Volunteer Manager

Volunteer Manager- Charlottesville, Virginia

Do you thrive on building meaningful community connections and creating impactful volunteer experiences? The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is seeking a collaborative, organized, and mission-driven professional to join our Development & Community Engagement team as Volunteer Manager.

This role co-leads the Food Bank’s volunteer program and manages the volunteer initiatives in the Eastern and Southern regions of our service area, helping recruit, engage, and retain volunteers who support hunger-relief efforts. The position works closely with Operations, Development, and Partner & Guest Engagement teams to support volunteer initiatives, community partnerships, and select food drive campaigns.

The Volunteer Manager plays an important role in strengthening the organization’s volunteer experience, increasing community participation, and ensuring volunteers are effectively connected to opportunities that support food distribution, packing projects, and outreach efforts.

Essential Responsibilities

• • Coordinate and support onsite, offsite, and specialized volunteer opportunities across multiple locations
  • Manage volunteer scheduling, onboarding, training, and engagement activities
  • Support warehouse packing projects and regional volunteer initiatives
  • Build relationships with businesses, schools, civic groups, and community organizations to increase volunteer involvement
  • Coordinate select high-impact food drives and community engagement efforts
  • Develop volunteer communications, recognition initiatives, and engagement campaigns
  • Track volunteer participation metrics and support program reporting and evaluation
  • Collaborate across departments to identify volunteer needs and ensure effective program support
  • Represent the Food Bank at volunteer fairs, community events, and outreach opportunities.

Required Qualifications

• • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
  • 2–4 years of experience in volunteer management, community engagement, event coordination, training, or related work
  • Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
  • Experience working with diverse groups of individuals, volunteers, and community partners
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and volunteer management or CRM systems; Salesforce and Volunteer Hub experience preferred
  • Comfortable speaking in front of small and large groups
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively
  • Valid driver’s license with a good driving record

Preferred Qualifications

• • Experience in a nonprofit or mission-driven organization
  • Supervisory or volunteer leadership experience
  • Certification in Volunteer Administration (CVA) or related credential.

The Volunteer Manager (ER/SR) role is full-time and offers a collaborative work environment, excellent and affordable health, dental, and vision benefits, generous paid time off (including a week between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays), and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in communities across the Blue Ridge region.

This position reports to the Director of Development & Community Engagement and is based in Charlottesville, VA, with regular travel to Verona and Lynchburg. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required to support volunteer events, food drives, and community engagement activities.