• Build and maintain the volunteer base, ensure ongoing peer leadership opportunities and volunteer development, manage the stipend program, volunteer positions and schedules

• Work with Program Coordinator on evening and weekend activities ensuring there is staff or volunteer coverage

• A short commute from both Boston and Providence

Description of Position

CCBC is hiring a Volunteer Coordinator for the Taunton Peer Recovery Support Center. The Volunteer Coordinator will be responsible for building and maintaining the volunteer base, ensuring ongoing peer leadership opportunities and volunteer development, mentoring, managing the stipend program, volunteer positions and schedules.

The Volunteer Coordinator works one Saturday every other week, and one evening per week.

Responsibilities

1. Recruit volunteers for the Taunton Peer Recovery Support Center
2. Recruit members of Advisory Board
3. Work with the Program Director to convene regular meetings of Advisory Board and ensure input is incorporated into the practices and services of the Taunton Peer Recovery Support Center
4. Orient all volunteers to the policies and procedures of the Taunton Peer Recovery Support Center
5. Supervise and evaluate work of all volunteers
6. Work with Program Coordinator on evening and weekend activities ensuring there is staff or volunteer coverage
7. Ensure full compliance with BSAS standards
8. Ensure full compliance with BSAS reporting requirements

Requirements

Education/Training

This position requires at least one year of work on a recovery oriented program; experience with oversight of volunteers; degree in human services preferred.

Experience

Should have some combination of the following: Nonprofit organizations, personnel management, policy design and implementation; Also, must have lived experience as a person in recovery with at least two years of sustained recovery time; experience working with diverse populations. Employed experience in behavioral health field preferred; Must possess good organizational skills, effective written, verbal and computer skills.

Skills

1. Effective organizational skills
2. Demonstrated leadership skills
3. Strong interpersonal skills
4. Ability to effect partnerships throughout the recovery community
5. Effective oral and written communication skills
6. Ability to advocate for recovery services
7. Ability to teach/train staff
8. Understanding of addictions/substance use disorders
9. Experience working with groups
10. Proficient computer skills

Other

Knowledge of Core-Competencies as identified by the employee’s assigned department; Must have a valid driver’s license in the state of residence and submit a copy of satisfactory record of driving from the state of residence of registry of motor vehicles, as determined by the department vice president; Must complete MA and ADP Criminal Offense Record Information (CORI) process; Must have computer literacy as related to the requirements of the position.

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Date posted: 3/21/2025