Volunteer Coordinator will work in cooperation with other members of the leadership team to determine the staffing needs of the organization. He/she will support and manage all volunteers in the organization. The coordinator will ensure volunteers including mentors and advocates are qualified and trained.

The Coordinator will be responsible for the delegation and development of tasks given to the volunteers to meet the needs of the organization and functional areas. He/she will ensure completion and filing of youth reports by mentors and youth advocates. Collaborate to create standard forms and templates to use with sales force. 

The ideal candidate should be able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers. Candidate should have: strong leadership ability, ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction, superior verbal communication skills, excellent organizational and planning skills, strong sense of personal integrity, and a sincere desire to help homeless and street kids.

 Minimum of a six-month commitment of 6 to 8 hours a week. Some travel required.

This position will provide a mentor to the youth. The ideal candidate should be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with the youth as well as both leadership and volunteers. The mentor will establish a relationship of trust and support with the youth and guide and assist them with their goals and priorities. They will model appropriate behavior, encourage critical thinking skills, provide motivation and establish a permanent adult connection. Candidate should have a strong sense of personal integrity and a sincere desire to help homeless and street kids. 

Minimum 6 month commitment., 4 to 6 hours a week. Travel required.

This position acts as an advocate for the kids. This group of advocates, led by the Director, will develop a set of goals and priorities for independent living, employment and education for the youth. They will encourage and develop critical thinking skills with the youth. They will coordinate case plans with other team members. In addition, they will model appropriate adult behavior and provide guidance and a supportive relationship to these youth who have been so deprived of adult support.

Finally, they will meet as needed with the youth in housing and monitor housing arrangements and conformance with the housing agreement, including mediating any issues that may arise. Candidate should have: strong leadership ability, ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction, superior verbal communication skills, excellent organizational and planning skills, strong sense of personal integrity, and a sincere desire to help homeless and street kids. 

Minimum 6 month commitment, 4 to 6 hours a week, travel required.

This position will work with the mentor, youth advocate and director to assure all case notes are maintained, aid in tracking the progress of the youth, assure utilization of required resources and work directly with the youth for transport or support.

4 to 6 hours a week, travel required.

This volunteer will be responsible for our sales force database which contains all the information for our organization; youth, volunteers, resources, donors, employers, etc. This is a very big need and important position. The person will have to be familiar with Sales force or have database experience. Help is needed in the design, input and maintenance of the database.

4 to 8 hours a week. Very little travel.

Volunteers will lead the effort in the identification of appropriate sources of funding and will help execute strategies to secure needed funding. Specific responsibilities may include: helping with the fundraising plan, execute the fundraising plan, planning and coordinating fundraising events, maintaining a fundraising database in sales force. 

All funds raised for this program will be used in this program. While some knowledge of raising funds would be great, no skills are necessary. School/college students of all ages can help to raise funds to build the program.

You will need: strong leadership ability, ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction, superior verbal communication skills, excellent organizational and planning skills, a strong sense of personal integrity, and a sincere desire to help homeless and street kids.

4 to 6 hours a week. Very little travel.

In order to help the homeless youth as much as possible, all avenues to acquiring monetary support should be investigated. Grant writing is one of the best ways that a non-profit organization, such as Build Futures, can acquire this monetary support. With what can be gained through grants, this is an extremely important position within the organization. The Grant Writer, with management, will investigate the available grants from the existing timeline, and construct proposals tailored to each of the grants, to ensure the best chance of being selected for the grant. The main goal will be to research and prepare multiple grants per year.

6 t o 8 hours per week. Very little travel.

Work with the business community and associations to find jobs and job skill training for the youth. Work with employment partners like One Stop/youth centers, Youth Employment Services and Career Wise. Additionally, this position will provide career counseling, aid in resume writing and aid with job searches. You will need: strong leadership ability, ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction, superior verbal communication skills, excellent organizational and planning skills, a strong sense of personal integrity, and a sincere desire to help homeless and street kids.

4 to 6 hours a week. Travel required.

A key contributor on the public relations / marketing team. Build Futures is seeking dedicated and talented volunteers to help us tell the story about homeless kids on the web such as social media, our website, blogs and YouTube. We have many ideas and concepts we wish to implement on our site, and we always need new volunteers that can be original in their work online. 

4 to 6 hours a week. Very little travel needed.

Work closely with traditional press as well as social media to increase awareness and educate the public about Build Futures and our mission. Determine the marketing, communication and PR needs of the organization, He/she will create and execute a marketing plan to inform and educate the community about Build Futures.

