Recruitment Assistant - Save the Bay
Job Description
Are you interested in managing volunteers and organizing events? Do you have excellent communication and writing skills? At Save The Bay, we provide interns with the opportunity to work with 4,000 volunteers annually in a variety of capacities. An internship in the volunteer program will provide students with the skills to organize events, manage & recognize volunteers, promote volunteer opportunities and internships, oversee outreach projects and manage individual volunteer programs.
This position is offered year-round with a rolling application process.
What you will learn:
- How to write volunteer and internship descriptions and post on recruitment websites
- Event and project management
- Professional communication skills
- Real-world administrative and office skills
- Leadership of projects such as beach cleanups and other volunteer events
What we require:
- Availability a minimum of 20 hours per week
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Comfortable speaking to groups and making contact with the general public on Save The Bay’s behalf
- Strong organizational skills
- Must have ability to occasionally work independently and have initiative
- Availability to work on some weekends
- General office skills including proficiency with MS Office and Google Drive
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and able to show proof of vaccination
If you have a work study award and would like to earn your award through this position, contact the Feinstein Center at engage@rwu.edu or call 401-254-3765.
*Students are prohibited from driving during work-study employment with the limited exception of authorized work-study driver positions.
** All employees, including student employees, are required to participate in a short online training that will prepare you with the new protocols for working on campus. Please click on the following link to complete your training: http://rwu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a4aBCUkcc7Vl7QF
***Only students who are fully vaccinated are permitted to work on-site. Unvaccinated students will be permitted to only work remotely.