella departments. This includes recruiting, interviewing, selecting, orienting, training, placing, and evaluating volunteers within the organization. The Coordinator is also responsible for relevant stewardship and recognition of volunteers, assisting other staff members to identify productive and creative volunteer roles, and for the on-site coordination of volunteers at Special Events. Please note, this is a part time position.
An ideal candidate for this position has a college or university degree and/or one to three years of experience coordinating volunteers in various capacities. We are looking for someone experienced in effectively coordinating groups of volunteers through delegation, problem solving, and direction as well as strong people and communication skills, extremely organized, and adept at project planning. Knowledge of Raiser’s Edge software is considered an asset. The ability to work weekends and evenings to support events is a requirement for this position.
If this sounds like you, please forward your cover letter and resume in one document with the reference: Volunteer Coordinator in the subject line, to job@artsumbrella.com by Sunday, July 10, 2011. Arts Umbrella will review resumes as they arrive and schedule interviews when appropriate. We thank all our applicants for their interest in Arts Umbrella and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
