Volunteer Volunteer Coordinator to Lead's Volunteer Program

Overview

This is an opportunity to work with an Ashoka Staff.

This is an unpaid, volunteer opportunity.

Founded in 1980, Ashoka pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship. We are now the largest association of leading social entrepreneurs in the world, a network of 4000 Ashoka Fellows in 93 countries at work creating systemic change on the most pressing social and environmental issues of our time. We find, support and collaborate with our Fellows to help scale their solutions across nations and continents and work with a wide range of partners to create an "Everyone a Change maker" world, one in which we all can find and develop our power to contribute to meaningful change for the good of all.

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Ashoka is looking for a Volunteer Coordinator (VVC) based in the Washington DC metro area (or within easy travel distance) who can manage our recruitment partnership with Linked In while building a community of volunteer "professional support partners" who can help propel and amplify the work of our global staff and Fellows. As Ashoka's VVC you will be joining an extraordinary global team of innovative, optimistic, and committed staff who are dedicated to bringing systemic change for the good of all to a world that desperately needs it.

You will get a birds eye view of social change around the globe, while being able to meet and support the amazing social entrepreneurs that make up Ashoka's fellowship.

• Manage the platform we have created with Linked In to post ads for volunteers. You or a volunteer assistant will be reviewing, editing, formatting and activating ads as they come in from staff and Fellows.
• Create and keep current the communications volunteers receive and the automated messages sent to staff and Fellows
• Working with a volunteer assistant, screen applications as they come in to select the most highly qualified candidates to share with staff and Fellows as an ongoing talent resource
• Again with volunteer assistance, cultivate and maintain community of these volunteers (called Support Partners) with communications such as a bi-monthly newsletter and group chats
• Conduct regular outreach to staff and Fellows about available Support Partners and to encourage use of the Linked In recruitment platform

This role can be done remotely, but coming to Ashoka's Rosslyn office once a week will build recognition of both the program and your role as staff lead. It will also be necessary for the transition and training. While this role is a volunteer one, we expect a commitment of at least one year, and longer if we are successful in raising the funds necessary to maintain the position.

Ashoka's office in Rosslyn, VA is just across the Key Bridge in Georgetown and easily accessible by metro on the blue and green lines. There is also a parking garage underneath the building. It s a lovely space with spectacular views, especially from the rooftop deck!

Volunteer Logistics

Estimated hours required per week: 20

The estimated duration of the project is:
Ongoing

This position requires being on-site periodically in Rosslyn United States but also allows for some work to be completed virtually

The office can provide amenities to volunteers such as:
Office space

Language Requirements
English

• Must be based in the Washington, DC metro area or within easy travel distance
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Volunteer program experience
• Human resource and recruiting experience
• Project management experience
• Familiarity with or willing to learn Salesforce
• Entrepreneurial history and/or personal qualities