Volunteer Coordinator

**Job Title***:
Volunteer Coordinator**
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**Program***:
Pathways to Education - Surrey &
Vancouver**
- Supervisor:
Silvana Guglielmetti, Manager, Pathways to Education
- Grid 17 ($33.68 - $35.14/hour)
- Term Full Time (35 hours/week)
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- Closing Date:
1 September 2023
- Opportunity
- Responsibilities
- Extensive experience with program facilitation.
- Experience supervising a diverse combination of volunteers, full time staff and auxiliary staff simultaneously.
- Experience managing a budget, approving time sheets and expenses.
- Conducting annual performance appraisals.
- Experience recruiting volunteers using a variety of established recruitment methods, including social media.
- Experience with onboarding, training, and facilitating orientations for new hires/new volunteers.
- Demonstrated ability to screen volunteers, determine suitability, and organize complex schedules to accommodate youth and program needs.
- Knowledge of, and experience with, strengths-based management and engagement.
- Significant experience maintaining records of all volunteer personnel data, including assignments and hours.
- Knowledge of and/or experience collaborating with the public school system and of approaches to supporting youth with unique educational needs.
- Demonstrated ability to work with youth, as well as parents, secondary school teachers and other school staff, as well as other educational professionals.
- Supporting the goals, projects &
initiatives of the organization and day-to-day operations as required.
- Qualifications
- Post-secondary degree in education, volunteer management, or Child and youth Care diploma. Plus 2 years’ experience working with diverse youth populations, or a combination of related education and work experience with youth.
- Deep knowledge and understanding of the challenges and strengths, capacities, and assets of various populations living in the Whalley, Guildford and the Downtown East Side neighborhoods, with a particular focus on factors affecting educational success for youth from diverse backgrounds in the communities.
- Criminal record check including the vulnerable sector.
- Standard first aid certificate and CPR
- Please note that this position requires evenings and flexible hours.
- Who We Are
- Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS) is a large not-for-profit agency that serves some of the most vulnerable people in our communities from Vancouver to Hope. We work with youth and vulnerable adults in the areas of education, employment, housing, substance use and mental health, and youth and family support services. We are CARF Accredited and a Certified Living Wage Employer.
- Our Vision - Everyone thriving in strong, healthy communities!
- Our Mission - To inspire healthy and inclusive communities through leadership and collaboration.
- Our Values - Advocacy, Diversity and Inclusion, Empowerment, Service Excellence, Stewardship, Well-being
- We are grateful to operate on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷm əθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), Qw'?ntl'en (Kwantlen), se’mya’me (Semiahmoo), sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen), q̓ic̓əy (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Coquitlam), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), máthxwi (Matsqui) and Stó:
Lō Nations.
- We Offer
- Equitable Base Pay - we are a Certified Living Wage Employer
- Generous paid vacation time, personal time, sick time;
additional paid time off for life events
- Additional paid holidays, ex. Easter Monday, Boxing Day *
- Extended health, prescription, dental &
vision care plan, with 100% Employer-Paid Premiums*
- Disability and Life Insurance Coverage *
- Employee &
Family Assistance Program including preventative health &
counselling *
- Membership in the Municipal Pension Plan with generous employer contributions *
- Flexible schedules and earned time off program *
- Full-day agency orientation and extensive training, with regular ongoing performance evaluations
- In-house digital and classroom learning opportunities;
staff funding for professional development *
- Opportunities to use your voice &
participate in committees on policy, wellness, safety, EDI, etc.
- _ Eligibility will vary depending on terms and role requirements - details for this posting will be provided on request._