Volunteer Coordinator, Board of Directors (VOLUNTEER ROLE)

The Volunteer Coordinator for the Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing all aspects of volunteer recruitment, scheduling, and management at Portland Books Through Bars. This includes recruiting, onboarding and continued training, and shift scheduling for weekly sessions and one-off events.

The Volunteer Coordinator will support ongoing volunteer satisfaction across programs, while ensuring volunteer activity continuously supports our organizational mission and goals.

We are looking for someone who is unafraid to take charge of their role, can delegate tasks clearly and with compassion, and understands how to develop relationships with people of various lived experiences. This person will need to confidently lead an existing cohort of volunteers through our current organizational structure while discovering or proposing new methods that will aid in overall volunteer retention and program engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct orientations and ongoing training sessions
• Create and manage weekly volunteer schedules
• Create and manage volunteer roles across events
• Maintain accurate volunteer systems and reports
• Foster relationships with volunteers for retention and satisfaction
• Evaluate and improve volunteer programs based on feedback

Qualifications:

• Experience in volunteer coordination or related field
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Comfortable with, learning, or proposing volunteer management software. Currently we use Google Suite (Drive, Sheets, Docs, etc), Slack, and United Way’s ‘Hands On Portland’
• Ability to work with diverse individuals and teams
• Passion for abolition work, especially when it comes to the rights of incarcerated people
• Energetic, driven, and vocal - we want this person to be an active part of our team!

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with nonprofits, public agencies, or CSR programs
• Bilingual abilities a plus
• Event planning or community engagement experience
• Access to a vehicle to transport supplies and materials to/from events