Volunteer Management Team and Asst. Newsletter Coordinator

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The Volunteer Management Team recruits, interviews and places candidates for positions within Wells Bring Hope (WBH). Our team is also in charge of putting together a 1-2 page monthly eblast/newsletter that is sent to our volunteers, our Board of Directors, and some of our donors. The Newsletter Coordinator is responsible for the newsletter but we all work together to come up with ideas.

The volunteer in this position will not only do interviews but will shadow our Newsletter Coordinator, taking over when he is unavailable.

Required Skills:

1. Excellent oral and written communication
2. Good judgement regarding people
3. Reliable and responsible at responding to e-mails
4. Good organizational skills
5. Good writing skills
6. Great computer skills (Gmail, Word, Excel, Dropbox)
7. Also useful but not required - Canva, Adobe Suite, other graphic design programs

Responsibilities as Volunteer Interviewer:

• Review resumes of volunteer nominees
• Communicate with volunteer nominees and set up interviews via Zoom
• Interview candidates and determine if they match needs of the applied for position
• Communicate with Volunteer Manager for the position regarding the potential new team member
• Enter information about new volunteer into our volunteer database
• Track status of volunteer nominees using our Nominee Status spreadsheet
• Attend twice monthly half hour Zoom status meetings with the rest of the team

Responsibilities as Asst. Newsletter Coordinator:

• Work with the Newsletter Coordinator as she/he creates our monthly newsletters.
• Serve as the backup for this position. Learn the process so able to do entire newsletters alone when Coordinator is unavailable.
• Process
  
  • Based on conversations in the team meetings and emails with our Administrative Assistant, decide on content for the next newsletter
  • Write or coordinate others (usually the President, Director of Operations, or other Team Members) to write very short articles
  • Create a draft of the newsletter and send a test email to the Director of Operations or other Team Members
  • Based on feedback, edit newsletter as necessary
  • Schedule for distribution to appropriate recipients during the first two weeks of the month

Who are we?

Wells Bring Hope drills wells to bring safe water to rural villages in Niger, West Africa, the poorest country 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 very fortunate.

For more information, please go to our at www.wellsbringhope.org or visit us on Facebook or contact Ida@wellsbringhope.org