Fall Intern, New York Cares Volunteer Relations Department
By developing volunteer programs that respond to pressing community needs, New York Cares – New York City's leading volunteer organization - provides a lifeline of support to our city's most vulnerable residents. Last year, we engaged tens of thousands of individual volunteers and hundreds of companies in service to 400,000 at-risk New Yorkers.
Position Description
Reporting to the Volunteer Relations Manager, the Fall Intern will focus primarily on assisting the Volunteer Relations Department with responding to inquiries about holiday volunteering and our annual Coat Drive and Winter Wishes programs. The fall is a busy time for the Volunteer Relations Department, with the holiday season attracting thousands of new volunteers each year.
The intern will also support various efforts to recognize, strengthen, and expand the New York Cares volunteer base.
Specific duties include:
- Responding to phone and email inquiries regarding holiday drives and other volunteer opportunities
- Supporting volunteer orientation process, delivering volunteer orientations as needed, and processing orientation paperwork
- Performing outreach for new orientation spaces throughout the city. May include taking trips to potential spaces.
- Creating and distributing thank you letters to volunteer orientation spaces
- Assisting in the production and sending of recognition communications
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- Professional and positive demeanor, both in-person and on the phone
- Strong computer skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Demonstrated commitment to volunteerism
- Sense of humor
Hours: 20 hours a week from mid-September through December, 2012. Schedule is flexible.
Benefits
- Flexible scheduling
- Great work environment
- Working directly with volunteers in a nonprofit setting
- Assisting in the management of a volunteer base of over 54,000
- This is an unpaid position
