Volunteer Interview & Placement Team Member

The Volunteer Interview and Placement Team interviews applicants (via Zoom) for positions within Wells Bring Hope (WBH). Since WBH is an all-volunteer organization, this is one of the most critical teams for our organization. We have suggested scripts for interviewing and the team works closely together.

The person in this position would email assigned nominees, collect and file their resumes and writing samples and ultimately interview nominees via Zoom. The Volunteer Interview and Placement team volunteer would document each of their efforts in our Nominee Tracking spreadsheet. This person might possibly also assist in coordinating our volunteer newsletter published every other month.

Required Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication (in English)
• Reliable and responsible at responding to e-mails and keeping tracking system up to date regarding assigned nominees in a timely manner. This is critical.
• Good judgment regarding people
• Good interview skills
• Good organizational skills
• Good basic computer skills (Gmail, Word, Excel, Dropbox, Google Drive and ideally, Canva)
• Available for about 5-7 hours/month on average
• Small amount of data entry (of information about your assigned volunteer nominee)

Responsibilities of Volunteer Management Team Member:

• Learn about the goals, needs and development model of Wells Bring Hope
• Review resumes and writing samples of assigned nominee candidates, interview candidates for volunteer positions, and decide if nominee is an appropriate match for the position for which he/she is applying
• Address any questions potential volunteers might have
• Establish ongoing relationship with team managers for whom you are recruiting team members
• Enter candidates into our online database and file relevant documents in our team Dropbox
• Attend virtual team meetings (usually 2 x/month for 30 minutes on Sunday mornings). Ideally, this person should be located in North America. Scheduling meetings and interviews is much more convenient due to the different time zones.
• Possibly help create monthly volunteer newsletter (one member of our team collects info for the two page newsletter and put into a template to send to our administrative person to finalize and email to our volunteers.

Who are we?

Wells Bring Hope drills wells to bring safe water to rural villages in Niger and Mali, West Africa, two of the poorest countries in the world. We are committed to saving lives with safe water and providing sustainable solutions to transform lives for generations to come. The burden of finding water falls upon women and girls who walk miles every day to find water. It means that girls are unable to attend school and women have no time to work and earn money for their families.

We are an all-volunteer organization, with just one paid employee, and so we place a very high value on those who want to work with us. The work of our volunteers is more than just "a drop in the bucket." It is the lifeblood of our organization. Volunteers bring their passion and dedication to our team and for that, we are a very fortunate.