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6 people are interested
Office Assistant Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: ProsperityME
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6 people are interested
This small but growing non-profit organization has a volunteer opportunity to assist with the following:
- Answer the phone and take messages at CFL’s front desk.
- Welcome clients to the office and have them fill out counseling forms.
- Prepare and assemble class materials and mailing.
- Update and manage CFL’s client, donor, and member databases.
- Complete other office related tasks as needed.
Qualifications, Skills & Requirements:
- Previous experience in an office environment preferred, but not required
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Good organizational skills and the ability to multitask
- Experience with Microsoft Office and Access
- Experience working with non-profits or with the refugee and immigrant community a plus
More opportunities with ProsperityME
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About ProsperityME
Location:
309 Cumberland Ave., Portland, ME 04101, US
Mission Statement
ProsperityME empowers, through education and counseling, members of refugee and immigrant communities to invest in themselves to build financial stability, careers, businesses and wealth.
Description
ProsperityME’s services include financial literacy courses and one-on-one financial counseling to individuals and/or families, as well as college access counseling services. We serve men and women of all ages from the following communities: Congolese, Burundian, Somali, Sudanese, Iraqi, and Russian, Latino communities, as well as low-income individuals and families from Portland and Lewiston, Maine. The financial counseling is designed to help individuals and families make sound financial decisions with personal finance. The financial literacy courses are composed of five classes. ProsperityME offers three main courses: Basic Money Management in America, Savings to Build Wealth, and Microfinance. The materials covered in these courses help develop participants’ financial skills to gain experience in:
Basic banking and savings
Budgeting techniques
Awareness of financial fraud and scams
Setting and meeting short and long-term financial goals
Using credit wisely
Building, maintaining, and repairing credit
Savings for college, retirement, buying a home or car
Steps to open and manage a business
*ProsperityME provides these classes at no cost to participants
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Community Financial Literacy309 Cumberland Ave Suite #202Portland, ME 04101
DATE POSTED
January 20, 2017
SKILLS
- Office Reception
- Administrative Support
- Customer Service
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- 2:00pm to 5:00pm, Monday to Thursday