Facilitator (Virtual)

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Facilitator (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 our Volunteer Facilitator, you'll be involved in acquainting our new volunteers to our organization through our orientation and onboarding 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!

***To be considered, please complete our official volunteer application at https://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:

• Participating in a rotating schedule to include orientation presenting and being on call for technical support during our virtual orientation. New applicant orientations are presented virtually every 1st and 3rd Monday each month (Orientation sessions may vary).
• Help drive orientation for new volunteers, responsibilities to include:
• Assist with managing orientation signups using Zoom and GMail (sending reminder emails, tracking attendance, sending follow-up emails)
• 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
• As time allows, may assist with ad-hoc projects to attract more volunteers to our openings (flexible in nature)

Qualifications/Skills:

• REQUIRED: Ability to work within deadlines, attendance punctuality, excellent interpersonal skills, and strong presenting/facilitating skills
• Must have HS diploma/equivalent or higher degree of education
• Interest and/or experience in facilitation and presenting, a plus
• Proficiency with use of Gmail and Google applications (Google Sheets, Slides, Docs, and Hangouts)
• 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: 3-8 hours per month (Facilitate virtual presentations on either the 1st and/or 3rd Mondays of the month. Other special projects have flexible hours)