Role & responsibilities :

1. Volunteer Strategy, Recruitment & Onboarding

- Develop and implement the organizations volunteer engagement strategy aligned with program and organizational goals.
- Lead recruitment and onboarding of volunteers across community, youth, institutional, and corporate segments.
- Build a diverse and inclusive volunteer pool with relevant skills, experience, and geographic representation.
- Design structured onboarding, orientation, and induction processes to ensure volunteers are effectively integrated into programmes.
- Create and maintain volunteer databases, engagement trackers, and deployment plans.
- Support the development of partnership proposals, engagement plans, reports, and presentations.

1. Corporate & Professional Volunteer Engagement

- Build and manage engagement opportunities for corporate employees and skilled/professional volunteers.
- Collaborate with CSR teams, companies, and professional networks to create meaningful volunteering avenues aligned with organizational priorities.
- Design short-term and long-term volunteering models, including mentoring, training support, employee engagement drives, project-based volunteering, and pro-bono support.
- Ensure a positive volunteer experience through effective coordination, communication, and relationship management.

1. Retention, Recognition & Stewardship





- Develop volunteer retention and stewardship strategies to build a stable and committed volunteer community.
- Lead volunteer appreciation and recognition initiatives, including certifications, awards, milestone acknowledgements, and engagement events.
- Monitor volunteer feedback and satisfaction to continuously improve the volunteer experience.
- Address volunteer concerns, resolve operational challenges, and ensure sustained engagement

Preferred candidate profile : Years of Experience The ideal candidate should possess a minimum of 4 to 5 years of recruitment experience, out of which minimum 3 years of experience in the social sector is preferred.

Work Skills

- Self-starter, proactive in finding solutions and result oriented.
- Solid interpersonal, networking and collaboration skills.
- Effective time management skills with prior success at executing projects in a timely manner and achieving results on schedule.
- Effective at developing ideas and strategies during strategic planning meetings.
- Ability to quickly build relationships and influence others without authority.

Other Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong computer and technology skills with familiarity in using computer and web-based applications (Microsoft Office Applications, especially Excel, online portals for MIS).

📌 Volunteering Assistant Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Kotak Education Foundation
📍 Mumbai