About the Organization
Interfaith Ministries (IM) for Greater Houston is an inclusive connector of people, faith communities and resources in our nation’s most diverse city, sustaining healthy and respectful lives for vulnerable populations and promoting interfaith relations and volunteerism.
IM provides four areas of service to the greater Houston community including: Meals on Wheels, Refugee Services, Interfaith Relations and Community Partnerships, and Volunteerism and Civic Service. Each of these programs serve different communities but all are based on our shared beliefs and aspirations of building a more respectful, connected, and caring society.
Service is at the core of what we do at Interfaith Ministries. Through empathy and resilience, our employees help provide support to our community through programming and meaningful connection.
About the Role
The Refugee Services, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator is a new role that will focus on developing a pool of talented and passionate volunteers to support RS clients and activities. The successful candidate will identify and develop relationships with individuals, schools, and community organizations including faith communities, civic groups, ethnic/country of origin organizations, and neighborhood groups to recruit and retain volunteers.
Main Responsibilities
- Create and implement action plans to identify talented and passionate volunteers to serve RS clients and programs.
- Create, develop, maintain, and deepen relationships with individuals, schools, faith, communities, civic, ethnic, and neighborhood groups to support IM’s Refugee Services volunteerism.
- Coordinate with IM’s Marketing and Communications Department to promote volunteer needs for RS clients and programs on social media and other platforms.
- Assist the RS management team with special projects, donation drives, and special events.
- Assist the RS management team with identifying volunteers for the Women’s Empowerment Group (WEG), the Youth Mentorship Program, and any future programs developed by the department to support the needs of the refugee clients.
- Serve as a representative for RS in community volunteer activities.
- Attend appropriate meetings pertaining to recruitment of volunteers.
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Three years degree experience recruiting volunteers in a community setting.
- Experience with refugees and immigrants strongly desirable.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Ability to quickly learn databases and volunteer platforms
- Experience with social media as a recruitment tool.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must enjoy working with culturally and ethnically diverse staff, clients and volunteers.
- Able to interact well with all levels of an organization and work effectively in a team environment.
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule including late nights and some weekends.
- Must have an automobile, valid driver’s license and automobile liability insurance.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.