High Skilled Volunteers
By joining the team of professional volunteers at United Way of Calgary, you will be a respected member of a group of truly committed individuals that want to make a difference in their communities. Your skills in finance, human resources, legal matters, graphics, communications, etc. will be so important in helping make that change.
The opportunities offered are project based and require a particular skill set. These are compelling volunteer roles that require a high level of commitment and accountability. If you enjoy working in an outcomes environment with a high level of accountability, these volunteer opportunities are what you are looking for.
Welcome and Thank you.
Current Opportunities:
Corporate Data Specialist
Operational IT Support Specialist
Document Management Specialist
Office 2003/2007 Productivity Training Specialist
Corporate Data Specialist |
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| Position Description: | The successful candidate will be responsible for working with the United Way IT team to assist in corporate data clean up. Your strong organizational and interpersonal skills will be put to use in the fast paced interesting United Way environment. Specifically you would be developing an inventory of our corporate data and identifying redundancy, ownership and proposing a better way for United Way to manage its data. You will need to be able to meet/facilitate and host meetings to discover owner of data and work with end users to create groups and permissions and ensure elimination of duplications.
You would be playing an integral role on the IT team working with United Way’s 100+ employees to understand the documentation, files that exist and work through the logistics of proper ownership and management of the Data Share. This is a six month half time position. |
| Skills & Experience: | Must be knowledgeable and have worked with Windows Server (specifically permissions and groups)
Business Analyst
Highly developed interpersonal and facilitation skills
Project Manager
File Management
Customer Service |
| Outcomes: | Develop and implement a data management system for the United Way of Calgary. |
| Reimbursments: | Parking |
| Training Provided: | United Way IT staff will provide orientation and support as required. |
| Benefits to the Volunteer: | Participating in a thriving human service organization. Apply your Project Management and facilitation skills to the intricacies of a non-profit. Further develop your skills for future volunteer or employment opportunities. Participate in making a difference in your community. |
| Contact: | Edie Mackay 403.410.1842 Edie.mackay@calgaryunitedway.org |
| Time Requirement: | Full Time - (Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm) |
| Duration: | 6 months |
| Starting Date: | Flexible |
| Location: | 600, 1202 Centre St SE Calgary |
Operational IT Support Specialist |
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| Position Description: | The successful candidate will be responsible for providing day to day operational support to United Way’s IT team. Your IT skills will be put to use in the fast paced interesting United Way Environment. You would be playing an integral role on the IT team, providing leadership and support to United Way’s 100+ employees. This is a six month half time position. |
| Skills & Experience: | AD (Windows Server 2003)
Exchange 2003 (adds, moves, installs)
Thin Client (XP embedded skill set)
Print Queues/configuration (Xerox)
Vlans
Day to day administrative tasks in a windows server environment
General knowledge of how terminal services work including profiles and navigation for adds, moves, installs and changes
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| Outcomes: | Not specified |
| Reimbursments: | Parking |
| Training Provided: | United Way IT staff are willing to show, teach and train. |
| Benefits to the Volunteer: | Participating in a thriving human service organization. Apply your IT skills to the intricacies of a non-profit. Gain valuable on the job experience that can be applied to future volunteer or employment opportunities. Participate in making a difference in your community. Work in an outcomes oriented environment with high accountability. |
| Contact: | Edie Mackay 403.410.1842 Edie.mackay@calgaryunitedway.org |
| Time Requirement: | Full Time - (Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm) |
| Duration: | 6 months |
| Starting Date: | Flexible |
| Location: | 600, 1202 Centre St SE Calgary |
Document Management Specialist |
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| Position Description: | The successful senior level candidate will be responsible for working with United Way of Calgary Area’s managers to create a document management strategy and high level plan for United Way. You would be playing an integral role on the IT team, providing direction, support and advice to United Way’s leadership. This is a four month half time position. |
| Skills & Experience: | Senior Business Analyst
Project Management
Document Management
Facilitation Skills |
| Outcomes: | Develop and implement a document management plan for the United Way of Calgary. |
| Reimbursments: | Parking |
| Training Provided: | United Way IT staff will provide orientation and support as required. |
| Benefits to the Volunteer: | Participating in a thriving human service organization. Apply your skills to the intricacies of a non-profit. Gain valuable on the job experience that can be applied to future volunteer or employment opportunities. Participate in making a difference in your community. |
| Contact: | Edie Mackay 403.410.1842 Edie.mackay@calgaryunitedway.org |
| Time Requirement: | Full Time - (Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm) |
| Duration: | 4 months |
| Starting Date: | Flexible |
| Location: | 600, 1202 Centre St SE Calgary |
Office 2003/2007 Productivity Training Specialist |
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| Position Description: | The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing a training program for Office 2003/2007 software for United Way’s 100+ staff. Training would be for basic, intermediate and advanced users. Your work would increase office productivity for United Way staff and have tremendous impact for the organization. This is a six month half time position. |
| Skills & Experience: | Strong Interpersonal Skills
Project Management
In Depth Knowledge of Office 2003 and 2007 Productivity Suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Experience Training both in Group and One on One Settings
Ability to analyze training gaps and develop training for beginner, intermediate and advanced users. |
| Outcomes: | Increased productivity among United Way staff in their work as a result of more effective usage of Office 2003/2007. |
| Reimbursments: | Parking |
| Training Provided: | United Way staff will provide orientation and support as required. |
| Benefits to the Volunteer: | Participating in a thriving human service organization. Apply your skills to the intricacies of a non-profit. Gain valuable on the job experience that can be applied to future volunteer or employment opportunities. Participate in making a difference in your community. |
| Contact: | Edie Mackay 403.410.1842 Edie.mackay@calgaryunitedway.org |
| Time Requirement: | Full Time - (Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm) |
| Duration: | 6 months |
| Starting Date: | Flexible |
| Location: | 600, 1202 Centre St SE Calgary |