Specific responsibilities include: defining marketing and public relations goals and strategies, helping develop a marketing / PR plan, compose a monthly newsletter, write articles, blogs and/or press releases, create marketing collateral such as presentations, maintain a marketing calendar, coordinate marketing events, evaluate marketing effectiveness and work in the community to create awareness of the problem of homeless youth, and demonstrate the benefits of Build Futures.

 4 to 6 hours a week. Some travel required.

A key contributor on the public relations / marketing team. A talented artist is needed to assist in designing brochures, posters, web page and other media that can promote Build Futures to potential sponsors, businesses or committees.

2 to 4 hours a week. Very little travel needed.

coordinates social activities, works with other volunteers in organizing event planning and fundraisers and obtains sponsorships.

 2 to 4 hours a week. Travel required.

College Recruiting will organize a system of recruiting volunteer support both on campuses and from recent graduates. 

2 to 4 hours a week. Travel required.

Help maintain the database for all resources, clients, volunteers, business contacts, etc. The sales force database will be the heart of the program. Help maintain the accuracy of resources and identify viable resources for the youth. 

4 to 8 hours a week. Very little travel.

This person will work to help educate the volunteers of Build Futures and give them skills needed to increase the help that they can offer to the homeless kids. Training may also include youth training in collaboration with community services. 

Specific responsibilities include; coordinating and implementing monthly training sessions within the company as well as by community agencies and programs such as: CPR, First Aid, Gang Task Force, AA, Financial Literacy, Employment Workshops and Planned Parenthood. The ideal candidate should be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers.

Candidate should have: strong leadership ability, ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction, superior verbal communication skills, excellent organizational and planning skills, a strong sense of personal integrity, and a sincere desire to help homeless and street kids. Most importantly, this candidate must work well with others but also have the strength to take control over groups of volunteers to help educate them.

4 hours a week. Very little travel required.

Community Resource Development will work in cooperation with other members of the leadership team to determine the resource needs of the program. Specific responsibilities include; helping sustain local resource contacts that can help homeless and street kids, working with community members to ensure the kids have the most recent information on area clinics, shelter, food and other basic services, and developing continuing support from sponsors. This group will contact management personnel, businesses and nonprofits to increase awareness in the hopes of increasing resources.

The ideal candidate should be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers. Candidate should have: strong leadership ability, ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction, superior verbal communication skills, excellent organizational and planning skills, a strong sense of personal integrity, and a sincere desire to help homeless and street kids.

4 to 6 hours a week. Travel required.

Work with other members of the leadership team to help at-risk youth reach their goals through educational development. Specific responsibilities include: helping kids get on the right track to obtain a high school diploma or GED, helping kids track down previous school records, and helping kids find the right school for them. They will also give help in filling out the FAFSA and enrolling in college. This will include the identification of vocational and job skill training opportunities.

This volunteer will often be in communication with the schools and the youth, and will often act as the intermediary to ensure the youth’s success. This leader must be sympathetic to the youth, yet able to be authoritarian as well. Need to be an enthusiastic team player able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers.

4 to 6 hours a week. Travel required.

Forward thinkers are needed to determine ways that Build Futures can help a larger group of youths, and ensure its long term success. This management team will review the successes of the program and determine how it can be maintained and improved.

4 to 6 hours a week. 

He/she will help execute a plan to recruit, train and support volunteers. Specific responsibilities include: ensuring that all volunteers pass background checks, interviewing and reference checking all volunteers, maintaining confidential files on all volunteers, ensuring that volunteers are assigned to positions commensurate with their skills and interests, creating and maintaining a training plan, coordinating training logistics, ensuring that appropriate training is undertaken and recorded, implementing volunteer performance evaluations, and creating and implementing a volunteer recognition program.

The ideal candidate should be able to work effectively with both leadership and volunteers. Candidate should have: strong leadership ability, ability to plan and manage work with minimum direction, superior verbal communication skills, excellent organizational and planning skills, a strong sense of personal integrity, and a sincere desire to help homeless and street kids.

6 to 8 hours a week. Some travel required.

This can be comprised of individuals or a group who will help to obtain clothes, hygiene products, food, phone cards, bus passes and other resources that are high priority needs for the program. Contact Targets’, Wal-Mart’s’, etc. managers for gift cards for our organization or youth’s personal items, underwear and socks. Sometimes they will give an organization with a local cause up to a $500 gift certificate. 

May also, as needed, provide or arrange to be donated 20-30 food or hygiene bags a month. Small serving sizes, a moist towelette, napkin and plastic wear, one small ravioli (etc.), juice, water, one granola bar, one pudding/fruit cup, one small box of raisins, one chocolate candy bar, one package of pretzels or microwave popcorn.. 

4 to 6 hours a week. Some travel required.

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