Volunteer Specialist Position Description

2025 VOLUNTEER SPECIALIST(MARCH - DECEMBER)

ABOUT EARTHCORPS:

Earth Corps (EC) is a Seattle-based nonprofit organization with a mission of developing leaders to strengthen community and restore the health of our environment. EC's Corps Program is an intensive year-long training program that unites young adults (ages 18-29) from across the United States and around the world to learn skills in community building, habitat restoration, and leadership. EC program participants are part of a diverse group of emerging environmental leaders committed to teamwork, service, and personal growth.

Ecological restoration is one tool to address these impacts of climate change and care for our land. Teams at Earth Corps have an opportunity to directly improve the resiliency of our land by restoring habitat, improving water and air quality, reducing erosion, sequestering carbon and engaging the broader community to become stewards of our shared resource. Earth Corps is an environmental restoration and leadership development organization, and we are committed to grounding our work with an environmental justice lens.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Volunteer Specialist is an Ameri Corps position with Earth Corps. This position works as part of the Community and Volunteer Engagement Team and assists in all aspects of volunteer organization, coordination, and community engagement events.

This position provides a good mix of field experience along with office experience. The amount of time spent outdoors or in the office fluctuates throughout the year. Events and busier periods may be sporadic throughout the year. Field work includes onsite leadership of volunteers of all ages, plant removal, native plant installation, facilitating outdoor educational activities, maintaining tools and equipment, and completing additional nonvolunteer field projects with other crew members.

Office tasks include planning volunteer events, maintaining systems, and designing/implementing outreach activities for various audiences.

This position reports to the Community & Volunteer Senior Manager. The Volunteer Specialist works closely with the Partnerships and Program Directors.

Volunteer Specialists will participate fully in an orientation as well as designated retreats, workshops, and trainings throughout the year. All applicants must meet the requirements to become an Ameri Corps member and abide by Ameri

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Coordination and Implementation:

• Serves as onsite liaison between agency partners, project managers and volunteers.

• Support and lead high quality, safe, and educational volunteer events every Saturday and some weekdays.

• Mentor, guide, and inspire Earth Corps volunteers of all ages.

• Support team projects and programs like youth internships for students under 18.

• Assist project managers with the coordination of volunteer events, field projects, site restoration planning, and documentation of work completed.

• Assist with volunteer recruitment activities such as hosting information tables and posting fliers.

• Maintain Earth Corps Volunteer Program materials, tools & vehicles.

• Serves as on-site project leader for Earth Corps.

• Complete non-volunteer restoration projects as needed by the organization.

• Connect community partners, volunteers and youth in South King County communities via promotion of events, educational tabling, and speaking events, social media, and other methods as appropriate

• Promote Earth Corps volunteer opportunities in South King County, with focused attention on the communities closest to project sites.

• Develop post event follow up communications to share, encouraging volunteers to continue participation in community events

Communication:

• Strive for professional, clear, timely and open communication amongst staff and corps participants utilizing Microsoft 365, Salesforce CRM, organizational tools, and partner agency platforms.

• Prepare oral and written reports, including before and after photos of volunteer events, work logs, work project summaries, equipment use and maintenance logs, and incident reports.

• Meet regularly with Community and Volunteer team, Volunteer Manager, and…