Volunteer Job Descriptions

The following is a list of various volunteer job descriptions.

After reviewing the types of volunteer jobs available, you may fill out an application by using this form. If you are volunteering for the Silk Road Gala, please use this application form.

• Office Volunteers
• Special Skills Volunteers

• Shelter/Hotline Coverage Volunteer
• Children's Program Volunteer
• English as a Second Language and/or Computer Tutor

• Preserve our clients’ confidentiality, agency’s internal information, and the location of shelter and safehome.
• A six-month or one-semester (if you are a student) minimum commitment for office volunteers. Special skills volunteers’ time commitment varies depending on the task and project.
• Attend the agency orientation /training.

• Provide overall administrative support for the office including organizing files, updating resources, revising forms, maintaining the office environment, mailing, and answering phone calls.

• Utilize special skills such as graphic/web design, IT consulting, haircut, make-up, carpentry, arts & crafts, wellness (yoga, aromatherapy, acupuncture, etc.) to provide professional services for ATASK and their clients.

• Please contact the Direct Services Coordinator for details.

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• Preserve our clients’ confidentiality, agency’s internal information, and the location of shelter and safehome.
• A one-year or one-academic year (if you are a student) minimum commitment for direct service volunteers at the shelter.
• Attend the agency orientation and 36-hour volunteer training.
• Submit a CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) request form, TB (Tuberculosis) screening result, and Hepatitis B immunization record.
• Attend a monthly supervisory meeting.

• Cover the hotline shift
• Accompany clients to appointments
• Assist clients with housing search, job search, directions, and anything else they may need
• Teach life skills (transportation, grocery, computer, library, etc)
• Plan in-house activities and/or field trips for women, children and families
• Provide office support (answering phones, filing, running errands)
• Maintain playroom, donation room, supply room, and food pantry
• Solicit donations as needed
• Assist Shelter Staff for day-to-day operations
• Pick up and drop off a client
• Screen visitors, answer the door for the clients
• Prepare bed/rooms for new clients
• Translation for groups and meetings if applicable

• Provide child care while residents are in meetings (evening) or at appointments
• Develop and conduct age appropriate activities for children that are not yet enrolled in daycare/school
• Homework tutoring
• Maintaining playroom and arts & crafts supplies

• Provide one-on-one tutoring to clients (adults) to help them improve their English or become computer literate.

• Preserve our clients’ confidentiality and agency’s internal information.
• Attend the agency orientation .
• Must have a vehicle for donations/supplies pick-up/drop-off.

On-call volunteers provide support in occasional bulk mailings and picking up/dropping off donations/supplies.

• As needed basis

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The Silk Road Gala is the annual benefit for ATASK and a celebration of the diverse Asian cultures of its clients. Committee volunteers work closely with ATASK staff to plan and implement the Gala. For more information, contact Surabhi Mittal, Development Coordinator by email [mailto:surabhi@atask.org] or phone at 617.338.2350 x232.

Sponsorship
This subcommittee is primarily responsible for contacting and securing corporate, individual, and table sponsorships.

Program Planning
This subcommittee is primarily responsible for presenting a unified visual theme for the evening which includes managing the program design and production, decoration, and on-site set-up.

Program Book
This subcommittee is primarily responsible for soliciting corporations, organizations, and individuals to place greetings (commonly referred to as “ads”) in the program book, in addition to advertising the Silk Road Gala in all appropriate media.

Auction
This subcommittee is primarily responsible for all aspects of the silent auction that is part of the Silk Road Gala. Its members should be dedicated to the many tasks required for a successful auction. Duties include several activities prior to, during, and after the Gala.

• Six to nine-month commitment
• 1-2 hours per month for Subcommittee members

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Silk Road Gala is the annual fundraiser for the ATASK and a celebration of Asian cultures. Volunteers can support the ATASK by assisting in various aspects of the event throughout the day.

1st Shift: (11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)

• Set-up (Auction tables, centerpieces, and other decorations)

2nd Shift: (4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.)

• Greeters/Ushers
• Registration
• Silent Auction Assistance/Auction Close-out
• Photographers and Photographer’s Assistant
• Event Items/Food Pick-up (need a vehicle)
• Wrap-up

All-Day Shift (11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)

• Silent Auction Captain

Time Commitment:

• The day of the event (during the shift)
• Attending a 2-hour orientation is required for the first-time volunteers (1-2 weeks prior to the event, usually scheduled on a weeknight).