Volunteer Engagement and Events Coordinator

Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle Volunteer and Events Coordinator

·        Full-time salaried position with health benefits, generous holidays, and vacation time

·        Salary Range: $45,000 to $55,000, commensurate with experience

Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle trains volunteers to work one-on-one with adult students who are striving to improve their reading, writing, and English-speaking skills. We are looking for someone to help us recruit and retain the volunteers we need each year in our tutoring program.

This position reports to the Executive Director. The Volunteer and Events Coordinator also works closely with the Program Manager and Program Assistant, getting to know our tutors and ensuring that their volunteer experience is meaningful. Candidates must be comfortable working with people from a wide-range of backgrounds and will know how to make our volunteers feel appreciated. The successful applicant will be friendly and outgoing, enjoy juggling a variety of tasks, and be committed to building an inclusive and supportive environment with staff, tutors, and students. While not required, we are especially interested in candidates who speak languages other than English, particularly Spanish, Persian, or Arabic. The candidate should demonstrate strong attention to detail and comfort with technology. To align with a candidate's strengths and career goals, LVCA will support a candidate's professional development..

Work hours are mostly daytime, with one evening in the office until 7:30 or 8:00 p.m. Occasional evening or weekend hours will be required for special events and other activities. This is primarily an in-person position.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

·        Volunteer management

·        Event management

·        Comfortable with technology and ability to learn new databases

·        Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and exercise sound judgment

·        Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including comfort with public speaking. You will be joining a small staff where there is often an overlap of tasks; therefore, good communication is essential.

If you are interested in this position, please email a cover letter and your resume to jobs@literacyforall.org. In your cover letter, please highlight any additional skills or strengths you bring that could support the work of a small nonprofit organization, even if they are not listed in the job description. This cover letter will serve as a writing sample, so please do not skip it. A complete job description can be found at www.literacyforall.org/jobs.

We are committed to building an inclusive organization that represents the people and communities we serve. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply for this position, including immigrants, women, people of color, people who identify as LGBTQ , and people of differing abilities. We recognize that candidates from diverse backgrounds may thrive in new roles. If your experience doesn't exactly match this job description, but you believe you have the skills to do the work, please don't hesitate to apply and explain how your experience would transfer to this role.

Application is open until filled. Applications will be reviewed as they come in.