Use your professional skills to maximize your impact on nonprofits in your area!
ORGANIZATION: 501 Commons
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Volunteers can be the catalyst to ensuring that community needs are met, yet many nonprofits lack the resources to adequately prepare for volunteer involvement. As a result, volunteers are often underutilized and can become discouraged by poorly managed opportunities. Use your professional skills to empower a nonprofit to fully harness the time and talent of much needed volunteers, by creating the nuts and bolts of an effective volunteer program.
The VMC program is looking to connect professionals with nonprofit experience in the areas of volunteer management, human resource, fund development, board development, and project management, to nonprofits needing to strengthen the ways in which they engage volunteers. Participants in the VMC program will be paired with another consultant and matched with a local nonprofit to assess and address key issue areas of the organization’s volunteer program. Consultants will volunteer at total of 25 hours over the course of 10 weeks (July - September). Some weekday availability is required, though much of the work will be completed remotely. Your consulting efforts will equate to a $10,000 in-kind donation to the organization you are partnered with.
The VMC program is made possible free of charge to local nonprofits free of charge, thanks to a partnership between 501 Commons and serve Washington, with funding from the Volunteer Generation Fund. To learn more about 501 Commons, or to become a VMC Member, please visit https://www.501commons.org/engage/vip-manager-corps, or contact Stephanie Heffner at stephanieh@501Commons.org.
VMC Summer 2019 program dates:- June 24 th - June 29: Phone interviews with 501 Commons
- July 2 nd 3pm- 5pm: VMC consultant orientation (webinar)
- July 11 th 12pm - 2pm: VMC consultant orientation (webinar)
- July 16 th: Program launch (webinar)
- July 26 th: Goals & work plans due
- August 27 th 3pm: Consultant cohort check-in (webinar)
- PROJECTS MUST BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 24 th
- September 27 th: Final evaluations due
More opportunities with 501 Commons
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About 501 Commons
Location:
Pacific Tower, Suite 1101, 1200 12th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98144, US
Mission Statement
We all rise when nonprofits thrive. 501 Commons serves nonprofits as experts, innovators, and partners. Our passion is to amplify the strengths of nonprofits--so people and communities flourish.
Description
501 Commons was founded in 1989 as Executive Service Corps of Washington. In 2010, we changed our name to 501 Commons, reflecting a changing role and broader range of services. Most of our clients are in the Pacific Northwest, but many of our services are available to nonprofits in other geographic areas.
Our name is based on the principle of the "the commons." The commons can be characterized as having five distinct attributes:
- Free and uncoerced participation
- A shared purpose
- Jointly held resources
- A sense of mutuality
- Relationships that are characterized by justice and fairness
Our Theory of Practice describes how we approach our work and our Team Charter describes how our team of 45+ work together to serve our clients.
501 Commons is a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible, nonprofit, charitable organization and is a member of the Executive Service Corps - United States. By volunteering your time to 501 Commons, you are impacting the success of over 2,000 organizations each year. Join us!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Mulitple Service LocationsOlympia, WA 98502
DATE POSTED
June 7, 2019
SKILLS
- Human Resources Training & Development
- Program Management
- Group Facilitation
- CSR / Volunteer Coordination
- Community Outreach
- Project Management
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- 25 hours over a 10 week period.