Volunteer Administrator - Orientation (Virtual) / Human Resources

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Volunteer Administrator - Orientation (Virtual)

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 a Volunteer Administrator, you will support our recruitment functions with the day-to-day to ultimately ensure our volunteers and applicants have everything they need for a rewarding experience with DPA.

***To be considered, please complete our official volunteer application at https://dallaspetsalive.org/volunteer/volunteer-application/

Team: Volunteer

Reports to: The Assistant Directors of Recruitment and Onboarding, along with our Volunteer Director.

Works with: Will have regular contact virtually or over the phone with Volunteer team members and the Leadership Team.

Responsibilities:

• Help drive orientation for new volunteers, responsibilities to include:
  • Managing signups using Zoom (scheduling orientations, sending reminder emails, tracking attendance, sending follow-up emails) and ensuring assigned presenters for each orientation
  • Managing any needed communications with Onboarding Facilitators and new volunteers who are signed up for orientation, providing updates to Volunteer Management
  • Coordinating guest speakers (who are more often than not, members of our Leadership team)
  • Managing content (updating slide deck, creating guest speaker slides)
  • Suggesting new ideas to engage volunteers and continuously improve the sessions
• Communicating with other volunteers across all of DPA about information on file (i.e. ensuring accuracy of volunteer lists by team)
• Contribute ideas to enhance the orientation process
• Support expansion of volunteer capacity and engagement, allowing Dallas Pets Alive! to grow and save more animals
• Assisting with any other duties needed to help drive Dallas Pets Alive!’s mission and values

Qualifications/Skills:

• Must not have conflicting associations with similar non-profit organizations or business(es) related to animal welfare
• High School diploma/equivalent required
• Must be able to work virtually with regular access to PC/email and experience with Google Suite
• Must be very organized with keen attention to detail
• Proactivity with excellent follow-through
• Related administrative, Human Resources, or recruiting support experience a plus!

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: 1 -3 hours, flexible throughout the week. May need to be available for the evenings of the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month, which is when new applicant orientation takes place.