Volunteer Fair Intern

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Volunteer Fair Intern: Merlo Station High School (MSHS)

Purpose

To improve the partnership with MSHS by building a better Volunteer Fair Program

Description

This custom Volunteer Fair works to engage ALL students at MSHS by establishing relationships between Focus (homeroom) classes and a specific nonprofit at which the class will volunteer 3 times throughout the 2017 - 2018 school year. Last year’s MSHS Volunteer Fair was PI’s first and the school administration would love us to return. This position requires strong evaluative and research capabilities. Working closely with the school, nonprofits, and PI, this position will require flexible event planning capabilities.

Required Education

• Recent graduate (within 1 year) of high school, college, or grad school.

Desired Skills

• Previous event planning and business development is prefered

• Detail oriented and conscientious note taken

• Positive communication through email, phone, video, and face-to-face

• Budgeting and planning

• Enthusiastic about PI’s mission and team focused

• Ability to remain calm in a high stress environment

• Proficient in Google Drive (Particularly Google Forms and Google Sheets or MS Excel) Google Calendar, Meistertask, MindMeister, Mailchimp, Salesforce, and/or ability to learn technology at a fast pace

Objectives

• Understand how the 2016 - 2017 partnership worked and all relevant Volunteer Fair details

• Understand necessary details of 2017 - 2018 partnership

• Create a proposal and have MSHS and PI confirm it

• Communicate with MSHS, PI, and nonprofits to confirm transportation coordination and volunteer dates with nonprofits

• Carry out the 2017 - 2018 MSHS Volunteer Fair

• Support MSHS teacher and nonprofits for volunteer dates throughout the year

• Evaluate the entire program

• Complete an Internship Portfolio that includes a personal reflection and a presentation

Duties

• Create a proposal

• Establish goals and date timeline, create a budget, secure sponsors, provide all event information

• Recruit and train nonprofits

• Host the Volunteer Fair at MSHS

• Organize nonprofit and class partnerships

• Edit and solicit the evaluations to MSHS admin and teachers

• Remind classes and nonprofits of upcoming volunteer dates

Compensation

PI will be paying a $630 stipend for travel and food October 10, 2017. Furthermore at the conclusion of the program on June 10, PI will be paying a stipend for communication of $210.