Executive Volunteer Connector Service
Volunteer Information
If you are a current, or retired Executive and feel that you would like to make a much needed difference for a local non-profit organization here in Franklin County, you have come to the right place. We are looking for executives from a variety of professional backgrounds to volunteer their years of experience, wealth of knowledge, and their professional guidance, to assist local organizations to meet definable goals and overcome specific hurdles so that they can move forward to better serve their clients & communities of Franklin County.
Qualifications
- Executive or other leadership experience
- Experience with non-profit organizations or volunteer agencies (e.g., board member, executive director, volunteer, etc.)
- Open minded team player with a commitment to make the best decisions for the non-profit organization
- Adheres to the highest standards of ethical actions in decision-making
- Enjoys problem solving
- Good listening and negotiating skills
- Good organizational skills
- Ability to present ideas and topics and discuss them in a professional manner
- Ability to adapt quickly to new or ambiguous situations
- Time to devote to duties and responsibilities in accepted projects
- Ability to keep information confidential
- Can use email to regularly receive and send information
Responsibilities
- Reviews each relevant nonprofit organization’s application for a project to determine personal interest in doing project, good fit with project requirements, and time requirements. Rejects those which do not meet interest, skill, and schedule requirements of volunteer
- Defines personal schedule preferences and limitations for each accepted project to EVCS Director & nonprofit project coordinator before project begins to minimize any scheduling problems
- Participates in 75% of meetings, conference calls and other activities related to accepted project
- Responds to email and phone communications from EVCS Director and nonprofit’s project coordinator
- Discloses any and all conflicts of interest
- Shares experiences, expertise and contacts related to EVCS
- Provides objective, constructive input and feedback when making project recommendations
- Identifies, articulates and prioritizes issues, topics and challenges affecting project
- Offers solutions as well as novel approaches to problems and issues; keeps EVCS Director informed of such
- Participates in evaluation of project after project is completed
- Promotes the purpose, accomplishments and mission of EVCS
Application
Interested volunteers should submit the attached application with complete narrative responses. All information will be kept confidential.
Print out or complete the application online:
Send to:
Justin English
Director of Internship & MBA Recruitment
John L. Grove College of Business
Shippensburg University, Grove Hall Suite 317
1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257
E-mail: jmenglish@ship.edu
For more information call Justin at (717)-477-1123, x 3346