This is an opportunity to work with an Ashoka Staff
This is an unpaid, volunteer opportunity
About The Affiliated Organization
Founded in 1980, Ashoka pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship. We are now the largest association of leading social entrepreneurs in the world, a network of 4000 Ashoka Fellows in 93 countries at work creating systemic change on the most pressing social and environmental issues of our time. We find, support and collaborate with our Fellows to help scale their solutions across nations and continents and work with a wide range of partners to create an "Everyone a Changemaker" world, one in which we all can find and develop our power to contribute to meaningful change for the good of all.
For more information, please visit www.ashoka.org
Job Description
Ashoka is looking for a Volunteer Program Manager with human resource talent based in the Washington DC metro area (or within reasonable travel distance) who can manage our recruitment partnership with LinkedIn while building a community of volunteer "professional support partners" who can help propel and amplify the work of our global staff and Fellows. Because of our partnership with LinkedIn we are afforded free use of their global platform where our ads are targeted to professionals throughout their vast network. This generates a wealth of professionals whose talents are going unharnessed! One goal for this year is to select the most experienced of these volunteers and create a community that can be sustained in their desire to contribute to Ashoka's work around the world.
Responsibilities
At Ashoka you will be joining an extraordinary global team of innovative, optimistic, and committed staff who are dedicated to bringing systemic change for the good of all to a world that desperately needs it. You will get a birds eye view of innovative social change around the globe, while being able to meet and support some of the amazing social entrepreneurs that make up Ashoka's fellowship. Your responsibilities are to:
- Manage the platform we have created with LinkedIn to post ads for skill-based volunteering. You or a volunteer assistant will be reviewing, editing, formatting and activating ads as they come in from staff and Fellows.
- Create and keep current the communications volunteer applicants receive and the automated messages sent to staff and Fellows.
- Working with a volunteer assistant, screen applications as they come in to select the most highly qualified candidates to share with staff and Fellows as an ongoing talent resource.
- Again with volunteer assistance, cultivate and maintain a community of these exceptional volunteers (called Support Partners) with communications such as a bi-monthly newsletter and invitations to Fellow interviews and other online events.
- Conduct regular outreach to staff and Fellows about available Support Partners and to encourage use of the LinkedIn recruitment platform.
This role can be done remotely, but coming to Ashoka's Rosslyn office once a week as you're able will help build recognition of both the program and your role as its lead. It will also be necessary for the transition and training. While this role is a volunteer one, we expect a commitment of at least one year, and longer if we are successful in raising the funds necessary to maintain the position. Ashoka's office in Rosslyn, VA is just across the Key Bridge in Georgetown and easily accessible by metro on the blue and green lines. There is also a parking garage underneath the building. It's a lovely space with spectacular views, especially from the rooftop deck!
Volunteer Logistics
Estimated hours required per week: 15-20 flexible hours, mostly remote
The estimated duration of the project is: one year or longer
This position requires being on-site periodically in Rosslyn United States but also allows for some work to be completed virtually
The office can provide amenities to volunteers such as: Office space
Language Requirements
English
Desired Skills And Experience
- Must be based in the Washington, DC metro area or within reasonable travel distance
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Experience volunteering or working with volunteers
- Human resource and recruiting experience
- Project management experience
- Familiarity with or willing to learn Salesforce
- Entrepreneurial history and/or personal qualities
