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This is a Dwight Hall Volunteer Coordinator position supporting LEAP! (Leadership Education & Athletics in Partnership) New Haven Mentoring with their data entry, homework help and fun activities programming. LEAP! would like assistance with yielding volunteers at the following services: - Materials organization and data entry on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00am to 12:00pm - Homework help and learning tasks M-Th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm - Fun activities and/or additional learning tasks M-Th from 4:30pm to 6:00pm See their website for more information: https://www.leapforkids.org/ The Volunteer Coordinator (VC-LEAP) is primarily responsible for: - being a reliable presence at LEAP! programming - recruiting Yale students to volunteer - being the point person facilitating communication between LEAP!, Dwight Hall and the Yale student volunteers - ensuring that attendance and reporting requirements are met - being a responsible representative of Dwight Hall amidst this new partnership - Recruit volunteers by reaching out to students who are reliable, sensitive to people's lived experiences, and excited about service (via residential colleges, student organizations, academic departments, professors, friends, classmates, etc.), using a variety of methods (emails, flyers, posters, social media, canvasing, etc.) - Help new volunteers plan their LEAP! schedules. - Frequently attending LEAP! initiatives to the best of the Volunteer Coordinator’s abilities. - Facilitate the introduction between new Volunteers and LEAP! - Attend each new volunteer’s first experience, whether by joining part of their service session or walking them over to the location. - Log volunteer attendance in YaleConnect. - Submit weekly reflections and keep Dwight Hall staff informed about program activities and progress - Troubleshoot any problems that may arise Additional responsibilities - Attendance at Volunteer Coordinator Orientation the evening of Friday, September 4th. - Availability to meet all new Volunteer Corps members on Monday, September 14th at mandatory orientation/training for volunteers from 7:00pm to 9:30pm. - Attendance at regular weekly meetings with all other Volunteer Coordinators. (Exemption granted if there is an unavoidable overlap with classes.) - Fostering a Volunteer Corps social community by frequently attending Saturday evening socials, nominating volunteers for “Volunteer of the Month” and encouraging camaraderie amongst all assigned volunteers. |