Volunteer Services Director manages a volunteer program to attract, inspire, train, and deploy volunteers. Oversees the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of volunteer workers. Being a Volunteer Services Director provides training resources and guidance to a team of supervisors to assist with educating volunteers. Manages the scheduling of volunteer workers to ensure adequate assistance for projects or objectives. Additionally, Volunteer Services Director requires a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to a director. The Volunteer Services Director manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. True first level manager. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions. To be a Volunteer Services Director typically requires 5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. 1-3 years supervisory experience may be required. Extensive knowledge of the function and department processes. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
LilyCare of New Mexico
VOLUNTEER
Role Description
ROLE SUMMARY
Provides volunteer support to the patient/caregivers in conjunction with the Hospice team.
QUALIFICATIONS
Certificate of volunteer training or willingness to be trained. Must reside in the hospice service area.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
Has professional interpersonal communication, a healthy adjustment to personal illness/loss/death, ability to unconditionally accept people as they are, and ability to serve as an active team member.
Has professional demeanor, maturity, empathy, flexibility, sense of humor, a willingness to help others, and agreement with hospice philosophy. Current New Mexico driver’s license and car insurance if you drive automobile for volunteering with patients. Reliable transportation. Ability to operate required equipment. Ability to perform proper body mechanics.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to sit/stationary standing (for prolonged periods of time), reach (extension and overhead), push/pull up to 50 lbs, ability to be mobile (in office, from office or home, from site to site), twist/turn/pivot, grasp, lift/carry up to 50 lbs., and speak in an understandable voice with sufficient volume to be heard in normal conversational distance, on the telephone, or addressing groups.
MENTAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to collect and interpret data, reason, establish facts, make valid judgments and decisions, evaluate, define problems, draw valid conclusions.
SENSORY REQUIREMENTS
Ability to talk and hear (in person/on the telephone) and with reasonable vision (for close work/to read printed materials/long distance).
ASSOCIATED ENVIORNMENTAL FACTORS
Possible exposure to fumes, dust, blood and other body fluids, chemicals/cleansers, smoke (cigarette/cigar/pipe) smells. and household pets.
Responsibilities
ADMINISTRATIVE
CORPORATE
Please note this is not an exhaustive listing and may be supplemented, as necessary.
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