Recruitment Manager

Recruitment Manager

The Menare Foundation is seeking a Recruitment Manager for new staff and volunteers (90% virtual; 10% onsite - negotiable). Estimated hours per week: 2 to 3.

About Menare Foundation

The Menare Foundation, Inc., is a national non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation, preservation, and restoration of Underground Railroad safehouses and environments, and to the creation of associated education programs to support these historical sites. The historic Button Farm Living History Center, home to the Menare Foundation, is Marylands only living history center depicting 19th century plantation life. Button Farm features a Civil War-era Barn, Historic Outbuildings, Livestock Pens, Museum Garden, and a Slave Cemetery. Button Farm is open to the public from April through October.

Job Description

The Menare Foundation Recruitment Manager oversees the recruitment and placement for both long- and short-term volunteers. Volunteers may be individuals or groups. Interested parties may include individual middle and high school students (for SSL hours), public/private school groups, adults/families, community organizations, and corporations/businesses.

Major duties include:

• Managing the Menare Foundations Montgomery County Volunteer Center (MCVC) organization page. Includes posting and updating volunteer opportunities, answering questions about opportunities, ensuring the Foundation meets SSL and other MCVC requirements, etc.
• Recruiting, screening, and interviewing (when appropriate) volunteers for various opportunities.
• Maintaining a database of volunteers and providing timely reports on the number of volunteers, their hours, and status.
• Organizing an annual volunteer recognition event.

Desired knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Must be comfortable with Microsoft Office Suite, experience with Google Docs preferred.
• Excellent organizational and coordination abilities.
• Ability to keep detailed records of volunteers information and assignments.
• Able to communicate effectively with diverse people (age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
• A pleasant, outgoing personality.