Do you have more time to give and want to play a leadership role in our volunteer community?

Looking to: 

• Share your skills and experience
• Work together
• Make a difference
• Have fun and contribute to a diverse and growing community?

Consider Joining Our 2019-2021 Volunteer Executive

We’re Changing:

We’re moving from a departmental model (with chairs representing each volunteer placement), to a team-based structure that invites volunteers from across the program to come together once a month in working meetings to accomplish our shared goals. We’re looking to create meaningful opportunities to get involved with varying levels of commitment, to invite a broader diversity of volunteers to contribute and to make a difference.

What We’re Looking For:

• A Volunteer President.
• 6 – 8 members from across the AGO volunteer community, who enjoy collaborative and collective-decision making and working in teams.

What’s Our Mandate?

Reporting into People (formerly SVR), through the Volunteer President, the Volunteer Executive’s responsibilities are:

• To make decisions on how volunteer funds are distributed, including the Volunteer Endowment Trust, Margaret Machell Study Grant, and Bursary Trust.
• To organize events to recognize and celebrate our volunteers, including the Volunteer Annual Party and Alumni Tea.
• To create content for the Volunteer Blog.
• To stay connected to the broader volunteer community through participation in Volunteers Connect, the National Docent Society (NDS) and the Volunteer Committees of Museums (VCAM).
• To enhance the volunteer experience through volunteer recognition, awards, orientation & training.

 Commitment:

•  Volunteer Executive members, including the VE President, are expected to commit to a up to 2-year term.
• Attendance at regular monthly meetings (generally 2 hours per month, currently from 5 – 7 p.m., though flexible and to be decided by incoming group).
• Time commitment outside of these meetings varies, depending on priorities, but generally falls between 3 – 5 hours per month

 What Skills Are We Looking For?

 Volunteer President (1 role):

A committed, caring individual in our current volunteer community who has demonstrated experience in:

• Leading, engaging and inspiring others to achieve results.
• Fostering a collaborative, diverse and inclusive culture.
• Building positive relationships to keep shared priorities on track.
• Someone who is a champion of the AGO, our volunteers and our employees, and who is passionate about what we can do together, related to art, audience, and learning.
• A person with strong interpersonal, communication, teamwork, decision-making, problem-solving, time management and organizational skills.
• A leader with knowledge of governance and communications (i.e. email, blogging, social media), and comfortable working with Microsoft Office suite.

 Volunteer Executive Members (6 – 8 roles):

Committed, caring volunteers who are part of our current volunteer community, who are champions of the AGO, our volunteers and our employees, and who are passionate about art, audience and learning.

• Individuals who embrace a collaborative, diverse and inclusive culture and who are results-oriented.
• People who have experience, skills and interest in any of the following areas:

Learning & Collaboration

• Experience working with others around common goals.

Communications

• Knowledge & experience with various ways to communicate to engage a diverse volunteer community.
• Great relationship-building and storytelling skills to engage volunteers in sharing their stories.

Event Coordination

• Familiarity with organizing events that engage and involve the participants.
  • Strong time-management, communication and attention to detail.

How To Apply:

Sound like you? Please send an email and current resume (if you have one) and let us know:

• What role you are applying for (Volunteer President / Volunteer Executive Member).
• Why you’d like to be involved and how your skills and interests match what we’re looking for.
• Email to: Holly Procktor, Coordinator, Volunteers at [email protected]

Application Deadline:  Friday June 7, 2019

We thank all applicants who apply and will follow up directly with each of you!