VS: Volunteer Screener
VS: Volunteer Screener
Help volunteers find their place—and their purpose. As an Opportunity Review Team Member, you’ll support volunteers as they pursue specific position and project opportunities. You’ll connect with both new and seasoned volunteers to ensure their skills, interests, and availability match with meaningful ways to contribute. Your guidance ensures every volunteer feels valued and confident in taking their next step—all from the comfort of your home.
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Remote/Virtual Volunteer Opportunity
Key Responsibilities
- Connect with Purpose: Schedule and conduct virtual Opportunity Review conversations to learn about how volunteers match their selected opportunities.
- Match with Meaning: Use your understanding of volunteer interests, skills, and availability to recommend roles that fit, if the selected one(s) is not a match.
- Stay Informed: Review selected opportunities and prepare for conversations using standardized training materials.
- Keep Records Current: Update candidate profiles and referrals in Volunteer Connection, our online volunteer system.
- Support the Mission: Help volunteers begin their journey with a line of business/department with clarity, confidence, and connection.
Qualifications
- Warm & Welcoming Communicator: You enjoy talking with people and helping them feel heard and supported.
- Organized & Reliable: You manage your time well and follow through on tasks with care.
- Tech-Ready: You’re comfortable using online systems and learning new tools (training provided).
- Service-Oriented: You’re enthusiastic about the Red Cross mission and helping others find their place in it.
- Team Player: You collaborate well and stay connected with your team virtually.
- Experience Matters: Customer service and/or HR experience is a plus—but your people skills matter most.
- Virtual-Ready: You have reliable internet and a quiet space to volunteer from home.
Time Commitment
4 hours per week
Development Opportunities
Opportunities to work in a fast-paced and professional environment.
Working with deadlines and specific time-lines. Hone and develop
interview skills.
Experience towards working with Event Based Volunteers and Staff
Services on Disaster Relief Operations.
Length of Appointment
6 months, renewable
Relationships
Regional Volunteer Services, Screening Lead, Volunteer Intake Processing Center
Training
- Orientation to the American Red Cross
- Position specific training, including but not limited to Volunteer Connection
- Regional training - understanding the region's volunteer needs