The Volunteer Coordinator plays an essential role in ensuring a positive and educational experience for our students and members of the debate community, through the recruitment, vetting, and support of volunteers. This position requires bilingual communication (speaking, reading, and writing) skills in Spanish and English.

Primary Responsibilities

• Volunteer recruitment in the Twin Cities metro area: refine recruitment materials, engage with potential volunteers through digital communications and in-person events, manage background checks.
• Volunteer training and management: train volunteers as debate judges, ensuring readiness and positive experiences; manage background checks and onboarding. Track volunteers in salesforce.
• Enhance engagement: foster volunteer commitment through gratitude, surveys, and recognition strategies, including video messages.
• Tournament logistics: Coordinate judge training, manage event execution, organize and transport tournament supplies, and handle payments for paid volunteers.
• Reporting and collaboration: Provide ongoing event-specific volunteer reporting, supervise student workers, and collaborate on grant-related reporting and donor connections.
• Spanish translation: translate all volunteer and family engagement materials for our Spanish debate program.
• Community relationships: Manage family engagement and collaborate with school personnel for volunteer verification.

Additional Responsibilities

• Oversee student employees focused on community engagement for our Spanish and East African debate programs
• Other duties as assigned

Note: Review of applicants will begin immediately; hiring will take place on or after October 1st.