Volunteer Engagement TeamAt — American Red Cross - Serving San Diego & Imperial Counties

Opportunity Summary 

Position Description 

Volunteer Services strives to ensure volunteers working with the Red Cross have a quality and meaningful experience. We hope volunteers feel like family and their skill set is placed where they can make the most impact. This role will help us build a volunteer-driven work culture!

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

  • Get to know what motivates and inspires Red Cross volunteers, soliciting feedback and finding solutions to barriers to success
  • Create innovative ways to improve collaboration across departments (Disaster Services, Media/Communications, Service to the Armed Forces, and more)
  • Solicit feedback from volunteers about their experience and provide recommendations to staff for improvements
  • Support departments in volunteer management best practices
  • Seek creative ways to keep volunteers active, consistent, and connected to the mission of the Red Cross
  • Monitor volunteer activity to gauge level of engagement
  • Support the planning and execution of Volunteer Appreciation events
  • Address volunteer HR issues as needed, actively listening to volunteer concerns
  • Learn the Red Cross “CRM” software or customer relationship management tool called Volunteer Connection
  • Gain insights and access to one of San Diego’s leading nonprofits

Desired Qualifications

Do you enjoy building relationships, shaping culture, and broadening your own professional network? This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in HR, workforce engagement, leadership innovation, people analytics, bottom-up approaches, and how social capital affects mission impact.
 

Length of position: Minimum 3 months

Hours per week 4-6 hrs.

Is this a paid opportunity? No

Application Instructions

  1. Submit the Red Cross Volunteer Application online: https://volunteerconnection.redcross.org
  2. Send the Recruiter an email notifying of submission: kaley.hearnsberger@redcross.org
Program 
Internship
This opportunity provides some form of compensation 
No
Opportunity Availability 
Ongoing