Volunteer Coordinator Intern

World Help•Forest, VA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Volunteer Coordinator Intern supports World Help’s Humanitarian Aid Volunteer Program through volunteer program operations, community engagement planning, fulfillment management, and project management. The position helps ensure the program operates efficiently and without delay. The intern is expected to represent World Help, a Christian humanitarian organization serving the physical and spiritual needs of people in impoverished communities worldwide, and to have a worldview aligned with its mission and values. This is an unpaid, part-time internship conducted in an in-office environment during normal operating hours. The internship is 150 to 200 total hours. Some local travel may be required for volunteer fairs and events, and some weekend and weeknight hours are required. Work includes time at a desk and on the warehouse floor.

Requirements

Be enrolled in a collegiate program working toward a degree in Business, Non-Profit Management, or a related field.
Align with World Help’s Christian mission and values.
Complete a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 200 internship hours.
Some local travel may be required for volunteer fairs and events.
Some weekend and weeknight hours are required.
Work requires sitting at a desk and working on the warehouse floor.

Nice To Haves

Efficient use of time management.
Experience leading a group of volunteers or a team.
Experience operating a pallet jack.

Responsibilities

Recruit new volunteers and volunteer groups through community engagement, networking opportunities, and recruitment events.
Research local gifts-in-kind procurement opportunities and plan product drives and other community engagement events.
Facilitate volunteer groups at the warehouse, helping ensure volunteers are trained, comfortable, encouraged to return, and have a positive and productive experience.
Prepare for volunteer sessions by setting up packing stations and supplies before they begin.
Maintain the inventory database, including accurate shipment entries and product ledgers, according to World Help guidelines and/or the Warehouse and Logistics Coordinator’s direction.
Assist with fulfillment activities, including picking, packaging, staging, and loading outbound shipments; operate a pallet jack and perform other physical work as needed.
Coordinate and facilitate events and shift activities, using volunteers to collect product information and perform quality and quantity controls.
Assist the Warehouse and Logistics Coordinator with inventory tasks, donation processing, staging, and fulfillment activities.
Assist the Warehouse and Logistics Coordinator in planning container shipments and special projects, including stock inventory analysis, container staging, and project administration.
Represent World Help.