Part-Time Volunteer Selection Specialist

Title: Part-Time Volunteer Selection Specialist

Department: Product

Employment Type: Part-Time, Temporary, Non-Exempt

Duration: Seasonal from April 2024 - August 2024 with the potential to continue from September 2024  - January 2025

Hours: 15-25 hours per week, flexible daily schedule with majority of hours worked during regular business hours, Monday through Friday

Location: Remote from one of our current Braven operating states: GA, CA, IL, DE, MA, NY, NJ, DC, OH

Compensation: $25 per hour

About Braven

Braven is a career-accelerating program that prepares promising young people—many of whom are people of color, from low income backgrounds, and the first in their families to attend college—to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation. 

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.  

Together, we are helping to open up access to the American Promise, empowering a generation of leaders who mirror the diversity of our country.

To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Impact Report and Jobs Report.

About the Role

Braven is seeking Volunteer Selection Specialists to interview applicants for volunteer roles and make recommendations on whether or not to accept them as volunteers. The Volunteer Selection Specialists will play a critical role in ensuring that our volunteers have the skill-sets and experience to successfully facilitate, mentor, coach, support and build community with a cohort of 5-8 Fellows (college students) weekly throughout an entire semester.  

What You’ll Do

• Become fully knowledgeable with Braven’s Leadership Coach volunteer program, requirements and each Braven region’s volunteer profile
• Use Braven’s Interview Guide to take notes and interview Leadership Coach volunteer applicants
• Make post-interview selection recommendations (accept, reject, waitlist; etc.) to each Braven region for final decision
• Update Salesforce records and ensure data accuracy
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience with hiring, interviewing and/or recruiting

Preferred Qualifications

• Exceptional interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• Strong judgment and ability to handle confidential, sensitive information with absolute discretion
• Familiarity of and comfort with Salesforce
• Familiarity of and comfort with Zoom virtual meetings
• Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion
• Exemplification of Braven’s core values
• Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and has prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population

Work Demands

• Some evening and weekend work required

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the US

Benefits

Compensation

This is a part-time temporary, non-exempt, position paid at an hourly rate of $25 per hour. The anticipated hours per week for this role are 15-25 hours per week. 

Location

Remote from one of our current Braven operating states: GA, IL, DE, MA, NY, NJ, DC, OH

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

At Braven, we are committed to attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining a diverse team. Braven operates in the context of our American culture, against the backdrop of systemic racism and oppression of marginalized people since our country’s founding. We are committed to assembling leaders at our organization who have emerged from everywhere, with a particular emphasis on those who share the racial and income backgrounds of our Fellows, and creating an inclusive culture that allows all teammates, of all experiences and identities, to thrive.  

Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.  We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.