Volunteer as an Administrative Member at AVFRD!
Do you want to serve your community, make new friends and be a part of our tradition? Join AVFRD as a member of our administrative auxiliary!
Administrative members are the backbone of AVFRD, providing the non-emergency services that support the daily operations and mission of the department. AVFRD needs individuals to lead and assist in many areas and with many jobs, including:
- Publicity and Marketing: Writers, Graphic Designers, Media Relations Liaison, Video and Multimedia Specialists
- Fundraising: Grant Writers, Event Planners/Project Managers, Corporate Sponsor Seekers
- Community Relations and Education: Neighborhood Liaisons, School Coordinators, Station Tour Guides
- Recruitment and Membership: Volunteer Coordinators, Recruitment Activities Coordinator, Retention/Appreciation Event Planners, Awards and Recognition Manager, Survey Coordinator
- Building and Equipment Maintenance: Groundskeepers, Maintenance Agreements Coordinator
- Financial and Document Management: Scholarship Manager, Historians, Record Keepers, Bookkeeper, Database Administrator
- AVFRD is also looking for workers to help provide staffing for events. Contact us at eventhelp@ashburnfirerescue.org if you are interested in working an event.
We do most of our work (non-operations) through a committee structure. Getting involved in a committee is the best way to engage on the admin side, and for our operational members to give a little bit more of their time and unique talents to the mission of our company. Our committees include:
- Recruitment & Retention
- Recruitment – Generally tasked with bring new members to AVFRD
- Member Search: Identifies needs and methods for attracting new talent. Helps to organize recruitment campaigns and targeted recruitment for specific skill sets.
- Membership Onboarding/Volunteer Recruit School: From inquiry to application to Volunteer Recruit School, this committee makes sure that recruits that we find are successfully transitioned into the company.
- Mentoring: Follow-up to VRS, ensuring new members understand our environment and get engaged in meaningful work for the company.
- Explorer Post: Runs the Boy Scouts of America Explorers Post at AVFRD
- Retention: Generally tasked with finding ways to keep members active and happy in the department.
- Recognition/Appreciation: Identifies and implements programs to recognize achievements, extra efforts, and dedication of our members.
- Company Events: Coordinates in-house events (for our members).
- In-house Events: General events (company meetings, picnics, etc.)
- Banquet: Coordinates annual banquet/awards/officer installation
- Benefits: Coordinates and expands benefits available to our members.
- Retirement: Administers the points system for retirement and other benefits.
- Scholarships: Administers internal scholarship programs.
- Member Development/Company Culture: Identifies methods and programs to develop leadership and a deeper sense of company values and culture for our membership.
- Recruitment – Generally tasked with bring new members to AVFRD
- Revenue: Responsible for overall efforts to raise funds and generate revenue for the department
- Founders Hall: Coordinates rental of Founders Hall
- Grants: Searches for and writes grants for specific programs.
- Fundraising: Generall fundraising efforts, including the following sub-committee efforts:
- Pancake Breakfast
- Chili Cookoff
- Christmas Tree Sale
- Photo Fund Drive
- Letter Campaign
- Community Outreach: Responsible for marketing/branding, messaging AVFRD events, public safety education, and developing relationships with businesses in our response areas.
- Marketing: Develops marketing messages and campaigns to support various initiatives, drive public support and understanding of our mission and value.
- Publicity: Responsible for print advertising/event promotion.
- Online Presence: Maintains our various internet properties, including social media, AshburnFireRescue.org website, and web-based advertising.
- Branding/Graphics: Develops and maintains brand-consistent images, graphics, and documents. Ensures quality and consistency of print and web-based materials.
- Business Networking: Works to establish relationships with businesses in our community to increase donations/sponsorship, collaborative public education events, and other initiatives.
- Public Education: Generally responsible for providing public safety education to citizens and organizations in our first due areas.
- Open House: Coordinates our two annual Open House events.
- Public Events: Coordinates events where an AVFRD presence is requested (schools, sporting events, station tours, etc.)
- Marketing: Develops marketing messages and campaigns to support various initiatives, drive public support and understanding of our mission and value.
- Technology: Generally responsible for information technology use and provisioning for the department.
- Software Development: Develop AVFRD.net and Lightbar Maps apps for the department.
- IT Ops/Facilities: General IT support (desktops, servers, printers, WiFi, website, networking, security, Google Apps, etc.)
- Point of Sale: Administers our point-of-sale apps and hardware, and eCommerce for website.
- Operational Support: Offers administrative support to operations programs and personnel.
- Building Committee: Reviews and recommends improvements to AVFRD properties. Maintains and repairs AVFRD properties.
- Scene Support/Canteen/Photo: Dispatched to emergency scenes to provide assistance in rehab, photography and other support as needed.
- Officer Assistants: Acts as administrative assistants to chief officers and line officers.
- Special Services: Oversees special initiatives and bylaws-mandated committees.
- Planning Committee: Review the capabilities of the Department and make recommendations to the Department for the upgrading of facilities, equipment and membership training.
- Special Investigative: This committee shall review any matter involving member suspension/termination referred to it by the Board of Directors or requested to do so by any member subject to suspension/termination
- Legal: Review contracts and other legal matters as requested by the Board of Directors or company officers.
- Bylaws: Oversee the requested additions, deletions and changes to the Bylaws and to propose Bylaw modifications as needed or requested.
- Data Analytics: Identify opportunities for collecting data across the various functions of the department. Provides systems for collecting and analyzing data to identify trends and opportunities.
- SAFER Administration: Administers the SAFER grant-funded programs and reporting on the use of the grant.
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