Current Opportunities
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR - Closes September 8, 2023
Summary
Reporting to the Manager of Volunteers & Community Engagement, the Community Development Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating a range of community relations, outreach, partnership development and programming. The incumbent position will also coordinate the volunteer program and MHI community events and special events
Position Summary
Are you passionate about ending homelessness? Do you have a background in Volunteer Management and Community Development? Then consider joining the growing team at Ottawa-based affordable housing charity, Multifaith Housing Initiative (MHI)! We proudly own and operate four affordable housing sites.
Reporting to the Manager of Volunteers & Community Engagement, the Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating a range of community relations, outreach, partnership development and programming. The incumbent position will also coordinate the volunteer program and MHI community events and special events.
Position Description
Volunteer recruiting and screening
- Posting volunteer opportunities online, bulletin boards, etc.
- Presenting MHI and its exciting activities at faith communities to recruit volunteers.
- Informally recruiting volunteers from social functions.
- Attending job fairs to meet and recruit potential volunteers.
- Interviewing potential volunteers to determine suitability for MHI mission/vision.
- Connecting with chairs of various committees for onboarding of volunteers on appropriate volunteer committees.
Volunteer orientation, training and support
- Conducting volunteer orientation and training sessions
- Giving new volunteers tour of the appropriate spaces and buildings to orient them.
- Assessing volunteer needs to enhance day-to-day support for volunteers.
- Attending appropriate committee meetings to help achieve mandate.
- Tracking volunteer hours for annual report.
- Conducting annual volunteer needs assessment to enhance the volunteer program.
- Preparing a report on volunteer contribution to MHI.
- Periodic review of volunteer policies, procedures, and guidelines as required.
- Helping volunteers to help address the needs of MHI residents.
- Managing volunteer information in MHI database.
Community Engagement
- Proactively seeking opportunities to create mutually beneficial partnerships with community organizations, and relationships with people of strong standing in their community.
- Developing partnerships with various agencies to bring programming to MHI tenants.
- Researching to identify funding agencies to submit grant proposals for programming.
- Acting as ambassador of MHI by proactively seeking opportunities to raise MHI’s profile, presenting at conferences, events, faith groups, bazaars, etc.
- Ongoing identification of key contact persons including past and current faith community members of MHI as a link to the various communities.
- Ongoing interactions with faith community contact persons (persons in charge of outreach, email, phone call, personal visits).
- Assessing faith community’s capacity and desire to partner for appropriate and targeted engagement.
- Ongoing review and implementation of a membership growth strategy.
- Ongoing assessment of faith community’s capacity and desire to partner and work to deepen relationship.
- Providing support to the National Housing Day (NHD) planning committee to plan the NHD event.
- Working with the Membership and Outreach Committee (MOC) to engage in an annual membership drive (including membership mailouts and follow-ups).
- Working with the Haven community building team to enhance community cohesiveness at the Haven (planning social and educational events)
PLUS, OTHER RELATED DUTIES AS NECESSARY
Gross Pay range for the position is between $50,000-$55,000 per annum for 37.5 hours per week, based on experience.
We offer a competitive health benefit package.
HOW TO APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Please send your resume and cover letter to Sahada Alolo: comm.engagement@multifaithhousing.ca and CC: Suzanne Le: exec.director@multifaithhousing.ca
Summary
Reporting to the Manager of Volunteers & Community Engagement, the Community Development Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating a range of community relations, outreach, partnership development and programming. The incumbent position will also coordinate the volunteer program and MHI community events and special events
Position Summary
Are you passionate about ending homelessness? Do you have a background in Volunteer Management and Community Development? Then consider joining the growing team at Ottawa-based affordable housing charity, Multifaith Housing Initiative (MHI)! We proudly own and operate four affordable housing sites.
Reporting to the Manager of Volunteers & Community Engagement, the Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating a range of community relations, outreach, partnership development and programming. The incumbent position will also coordinate the volunteer program and MHI community events and special events.
Position Description
Volunteer recruiting and screening
- Posting volunteer opportunities online, bulletin boards, etc.
- Presenting MHI and its exciting activities at faith communities to recruit volunteers.
- Informally recruiting volunteers from social functions.
- Attending job fairs to meet and recruit potential volunteers.
- Interviewing potential volunteers to determine suitability for MHI mission/vision.
- Connecting with chairs of various committees for onboarding of volunteers on appropriate volunteer committees.
Volunteer orientation, training and support
- Conducting volunteer orientation and training sessions
- Giving new volunteers tour of the appropriate spaces and buildings to orient them.
- Assessing volunteer needs to enhance day-to-day support for volunteers.
- Attending appropriate committee meetings to help achieve mandate.
- Tracking volunteer hours for annual report.
- Conducting annual volunteer needs assessment to enhance the volunteer program.
- Preparing a report on volunteer contribution to MHI.
- Periodic review of volunteer policies, procedures, and guidelines as required.
- Helping volunteers to help address the needs of MHI residents.
- Managing volunteer information in MHI database.
Community Engagement
- Proactively seeking opportunities to create mutually beneficial partnerships with community organizations, and relationships with people of strong standing in their community.
- Developing partnerships with various agencies to bring programming to MHI tenants.
- Researching to identify funding agencies to submit grant proposals for programming.
- Acting as ambassador of MHI by proactively seeking opportunities to raise MHI’s profile, presenting at conferences, events, faith groups, bazaars, etc.
- Ongoing identification of key contact persons including past and current faith community members of MHI as a link to the various communities.
- Ongoing interactions with faith community contact persons (persons in charge of outreach, email, phone call, personal visits).
- Assessing faith community’s capacity and desire to partner for appropriate and targeted engagement.
- Ongoing review and implementation of a membership growth strategy.
- Ongoing assessment of faith community’s capacity and desire to partner and work to deepen relationship.
- Providing support to the National Housing Day (NHD) planning committee to plan the NHD event.
- Working with the Membership and Outreach Committee (MOC) to engage in an annual membership drive (including membership mailouts and follow-ups).
- Working with the Haven community building team to enhance community cohesiveness at the Haven (planning social and educational events)
PLUS, OTHER RELATED DUTIES AS NECESSARY
Gross Pay range for the position is between $50,000-$55,000 per annum for 37.5 hours per week, based on experience.
We offer a competitive health benefit package.
HOW TO APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Please send your resume and cover letter to Sahada Alolo: comm.engagement@multifaithhousing.ca and CC: Suzanne Le: exec.director@multifaithhousing.ca
