Occasional Volunteer | Regular Volunteer | Project Coordinator | Service Team Leader | Program Specialist

 

You will want to organize trainings by addressing the leadership responsibilities of students engaged in specific roles at their placements. Listed below are five core functions or roles commonly found in service programs. Training and enrichment activities will vary in terms of the breadth and depth you may want to go into at each level. For instance, the historical background about a neighborhood you might provide to a first-time student volunteer would likely be much more general than what you would give to a project coordinator or team leader.

 

This role is filled by students who simply want to volunteer from time to time. There is not a continuous commitment by the student.

 

A regular volunteer makes a commitment to work for a consistent basis at an agency. Bonner Students fall into this category from their first year in the program.

 

This person is responsible for helping recruit, train, and supervise occasional and regular volunteers serving at a specific project site.

 

A service team leader is one who participates at a strategic management level with other individuals responsible for overall management of an agency or project. The service team includes campus staff and faculty who work closely with a community leader(s), typically the director of agency or project. Among other responsibilities, this team recruits and trains the project coordinators, participates in community-based research projects related to their initiative, and raising money.

 

A program specialist works with the program in a central administrative role (e.g., public relations, community research, web design and maintenance).

 

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