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Provides strategic leadership and management including OTD and READ plans and priorities, committee mandates and memberships, strategic relationships, conflict management, budget, governance
Committees
Board and Committee Membership – Researches and nominates new Board and Committee members
Standards and Practices – Develops and maintains facility assessment criteria; creates, modifies and maintains testing criteria for members, evaluators and mentors for OTD and READ.
Communications – Responsible for assessing PR and media relations and communications needs, including development and maintenance of newsletter, website, media contact list, and other required communication materials.
Membership Outreach – Member education and social activities.
Fundraising – Responsible for fundraising events, seeking funding sources - both one-time grants and ongoing; completing grant applications; reporting against the grants.
Community Outreach – Represents and lobbies for OTD in the community by attending charity organization events, conferences, business and government events; recruits new members.
Operational
Volunteer Coordination for OTD and READ Teams
Team Intake – Orients, evaluates, checks references, assigns placements and mentors new dog-handler teams
Team Management – Recruits and trains mentors, assigns mentors to handler teams, manages attrition and team related problem-solving
Facility Qualification – Assesses new facilities for team placements, confirms facility contact persons
Facility Management – Develops and maintains relationships with facility contacts, gathers feedback about placements
Review / Recognition – Initiates regular review of team assignments and facilities, identifies teams and facility contacts for recognition
Administration
Performs general administration including management of annual memberships, mass emails, master lists and general day-to-day finance (phone, supplies, etc.)
Performs initial volunteer intake and facility contact.
Helps to coordinate events, orientations and evaluations.
Seeks funding sources in coordination with the Fundraising Committee.
