Volunteer Engagement Program Assistant

826 Boston • Boston, MA

81d • $40,000 - $40,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

826 Boston seeks a creative team member with strong organizational, communication, and data management skills to serve as the Volunteer Engagement Program Assistant. We are seeking a candidate with a strong command of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles and approaches, who can build on the current strengths of the Volunteer Management Team, including robust training and support that center DEI, collaborative partnerships with universities, and a culture of learning and appreciation. The Volunteer Engagement Program Assistant will also support the Volunteer Management Team in cultivating and stewarding the individual volunteers that foster learning spaces that are student-centered, strengths-based, and promote inclusivity for the identities, experiences, and voices of LGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and neurodiverse students. Mission: 826 Boston is a nonprofit writing, tutoring, and publishing organization where students in grades K-12 and beyond can share their stories, amplify their voices, and develop as leaders in school and in life.

Requirements

• 0-2 years of experience working in a K-12 school, education, or youth development nonprofit
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering community, building a strong sense of team, and embracing values of diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Ability to give and receive feedback with humility, regulation, and tact
• Knowledge of and fluency with social and racial justice, intersectionality, BIPoC and LGBTQIA+ history, and historic/current systems of oppression
• Ability to incorporate anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices into analysis, planning, and programming

Nice To Haves

• Experience with volunteer management and/or with direct volunteering preferred but not required
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Apps preferred but not required
• Proficiency in Spanish, Cape Verdean or Haitian Creole, or Somali preferred but not required
• Experience with SalesForce or comparable database preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Assist in the management of volunteer communications systems, including email, volunteer opportunity calendar, and sign up tools
• Assist in the maintenance of volunteer records, tracking participation, inputting volunteer shift data, and producing reports in our Volunteer Database, SalesForce
• Collaborate with Senior Manager of Volunteer & Community Engagement, to track progress toward annual programming goals and report to the team on a biannual basis
• Support in conducting bi-monthly check-ins with program teams to identify and address volunteer needs within 826 Boston programming
• Support the Volunteer Management Team in cultivating and stewarding a volunteer corps of 500+ individuals on an annual basis
• Assist in building, cultivating, and supporting strong relationships to maintain pipelines with corporate groups and community organizations that fuel community volunteerism
• Collaborate with Volunteer Management Team members to assist in the planning and support of community-based recruitment events
• Support volunteer onboarding for all individuals, including leading one to two volunteer training sessions a month and coordinating pre- and post-training communication
• Support the recruitment of individuals to attend training sessions via online postings
• Coordinate monthly volunteer appreciation posts and assist volunteer retention efforts
• Support outreach efforts including but not limited to corporate partner visits, community fairs, and local tabling events
• Support organization-wide summer programming
• Provide monthly support to programming as a tutor or staff coverage

Benefits

• Benefits include flexible work-from-home options, generous paid time off (including 15 PTO days, 5 days of sick leave, 13 paid holidays, 6 summer Fridays off, and an organization-wide two-week winter break); health, dental, and vision insurance (826 Boston covers 80% of premiums), parental leave, paid sabbatical, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees