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ORGANIZATION: Dallas Pets Alive!

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Volunteer Engagement Event Planner Hybrid Volunteer Position

Dallas Pets Alive! is a highly respected animal rescue organization and provides the perfect place to utilize your skills to grow personally and professionally. Our mission is to promote and provide the resources, education, and programs needed to eliminate the killing of companion animals in North Texas - and volunteers make our mission a reality.

With over 350 Volunteers on more than 10 teams, we have numerous opportunities for you to join our mission. By dedicating your valuable time to DPA, you are directly impacting our ability to achieve our organizational goals in a fun and supportive community. To learn more about Dallas Pets Alive! visit https://dallaspetsalive.org

As a Volunteer Engagement Event Planner, you’ll play an important role in bringing DPA’s core values to life by designing meaningful, inclusive, and high-quality experiences that strengthen our volunteer community. These events celebrate our people, foster trust and connection, and create space for collaboration, recognition, and joy. You’ll help build a culture where every volunteer feels seen, valued, and empowered to contribute to DPA’s mission - all while upholding high standards, adapting with intention, and stewarding resources wisely.

Team: People Team

Location:

  • Hybrid/Virtual: Located in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), mostly virtual; however, able to be in-person as needed.

Time Commitment: 2-5 hours each week, depending on event cycles. Some events may require evening or weekend availability. Able to be onsite for in person events that this position supports.

Compensation: This is a Volunteer Position with no monetary compensation. After one year of service, we issue a professional letter of recommendation from our Director of Volunteer Management and Human Resources, as well as a LinkedIn recommendation(s) as applicable.

Reports to: Assistant Director, People Team

Position Responsibilities:

  • Plan, coordinate, and execute quarterly volunteer engagement events (e.g., game nights, appreciation events, team mixers, virtual hangouts).

  • Work with the People Team to align events with DPA’s volunteer lifecycle goals (e.g., onboarding, retention, recognition).

  • Collaborate with other teams (Marketing, Operations, Development) to coordinate logistics, communications, and materials.

  • Manage event planning timelines, budgets (if applicable), and resources.

  • Brainstorm new event ideas that reflect our diverse, remote, and in-person volunteer base.

  • Support event follow-up (sending thank-yous, gathering feedback, summarizing lessons learned).

  • Divide responsibilities with your co-planner based on availability, interest, or event type (virtual vs. in-person).

Skills and Qualifications best suited for this position:

  • Prior related experience within event planning, volunteer event management, or similar

  • Creative, collaborative, and passionate about people

  • Ability to receive different points of views and feedback

  • Ability to get to events on their own as DPA does not provide transportation

  • Ability to be onsite for in person events that they support

  • Experience with event planning or coordination (can be informal or volunteer-based)

  • Strong communication, time management, and organizational skills

  • Comfortable leading virtual meetings and organizing details in Google Drive

  • Must be at least 18 years of age

  • Proficiency with Gmail and G-Suite applications

  • Fluency in English; bilingual a plus!

  • Ability to operate a computer or mobile device

  • The following activities are required:

    • Ability to operate a computer and/or mobile device.

    • The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand.

Volunteer Engagement Event Planner Hybrid Volunteer Position

Dallas Pets Alive! is a highly respected animal rescue organization and provides the perfect place to utilize your skills to grow personally and professionally. Our mission is to promote and provide the resources, education, and programs needed to eliminate the killing of companion animals in North Texas - and volunteers make our mission a reality.

With over 350 Volunteers on more than 10 teams, we have numerous opportunities for you to join our mission. By dedicating your valuable time to DPA, you are directly impacting our ability to achieve our organizational goals in a fun and supportive community. To learn more about Dallas Pets Alive! visit https://dallaspetsalive.org

As a Volunteer Engagement Event Planner, you’ll play an important role in bringing DPA’s core values to life by designing meaningful, inclusive, and high-quality experiences that strengthen our volunteer community. These events celebrate our people, foster trust and connection, and create space for collaboration, recognition, and joy. You’ll help build a culture where every volunteer feels seen, valued, and empowered to contribute to DPA’s mission - all while upholding high standards, adapting with intention, and stewarding resources wisely.

Team: Volunteer and HR Department, People Team

Location:

  • Hybrid/Virtual: Located in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), mostly virtual; however, able to be in-person as needed.

Time Commitment: 2-5 hours each week, depending on event cycles. Some events may require evening or weekend availability. Able to be onsite for in person events that this position supports.

Compensation: This is a Volunteer Position with no monetary compensation. After one year of service, we issue a professional letter of recommendation from our Director of Volunteer Management and Human Resources, as well as a LinkedIn recommendation(s) as applicable.

