Bilingual Donation Intake Coordinator - Helping With Furniture
Volunteer Types: Administration/Office, Others
Organization types: Community and Social Services, Poverty/Social Justice
Ongoing (more than a year)
Application Deadline: December 2, 2024
Description
As a Donation Intake volunteer you will review the incoming requests for donation pick-ups or drop-offs, determine if the donation is suitable for HWF and assist in scheduling pick-ups.
At this point, we have a specific need for volunteers who are fluent in French.
To succeed in this position, you will need:
Attention to detail
Ability to follow instructions (for acceptability of donations)
Good interpersonal skills
Good communication skills, verbal and written
Good computer skills
Good organizational skills
Ability to work in a team
Access to a phone
Access to a computer or laptop
Familiarity with Google suite ( especially google sheets & google drive)
How will this opportunity benefit the volunteer?
For more than 15 years, HWF has been helping refugees, recent immigrants, and people relocating from shelters, leaving abusive situations, struggling with mental illness or at risk of homelessness. We are an award-winning, registered charity entirely run by volunteers. There are a number of benefits for volunteers: • use your community service to complete required volunteer hours • join a diverse team of volunteers from all backgrounds, races, religions and cultures • volunteer in areas that you can add as acquired experience on your cv • knowing that you are helping Ottawa’s most vulnerable
How will the organization benefit?
HWF relies on donations from the community to allow us to support our clients. Your role as a donation intake volunteer is the link between members of the community who want to donate items and HWF. You perform a quality assurance function to make sure the organization is accepting donations that can be used.
Volunteer location:
1455 Michael St Unit 3
Contact
Diane Vena
@Helping With Furniture
Time it will take to contact applicants:
2-3-weeks
2-3-weeks
Details
This position would be great for: Adults, Seniors (65+)
Number of Positions Available: 2
Good for people interested in: Administration/Office, Others
You will be helping with: Disadvantaged, First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Indigenous persons, Homeless, Persons new to Canada, Persons with disabilities or medical conditions, Seniors
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