Volunteer Coordinator jobs in District of Columbia
Volunteer Coordinator supervises and leads the daily undertakings of a volunteer program to attract, inspire, train, and deploy volunteers. Leads the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of volunteer workers. Being a Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for training and educating volunteers. Motivates and inspires volunteers to encourage teamwork. Additionally, Volunteer Coordinator evaluates and reviews volunteer schedules and makes adjustments as necessary. Ensures that the activities of the volunteer workers meet the needs of the organization. May require a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to a manager. The Volunteer Coordinator supervises a group of primarily para-professional level staffs. May also be a level above a supervisor within high volume administrative/production environments. Makes day-to-day decisions within or for a group/small department. Has some authority for personnel actions. To be a Volunteer Coordinator typically requires 3-5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. Thorough knowledge of functional area and department processes. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Recently Added Volunteer Coordinator jobs
Coordinator Volunteer Services - PRN
- Children's National Medical Center
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Washington, DC
VOLUNTEER
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Description Children's National is seeking an innovative change-agent in the Volunteer Services department to coordinate the supervision, recruitment and retention efforts of our organization-wide volunteer services initiative. The Coordinator Volunteer Service will be responsible to recruit, orient, train and manage Children's National volunteers. Will foster community support, oversee donations, and coordinate hospital tours, patient activities and special events. Will be responsible to ensure compliance with all Joint Commission standards and Children's National policies, and certify volunteer database is kept up-to-date and remain an effective tool for ongoing communication and statistics for annual report. The Coordinator Volunteer Services will be responsible to implement strategic plan through management of operations of department/ service area; troubleshoot operational issues and develop action plans to resolve. Will work with Manager to develop, implement and evaluate weekend services, programs, policies and procedures, and performance standards to achieve departmental goals.Qualifications Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree Business Administration, Human Resources, Psychology, Public Administration or related field (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
3 years related and progressive experience, preferably in a health care environment or volunteer management (Required)
2 years Supervisory experience (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Demonstrate placing a high priority on serving volunteers in a timely and courteous manner.
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft office.
Spanish speaking preferred.
Excellent communication, problem-solving, training facilitation, customer service, presentation and organizational skills required.
Ability to comfortably work with internal and external customers from diverse social, cultural and educational backgrounds.
Demonstrated project management, coaching and coordination skills.
Ability to identify and work collaboratively with diverse teams.
Ability to listen, be empathetic, motivate and follow-through, be tenacious, and be eager to seize challenges and resolve issues.
Flexibility and ability to work on weekends and off-hour shifts.
Functional Accountabilities
Administrative Support- Plan and facilitate annual award ceremony to recognize individual volunteer accomplishments.
- Maintain office supplies, equipment and reference manuals.
- Responsible to ensure volunteer database is kept up-to-date and remain as an effective tool for ongoing communication and statistics for annual report.
- Act as back-up when volunteer staff are on leave.
- Work collaboratively with volunteers to find solutions to increase volunteer satisfaction and commitment.
- Design a volunteer satisfaction survey; ensure suggestions are implemented.
- Work with volunteers to create volunteer-run group events and activities.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships between staff, volunteers.
- Communicate needs of volunteers to staff and the need of unit to volunteers.
- Oversee Volunteer recruitment efforts within the community; respond to requests to volunteer on a timely manner; recruit volunteers to meet the needs of clinics, units and extended campuses.
- Design, facilitate and implement changes in volunteer training course; set annual calendar for training, and confirm education programs.
- Ensure volunteer competencies in universal pre-cautions, safety and age specific competencies.
- Ensure volunteer compliance with mandatory annual medical requirements and Joint Commission requirements.
- Develop and facilitate effective working relationship between staff and volunteers; take a leadership role to monitor , evaluate and document individual volunteer performance.
- Implement strategic plan through management of operations of department/ service area; troubleshoots operational issues and develops action plans to resolve.
- Work with Manager to develop, implement and evaluate services, programs, policies and procedures, and performance standards to achieve departmental goals.
- Organize Hospital tours; act as representation for advocacy care.
- Provide statistics for annual report.
- Work with community partners to provide entertainment-based activities for patients.
- Work with community partners to help solicit donations to Dr. Bear 's Closet.
- Ensure thank you notes are issued to community partners and donors within 2 weeks of donation and/or event.
- Oversee the T our program and supervise tour guides.
Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification- Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
Teamwork/Communication- Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
- Partner with all team members to achieve goals
- Receptive to others' ideas and opinions
Performance Improvement/Problem-solving- Contribute to a positive work environment
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
- Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
- Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
Cost Management/Financial Responsibility- Use resources efficiently
- Search for less costly ways of doing things
Safety- Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
- Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
- Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
- Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
- Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
- Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
Primary Location: District of Columbia-WASHINGTONWork Locations:Sheikh Zayed Campus111 Michigan AvenueWashington 20010Job: Non-Clinical ProfessionalOrganization: Patient ServicesPosition Status: R (Regular) - O - PRNShift: VariableWork Schedule: VariableJob Posting: Jan 25, 2024, 1:33:53 PM
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individual with Disabilities. - 24 Days Ago
Sales Coordinator- Reservations/Rooms
- Sales Coordinator- Reservations/Rooms
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Washington, DC
FULL_TIME
- Competitive BenefitsMedical, Dental, Vision BenefitsCompetitive Pay Rates401k Plan and up to 3% match after 1 year Paid Time Off (Vacation, Holidays, Sick and more)Complimentary Room Nights after 3 mo...
- 5 Days Ago
Sales Coordinator- Reservations/Rooms
- Sales Coordinator- Reservations/Rooms
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Washington, DC
FULL_TIME
- Competitive BenefitsMedical, Dental, Vision BenefitsCompetitive Pay Rates401k Plan and up to 3% match after 1 year Paid Time Off (Vacation, Holidays, Sick and more)Complimentary Room Nights after 3 mo...
- 5 Days Ago
Volunteer
- MONUMENT ACADEMY INC
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Washington, DC
VOLUNTEER
- Job Details Job Location: 500 19th Street NE - Washington, DC Salary Range: Undisclosed DescriptionQualificationsMust be 18 years of age or older.
- 1 Month Ago
Volunteer
- Friendship Public Charter School
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Washington, DC
VOLUNTEER
- Overview Friendship Public Charter School operates a thriving network of college preparatory public charter schools. Headquartered in Washington, DC. Friendship serves over 4,800 students in preschool...
- 26 Days Ago
Student Volunteer
- National Labor Relations Board
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Washington, DC
VOLUNTEER
- These positions are part of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Student Volunteer Program. The purpose of these positions is to provide students the opportunity to learn about the NLRB, gain val...
- 1 Month Ago
Volunteer Coordinator jobs at Popular Companies
Volunteer Coordinator
- FC Compassus LLC
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Muncie, IN
- Position Summary The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for modeling the Compassus values of Compassion, Integrity, Ex...
- 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
- Cooper University Health Care
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Camden, NJ
- About us At Cooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. O...
- 4/22/2024 12:00:00 AM
Volunteer Coordinator
- KidWorks Community Development Corp
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Santa Ana, CA
- Job Description Job Description Job Title: Volunteer Coordinator Department: Volunteer Reports To: Volunteer Manager Cla...
- 4/20/2024 12:00:00 AM
Volunteer Coordinator
- Axios Professional Recruitment
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Grand Rapids, MI
- Axios Professional Recruitment is partnered with a local non-profit in Grand Rapids, who is actively searching to hire a...
- 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM
Volunteer Coordinator
- Jeffco Eats
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Lakewood, CO
- Job Description Job Description As a mobile grocery, we are dedicated to providing food security to students and familie...
- 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM
Activities & Volunteer Coordinator
- Sunrise Senior Living
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Denver, CO
- Overview "Sunrise is the best place that I've ever worked, simply because of the people. We provide quality care in an e...
- 4/16/2024 12:00:00 AM
Volunteer Coordinator
- Ambercare
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Las Cruces, NM
- Ambercare is looking for a full-time Volunteer Coordinator to join our fast growing hospice team in the city of Lac Cruc...
- 4/12/2024 12:00:00 AM
Activities & Volunteer Coordinator
- Sunrise Senior Living
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Lombard, IL
- Overview "Sunrise is the best place that I've ever worked, simply because of the people. We provide quality care in an e...
- 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM
About District of Columbia
Washington, D.C. is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. East Coast. Due to the District of Columbia retrocession, the city has a total area of 68.34 square miles (177.0 km2), of which 61.05 square miles (158.1 km2) is land and 7.29 square miles (18.9 km2) (10.67%) is water. The District is bordered by Montgomery County, Maryland to the northwest; Prince George's County, Maryland to the east; Arlington County, Virginia to the south; and Alexandria, Virginia to the west.
The south bank of the Potomac River forms the District's border with Virginia and has two major tributaries: the An...
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Income Estimation for Volunteer Coordinator jobs
$71,073 to $90,652
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What does a Volunteer Coordinator do?
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