Reports to: Assistant Director, People Team

Position Responsibilities:

  • Plan, coordinate, and execute quarterly volunteer engagement events (e.g., game nights, appreciation events, team mixers, virtual hangouts).

  • Work with the People Team to align events with DPA’s volunteer lifecycle goals (e.g., onboarding, retention, recognition).

  • Collaborate with other teams (Marketing, Operations, Development) to coordinate logistics, communications, and materials.

  • Manage event planning timelines, budgets (if applicable), and resources.

  • Brainstorm new event ideas that reflect our diverse, remote, and in-person volunteer base.

  • Support event follow-up (sending thank-yous, gathering feedback, summarizing lessons learned).

  • Divide responsibilities with your co-planner based on availability, interest, or event type (virtual vs. in-person).

Skills and Qualifications best suited for this position:

  • Required: Prior related experience within event planning, volunteer event management, or similar

  • Creative, collaborative, and passionate about people

  • Ability to receive different points of views and feedback

  • Ability to get to events on their own as DPA does not provide transportation

  • Ability to be onsite for in person events that they support

  • Experience with event planning or coordination (can be informal or volunteer-based)

  • Strong communication, time management, and organizational skills

  • Comfortable leading virtual meetings and organizing details in Google Drive

  • Must be at least 18 years of age

  • Proficiency with Gmail and G-Suite applications

  • Fluency in English; bilingual a plus!

  • Ability to operate a computer or mobile device

  • The following activities are required:

    • Ability to operate a computer and/or mobile device.

    • The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand.

What we look for in our Volunteers:

  • Commitment to DPA!’s mission and values.

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills to maintain professional-level correspondence at all times.

  • A motivational, can-do attitude to represent DPA! 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.

  • Must not have conflicting associations with similar non-profit organizations or business(es) related to animal welfare.

Our Commitment to You:

Dallas Pets Alive! champions a world where:

  1. Both ends of the leash are respected and honored. All individuals are treated with dignity, compassion, and understanding.

  2. We treat all living beings as they wish to be treated.

DPA is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive culture that reflects the uniqueness of the animals and communities we serve. We will lead with positive intent and foster inclusivity and belonging in all that we do.

DPA! has a zero-tolerance discrimination policy. Unfair or prejudicial treatment of people and groups based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, or sexual orientation will not be tolerated.

To be considered for this position, please complete our Official Volunteer Application at https://dallaspetsalive.org/volunteer/volunteer-application/

For general information about volunteering, visit https://dallaspetsalive.org/volunteer/

Dallas Pets Alive! is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive culture that reflects the uniqueness of the animals and communities we serve. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation. To request reasonable accommodation, contact volunteer@dallaspetsalive.org.

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About Dallas Pets Alive!

Location:

11700 Preston Rd, Suite 660 #263, Dallas, TX 75230, US

Mission Statement

At Dallas Pets Alive, our mission is to promote and provide the resources, education and programs needed to eliminate the killing of companion animals. We take an innovative approach to animal rescue and believe in creating a paradigm shift in the way our community views animal rescue. Adoption is not only the right thing to do but THE thing to do. *OUR GOAL: To one day make all of North Texas No-Kill To be considered for volunteer positions, please complete our Official Volunteer Application on our website at https://dallaspetsalive.org/volunteer/volunteer-application/

Description

OUR APPROACH

Our organization is run mostly by volunteers, and all of our pets are housed by dedicated foster families throughout North Texas.

We rescue and help the healthy and treatable pets at greatest risk for euthanasia at our partner shelters. We also provide assistance and resources to pet owners having problems so significant that they need to surrender their pets to a shelter.

In our rescue program, we focus on:

  • Rescuing healthy and treatable pets at North Texas shelters at the greatest risk of being euthanized
  • Reducing owner surrender through our Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrender (PASS) program
  • Opening kennel space by transporting pets to partners in the U.S. and Canada in need of adoptable animals
  • Challenging the way our community views rescue animals. We believe that adoption is not only right thing to do but THE thing to do!


Please visit our website for additional information: www.dallaspetsalive.org

*At this time, we do not accept court-ordered service hours nor track community service hours.

*Our organization does not currently have an established office location, however in March 2023 DPA opened up an Adoption Container.
More info found here >> https://dallaspetsalive.org/adoption-container/

* Adoption Container YOUTUBE Video: https://youtu.be/cB76d1wbIic?si=8fLIutorDrDzPfEa

CAUSE AREAS

Animals
Community
Animals, Community

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

SKILLS

  • Google Apps
  • Multi-Tasking
  • Organization
  • Project Management
  • Verbal / Written Communication

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • Time Commitment: 2-5 hours each week

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