We have a number of unique volunteer opportunities for people with particular interests in supporting us and unique skills. For interest and questions in fulfilling these unique roles, please contact spokeperson@velocitycoop.org.
Open Véloteering Roles
Content Contributor
Update content on our website, supporting websites such as google business and volunteer recruitment sites, and marketing material.
Vélocity Spokesperson
Description:
Cultivate healthy relationships with our customers and prospective sponsors and partners through personable and timely responses to public inquiries from our spokesperson public inbox, yelp, google, and social media accounts.
Serve as our gatekeeper and ambassador to our public.
Thank people for donations through paypal. Typically 5 replies a week.
Most questions can be responded to using an FAQ guide. Other questions which can’t be answered can be directed to the appropriate person.
Update FAQ as needed to retain institutional knowledge for volunteer training.
Time Commitment: About 5 hours a month of digital support
Grant Writer
Identify and write grants in support of our needs
Establish and maintain velocity grant writer guidelines to alleviate role transitions.
Monitor and Report:
Progress of awarded grants to the Granter and Grant application status to the Development Committee
Time Commitment: 2 hours a month of digital support
Bike Maintenance Class Instructor
Description:
Develop and maintain curriculum for levels of maintenance and repair.Schedule classesWork to meet students needs within time & resource constraintsDevelop teaching aidsMentor instructor development
Time Commitment: 6-8 hours a month
Volunteer Membership Coordinator
Description:
Monitor and support volunteer retention.
Ensure new volunteers feel welcome and appreciated by recognizing hour milestones they’ve surpassed based on the volunteer hour tracker. Communicate this to volunteer email list and Slack channel.
Seek new volunteer feedback either in person, through surveys, emails, or phone calls to make sure they’re happy with their experience and to find ways VeloCity can improve. This should be conducted particularly for new volunteers and volunteers who are no longer involved based upon a lack of submission in the volunteer tracker.
Expected time commitment: 2-5 hours a month
Social Media Contributor
Description:
Drive more traffic to better engage and grow our customer and community support bases through consistent and effective public outreach and social media communications in support of:
Growing community support:
Business and individual sponsors
Customer base
Volunteer base
Sharing benefactor and beneficiaries stories about the significance of Velocity’s contributions.
Time commitment: 1-2 a month of digital support
Volunteer Scheduler
Description:
Ensure consistent weekend volunteer coverage
Encourage volunteers to pick at least one shift a month to sign up.
Monitor no-shows.
Gather staff and volunteer feedback of how weekends are going.
Provide feedback to Operations Committee for discussion.
Send volunteer sign up reminders at least a day prior to weekend.
Time Commitment: 3 hours a month
Open Board Roles
None currently.