CONTRACT POSTING – Volunteer Services Manager

JazzEast Rising Association, producers of the 2010 TD Canada Trust Atlantic Jazz Festival July 9 - 17, is seeking an energetic, resourceful and meticulous people-person to join our team. This individual is tasked with the recruitment and management of the activities of our 400 + jazz festival volunteers and 40 senior volunteer coordinators in order to positively influence the operational success of one of the Halifax’s largest (and Best!) music festivals and to further the festivals solid reputation as having one of the most enjoyable, rewarding, well managed and deployed volunteer programs in the HRM.

YOU HAVE

• Well developed leadership skills
• High school and a minimum of some university education and / or a combination of education / work experience in relevant fields – public administration, public sector work, festivals and event management
• Several years of volunteer and team and/or volunteer management experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven people handling and problem solving skills
• Proficient office computer skills, comfort with designing basic promotional materials using either desktop publishing or graphic design software as well as updating website content
• A natural gift for exploiting the internet, social media tools and other open source technologies to find what and who you are looking for

YOU

• Are a lover of the arts, music and creativity in general
• Are a natural coach who thrives on creating experiences that bring out the best in people
• Are a resourceful, independent thinker with a knack for making limited resources stretch
• Are detail oriented, meticulously organized, and a rock solid time manager
• Are dependable, accessible and flexible with respect to hours and tasks
• Love new technologies and anything that can make a task more efficient for you and your team

Whether it is your job or your personal interest, you are a champion of all the things that you do!

Start Date: April 1st 2010
End Date: August 29th 2010
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Fee: $6000

HOW TO APPLY
Please email, mail or hand-deliver your résumé and letter of interest (no phone calls please) to:
Executive Director, JazzEast Rising Association, 1313 Hollis St., 2nd Floor, Halifax NS B3J 1T8
sarah@jazzeast.com (MS Word or PDF documents only please)

APPLICATION DEADLINE
Application packages must be received at the JazzEast office or by e-mail by 5:00 PM Atlantic Standard Time on Fri March 12th 2010.

JazzEast Rising is an equal opportunity employer; thank you for your interest, but it will only be possible to correspond with those who are selected for an interview