Recruiter & Engagement Lead (Volunteer)

About A&N Career Services Project

A&N Career Services Project is a workforce and career-readiness initiative focused on expanding access to opportunity for individuals navigating career transitions, workforce re-entry, and professional growth. Our work centers people, dignity, and alignment between talent and real-world workforce needs.

As a newly launched initiative, the Project is actively building the programs, partnerships, and systems that will support long-term impact. This is a formative stage, and volunteers play a critical role in shaping how the Project grows, who it reaches, and how people engage with the work from the very beginning.

About the Role

The A&N Career Services Project is seeking a Recruiter & Engagement (Volunteer) Lead to design and lead the Project’s early-stage volunteer recruitment and engagement efforts.

This role is about more than filling roles. It’s about building community, opening doors, and connecting people to meaningful opportunities. You will help define how volunteers, mentors, and partners are identified, engaged, and invited into the work during the Project’s launch phase.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys outreach, relationship-building, and talent discovery-whether your background is in HR, recruiting, workforce development, career services, higher education, community engagement, corporate programs, people operations, or volunteer coordination. If you enjoy connecting people to purpose and creating pathways where none yet exist, this role offers real ownership, creativity, and visibility.

Volunteers based in Atlanta, GA and surrounding areas are strongly encouraged to apply, though this role is open to candidates nationwide.

Volunteer Engagement Format

This is a virtual-first volunteer role designed to offer flexibility while maintaining a strong connection and collaboration. Most recruitment, outreach, coordination, and communication will take place remotely using shared tools and virtual meetings.

The Volunteer Recruiter & Engagement Lead will participate as part of a cohort-based volunteer model, engaging alongside other volunteers and Project team members during a defined 12-week period.

Opportunities for optional in-person engagement may be available based on location, partnerships, or events connected to the Project. These opportunities are intended to enhance relationship-building and visibility, not to add required commitments.

Volunteers will receive a structured onboarding experience, clear role expectations, and ongoing collaboration with Project leadership and fellow volunteers throughout the cohort.

What You Will Do

• Design and lead volunteer recruitment strategies aligned with program goals and cohort needs
• Build early recruitment systems, including intake workflows, tracking tools, and volunteer pipelines
• Identify, engage, and recruit volunteers and mentors across multiple audiences and roles
• Lead outreach to HBCUs, colleges, universities, alumni networks, corporate groups, professional associations, and workforce organizations
• Engage corporate employees, early-career professionals, students, and experienced practitioners interested in mentoring or service-based engagement
• Develop creative approaches to recruit both local and virtual volunteers
• Respond to volunteer inquiries and facilitate structured interest conversations
• Assess alignment between volunteer skills, interests, availability, and program needs
• Maintain a centralized, up-to-date roster of volunteers and mentors
• Collaborate with Project leadership to anticipate upcoming volunteer and mentor needs
• Partner closely with the Volunteer Experience & Onboarding Manager to ensure a smooth transition from recruitment into onboarding and cohort participation

You Will Be a Strong Fit If You

• Have experience in recruiting, HR, talent acquisition, workforce development, higher education, volunteer coordination, community engagement, or corporate programs
• Enjoy outreach, relationship-building, and connecting people to opportunities
• Are comfortable building systems and processes in a launch-stage environment
• Communicate clearly and follow through consistently
• Balance big-picture thinking with hands-on execution
• Are energized by people-centered, workforce-focused, and community-oriented work
• Have familiarity with regional or national ecosystems (such as Atlanta, Chicago, higher education networks, or corporate groups), though this is not required

What You Will Gain

• Leadership-level volunteer experience building a recruitment and engagement function from the ground up
• Portfolio-ready experience in volunteer sourcing, outreach strategy, and pipeline development
• Professional references upon successful completion of the cohort
• Mentorship and collaboration with experienced leaders in HR, workforce development, and program design
• Opportunities to engage with colleges, universities, corporate groups, mentors, and community partners connected to the Project
• Inclusion in a growing professional network aligned with workforce access and economic mobility
• A meaningful opportunity to apply your skills to work that directly expands access and opportunity for others