Unite Our Community! FLEX Project Team Leader

Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Last updated on February 1, 2012

The Flex Program is an innovative way to provide flexible one-time volunteer opportunities to busy community members while making a big impact on community programs. The FLEX Program cannot run without Team Leaders! By becoming a Team Leader, you join a group of Portage County’s finest leadership volunteers. Team Leaders play an active role in helping the Volunteer Center mobilize hundreds of volunteers each year!

Being a Team Leader is a great way to develop leadership skills, strengthen job applications, and enhance your career or simply to put your gifts to use – all of which can be done by committing just a few hours of your time each month!

Team Leader Responsibilities:
• Make a commitment to help manage a volunteer project for a few hours each month.
• Are the primary contact at each project.
• Act as a liaison between the Volunteer Center and the organization.
• Respond to volunteer questions about the project and ensure that the project runs smoothly.
• Complete attendance and impact information after the project.

Qualifications:
• Must be at least 18 years old and willing to complete a background screening.
• E-mail access is necessary.
• Comfortable leading a group of diverse volunteers, and be committed to making a difference in the community.
• Organization: this is key to a successful project!
• Management and motivation: keep volunteers engaged and connected.
• Communication: an essential skill from the first communication with the volunteer to the thank you at the end of the project; must be outgoing.

Time Commitment:
• Commit to leading one project every three months, with a minimum of three total projects.
• Attend an hour introductory training session.

This opportunity is sponsored by: United Way of Portage County Volunteer Center

We need volunteers who are free at these times Evenings Weekends Monthly Weekly This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Individual Unpaid Interns

Contact Person: Sharon Peck, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

1100 Center Point Dr Suite 301 Stevens Point, WI 54481 (See a map)

Details where opportunity can also be performed

This opportunity can also be performed in these locations:

Cities:		Stevens Point
Counties:		Portage