Position Summary  

The Volunteer Coordinator supports the work of Blue Water Baltimore as it relates to stewarding and managing volunteers participating in our outreach, engagement, and educational efforts and events. As part of the Engagement Team, the Volunteer Coordinator will work closely with the Restoration, Water Quality and Development Teams to provide support by recruiting, coordinating, managing, tracking, and supporting volunteers. The Volunteer Coordinator provides meaningful opportunities for BWB volunteers to support community events, community outreach, tree planting events, and water quality monitoring. This position plays a key role in building a volunteer stewardship and recognition program. The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for communication, volunteer retention and data entry. This position will end on September 1, 2024.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following: 

• Coordinate and support volunteer engagement related to Blue Water Baltimore’s Restoration, Water Quality and Development teams 
• Collaborate with engagement coordinator to lead and support community outreach efforts during volunteer project planning, including attending community meetings and organizing door knocking campaigns 
• Support volunteer trainings, advocacy training and educational events as they relate to volunteers 
• Lead and support long-term volunteer retention efforts 
• Collect, enter and update volunteer, outreach, and engagement event data in Salesforce  
• Maintain and update community contacts, and event information 
• Support tabling and engagement efforts at Blue Water Baltimore volunteer events  
• Document events with photography, video, quotes and stories 
• Support maintenance and organization of volunteer event supplies 
• Prepare outreach materials to promote volunteer and advocacy events

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities) 

• Experience (paid or volunteer) in one or more of the following: volunteer coordination, community outreach, education, advocacy, organizing,  
• Enthusiasm for working with people and building relationships  
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities 
• Passion for engagement and education 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 
• Familiarity with Salesforce or willingness to learn 
• Familiarity with Wordpress or willingness to learn
   

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to [50?] pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. This job involves regularly working outdoors, occasionally in an environment with higher-than-average levels of noise, dust, pollen, fumes, gases, or other matter. This position occasionally requires working during evenings and weekends. 

Note 

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.