Recruitment Coordinator

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Making Dallas a No-Kill city is a big job and as a volunteer-based organization, we need a lot of great volunteers to do it. As our Recruitment Coordinator, you'll be involved in acquainting our new volunteers to our organization through our orientation program. The orientation is a highly visible effort across our entire organization and will allow you to guide our new volunteers and ensure they have a pawsome start to their experience!

As your schedule allows, you can also be involved in other projects to help drive applicants towards our organization’s open volunteer opportunities.

To be considered, please be sure to also complete our volunteer application athttps://dallaspetsalive.org/volunteer/volunteer-application/

Team: Volunteer

Reports to: This role reports to the Assistant Director of Recruitment along with the Volunteer Director.

Works with: This role will have frequent contact with members of the Volunteer Team to include our Assistant Director of Volunteer Operations and project team members. Will also interact with an array of volunteers across all teams at DPA!

Responsibilities:

Help drive orientation for new volunteers, to include:

• Content management (of slide deck and related communications)
• Presentation of 30-45 minute orientation sessions using Zoom and on a rotating basis with other team members
• Fielding any questions from attendees, the Volunteer Team, and volunteer managers as they arise
• Sending follow-up thank you email to attendees to keep communication open
• Suggesting new ideas to engage volunteers and continuously improve the sessions

Outside of orientation, other projects you'll have the chance to take part in include:

• Providing backup support with posting open volunteer opportunities as needed
• Identifying new opportunities to promote our volunteering needs (platforms, events, sourcing methods)
• Other ad-hoc projects having to do with recruiting or other general needs around the Volunteer Team

Qualifications/Skills:

• Must have HS diploma/equivalent or higher degree of education
• Interest and/or experience in Human Resources and Talent Acquisition/Recruiting a plus
• Proficiency with use of Gmail and Google applications (Google Sheets, Slides, Docs, and Meet)
• Experience with Zoom a plus, but not required
• Ability to work within deadlines and manage multiple priorities
• Curiosity to learn and a willingness to think outside the box and go against the status quo
• Must not have conflicting associations with similar non-profit organizations or business(es) related to animal welfare

Dallas Pets Alive! Musts:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills to maintain professional level correspondence at all times
• A motivational, can-do attitude to represent Dallas Pets Alive! in a positive manner to our supporters and the general public
• A problem-solving mindset to handle and diffuse challenging situations in a professional manner
• A love for animals and dedication to the cause of animal welfare

Time Commitment: 2-3 hours a week, flexible schedule. 1-2 hours occasionally for presenting sessions. Our schedule for 2021 involves 1st Mondays of the month at 7:00 pm CDT and 3rd Sundays at 2:00 pm CDT.