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Opportunity Council - Volunteer Outreach & Development Coord

Lydia Place is a non-profit community based organization that serves homeless families in Whatcom County. The agency provides transitional and permanent supportive housing along with intensive case management, education, advocacy and life skills classes in order to provide a pathway out of poverty. Crucial funds are raised through events and a community thrift store to meet the agency's goals of serving families in need. Volunteers are at the heart of making the events and thrift store successful at raising these funds every year. This position will be vital in the following three areas of the agency's growth and expansion for providing high quality services to clients in need through: 1. Building, evaluating and expanding a sustainable Lydia Place/ Wise Buys Volunteer Program to increase volunteer recruitment and streamline orientation and onboarding process. Expansion of this pivotal program will afford Lydia Place with the capacity to support the over 300 families served each year through housing, case management and education programs and works to fulfill our mission to end homelessness in our community. 2. Increasing agency-wide Volunteer retention by 50% and in-turn grow the Lydia Place/Wise Buys Volunteer Program; building agency capacity to serve homeless individuals and families and improve the relationship between Volunteers, Staff and the community. 3. Performing preliminary research for an internal vocational program that would provide Lydia Place clients with work experience and training by way of the community thrift store, Wise Buys. This program would be an expansion of an agency goal to provide Lydia Place clients with opportunities for career advancement and training, and contributes to our mission to provide education and advocacy for the individuals and families we serve.

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Member Duties : VISTA member will be integral in further developing the robust volunteer program for the agency. This will be done by identifying prospective recruiting locations, creating community relationships and and representing the agency at outreach events. In addition, the VISTA will devise new ways to enhance retention of the volunteers through surveys, recognition events, etc. Finally, the VISTa will begin preliminary research on developing a job training program at the Wise Buys Thrift Store.

Program Benefits : Training , Relocation Allowance , Living Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Health Coverage* .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : Permits working at another job during off hours .

Service Areas : Community and Economic Development , Housing , Community Outreach .

Skills : Leadership , Writing/Editing , Recruitment , Public Speaking , Community Organization , Computers/Technology , Team Work , Communications .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Opportunity Council - Volunteer Outreach & Development Coord

Program Start/End Date
11/21/2015 - 11/20/2016

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
Some college

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	WASHINGTON

Accepting Applications
From 08/26/2015 To 10/15/2015

Contact	Lisa Sohni
1111 Cornwall Ave
Bellingham WA 98225
3607345121
lisa_sohni@oppco.org
wwww.oppco.org

Listing ID	63187


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