Part - Time Volunteer Coordinator

Part-Time Volunteer Coordinator

The primary function of the Volunteer Coordinator is to provide guidance to the Conservation Teen Scientist (CTS) volunteers, Counselor-in-Training (CIT), and Adult Volunteers. The Volunteer Coordinator ensures that all volunteers are disseminating the correct information while giving conservation messages to public audiences. The Volunteer Coordinator will lead all training for the CTS, CIT, and Adult Volunteer programs.

Schedule, coordinate, and evaluate all Volunteers.

Supervise CTS, CIT, and Adult Volunteers on and off Zoo premises.

Train CTS, CIT, and Adult Volunteers. Enforce disciplinary action for volunteers who break policies and procedures, including speaking/informing parents of any incidents and next actions.

Communicated regularly on program needs and project updates with the Volunteer Manager.

Email communications with CIT, CTS, and Adult Volunteers regularly regarding upcoming events and volunteer hours updates.

Manage volunteer profiles in Volgistics to ensure information is always up-to-date and enter contacts/hours for volunteers.

Other duties as assigned.

Bachelor's Degree or enrollment in a collegiate program for Education, Environmental Studies, Biology, Zoology, Psychology, or related field preferred.

One year of teaching and/or training experience, preferably in an informal learning environment (zoo, museum, botanical garden, etc.)

Bilingual in English and Spanish, preferably.

Current Florida Driver's License in good standing.

Ability to read and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports and effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Proficiency in MS Office Applications, including MSWord, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Medium work:
Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Balancing:
Maintaining a body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.

Stooping:
Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist.

Kneeling:
Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

Crouching:
Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Crawling:
Moving about on hands and knees or hand and feet.

Reaching:
Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing:
Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Walking:
Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Pushing:
Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

Pulling:
Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Lifting:
Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.

Fingering:
Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping:
Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Talking:
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.

Hearing:
Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels or without correction.

Repetitive Motions:
Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; expansive reading;…