[grc] KBOO Radio is Looking for a Volunteer Coordinator

[Hiring Coordinator]

*KBOO is looking for a community organizer to manage our volunteer program.
Are you the right candidate? *



*Please, email your resume and cover letter to hiring [at] kboo [dot] org.
Apply by Sunday, March 6 at midnight (PST). *

*REQUIRED: Please answer the following question in your cover letter, "How
will you incorporate KBOO's values of justice, equity, and inclusion in
KBOO's volunteer department?"*

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*Job Title: Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator Reports to: Station Manager
Employment Status: Non-exempt Hours: 25hrs. per week Positions supervised:
Volunteers Updated: June 2021*


General Description: To manage KBOO’s volunteer program. Responsible for
the day-to-day coordination of off-air volunteers. This position is a
member of the Program Operating Team


*Qualifications*


● Volunteer management experience, preferably with a nonprofit community
organization
● Experience as a volunteer, preferably with a nonprofit community
organization.
● Volunteer management experience, preferably with a nonprofit community
organization
● Excellent communication skills
● Excellent organizational and time management skills and attention to
detail
● Experience in mediation or conflict resolution
●Ability to work well under pressure and without direct supervision
● Ability to work with a wide variety of people in a multicultural,
cooperative, progressive
organization
● Ability to learn and teach skills applicable to volunteers
● Experience in training or teaching volunteers preferred
● Multi-lingual a plus
● Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as
necessary
● Ability to use Google Workspace, and volunteer management systems such as
Volgistics or Galaxy


*Essential Functions*
●Schedule, coordinate, and supervise off-air volunteers
● Direct volunteers to appropriate areas of work
● Conduct volunteer intake, orientations and volunteer training on a
regular basis.
● Assist and coordinate with other staff in fulfilling and scheduling
volunteer tasks
● Represent the interest of volunteers within the station, and act as a
liaison between volunteers and staff.
● Lead staff for co-sponsorships and tabling events
● Evaluate and give critical feedback to volunteers as necessary
● Assist in conflict resolution between volunteers and in volunteer
grievances. Responsible for volunteer recognition
● Promote KBOO volunteering
● Responsible for maintaining volunteer management system, contact
information, volunteer hours, and database of volunteer trainings attended
and interests
● Attend staff and operating team meetings as needed
● Other position related duties as assigned


*Salary*
This is a full-time position with a starting salary of $16.38/hour. The
employee shall be eligible for annual step increases subject to conditions
in KBOO’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.


*Union Shop and Probationary Period*
KBOO is a union shop and all (except management, confidential, supervisory,
student positions, and temporary workers) staff are members of
Communications Workers of America (CWA)-Local 7901. Any person hired will
be required to join and pay dues to CWA Local 7901 after 30
days. Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the first six-months of
employment are probationary.


*Benefits*
Benefits include medical and dental coverage, disability and life
insurance, and credit union eligibility. This position also offers paid
vacation, sick leave, and 11 paid holidays per year, in accordance with
KBOO’s Collective Bargaining Agreement. FSLA-exempt employees receive paid
compensatory time off. Eligibility for the pension plan is one year after
the date of hire.


*Working Conditions*
The Volunteer Coordinator is the first staff person a prospective volunteer
meets and must represent the station to a wide variety of people.
Recruitment and outreach to new potential volunteers must reflect KBOO’s
strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.


KBOO has 13 paid employees and over 300 volunteers. The Volunteer
Coordinator conducts a monthly volunteer orientation, interviews
prospective volunteers for off-air and on-air work, and directs people to
appropriate trainings and responsibilities. The job requires communication
with the other staff to determine needs for volunteers to fill. You will be
supervising over two hundred off-air volunteers and evaluating their
abilities to do their jobs. You must be able to say no to people who fail
to meet our current volunteer requirements.


KBOO has live remote broadcasts and events that require an intense amount
of time and coordination. The Volunteer Coordinator must assist as
necessary and may be expected to work evenings and weekends. The atmosphere
is hectic and stimulating. The ability to work in this kind of environment
is essential.


Workplace expectations at KBOO radio include: effective verbal and written
communications; conflict de-escalation; skillful volunteer relations and
utilization; capable project management; work-area organization; response
to phone calls and correspondence; teamwork and cooperation with other
employees, volunteers, and Board members; furtherance of KBOO
mission, goals and values; meeting attendance and participation; capable
departmental budgeting; and punctuality.


*Equipment Used*
Computer, voicemail, copier,, phone, studio recording equipment


*EEO and Affirmative Action*
KBOO Community Radio is an equal opportunity employer and affirmative
action employer. Women and people of color are encouraged to apply. Our
organization does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion,
color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender
identity, class, creed, physical or mental disability.



-- 


Delphine CRISCENZO, and The Hiring Team


*Acknowledgment – KBOO Radio Station is located in Portland, Oregon in
Multnomah County. We honor the Indigenous people whose traditional and
ancestral homelands we stand on: the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas,
Tumwater, Watlala bands of the Chinook, the Tualatin Kalapuya and many
other Indigenous nations of the Willamette and Columbia River regions. It
is important to acknowledge the ancestors of this land and to recognize
that we are here because of the sacrifices forced upon them. In remembering
these communities, we honor their legacy, their lives, and their
descendants with the forming of relationships to each other and the living
world.*
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