seeking volunteer coordinator
In May 2007 Dance Parade New York brought together over 4000 dancers and 13 floats down New York's Broadway and Fifth Avenue in the first-ever parade and festival to celebrate all forms of dance--everything from African to zydeco, belly to breakdance and salsa to swing. The first year success shows that Dance Parade can and should grow to be a positive force and energetic expression of our diverse dance communities. We are now building the team that will drive Dance Parade's tremendous growth into a City institution in our second year.
We seek a motivated individual with a background in dance who can spend 5 to 10 hours per week assessing where in the organization support is needed and to solicit assistance or be the go-between with volunteer applicants and team leaders.
Dance Parade 2008's Volunteer Coordinator's role description:
- Develops and maintains an internet-accessible database of Dance Parade volunteers, their contact information, volunteer history, and skills, interests, and availability
- Inspires and recruits Dance Parade volunteers through word-of-mouth, Dance Parade web development with the DPNY Webmaster, targeted e-mail list messages, select media (online, print, and included in printed DPNY marketing collateral) announcements, and other novel recruitment techniques
- Updates the volunteer database with new volunteer information
- Communicates regularly with team leaders to gather updates on their staffing needs and to discuss volunteer assignments
- Assigns volunteers to roles and tasks through clear communication with volunteer, team leader, and other team members affected by or who need to be in the know about the assignment
- Works with Project Manager and Managing Director to provide contact information, photos, bios, of new team members and integrate them into the team
- Powerful drive and motivation
- Great attitude and Passion for Dance!!!!
Interested applicants please send your resume and/or background to Greg Miller, greg@danceparade.org, Chair of our Team Recruitment Committee
We look forward to hearing from you!