Join JCFamilies Team:
Are you passionate about children and making a difference in the community? Want to apply your communication, organizational, marketing and business skills?
JCFamilies is currently recruiting for volunteer positions! Come join our dynamic and driven team as we work to bring a wholesome parenting experience to Jersey City and beyond!
All roles are very flexible and even a few hours every month is helpful. Volunteering with JCFamilies is a great way to develop skills, learn more about a variety of career paths, build a foundation for transitioning back into the workforce, expand your network, make friends, spend time outdoors/with animals/with kids, and connect with our wonderful community.
If you would like to be part of our team, Apply here: FORM.
Social Media Ambassadors
JCFamilies currently has open volunteer Social Media Ambassador opportunities. Social Media Ambassadors will work with our team to raise awareness of our organization and grow our presence.
Responsibilities and requirements include, but are not limited to:
- Post updates and share our initiatives through photos, videos, stories and information. Like, comment, share and re-tweet posts from JCFamilies’ social media accounts.
- Promote upcoming events and other JCFamilies’ activities.
- Collaborate with the JCFamilies’ team to ensure timely updates and a coordinated approach to our marketing efforts
- Find opportunities to promote our social media channels online and offline.
- Actively engage the online audience during events by tweeting highlights, photographs and video clips (always using the hashtag #jcfamilies)
- Requirements: commitment and a strong interest in the Jersey City community, in wholesome parenting and family topics, proficiency in social media platforms, excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
Event Assistants
JCFamilies currently has open volunteer Event Assistant opportunities. Event Assistants will work with our team to help put together our events and have a chance to meet new people, promote our work to the community and answer general inquiries while informing and educating attendees about JCFamilies.
Event assistants are essential to the smooth running of each event and ensuring participants have a nice experience. Event assistants will also answer any general inquiries and spread the word about JCFamilies.
- This is an active role requiring a ‘hands-on’ approach. Skills required for this role include the ability to follow instructions in addition to being extremely punctual, polite, friendly and confident in dealing with the public.
Tasks will differ depending on the specifics of the event, however, key assignments may include: - Set-Up Team: Be a part of the team that puts together JCFamilies’ Events. Assist our team of organizers in setting tables/chairs, decorating, welcoming participants and guests, and more.
- Tear Down Team: Help JCFamilies’ Team break down tables/ chairs, remove signs, and more.
- Master of Ceremonies (MC): Be the official host of JCFamilies’ Events presenting performances, speaking with the audience, entertaining attendees, and keeping the event moving.
Requirements: commitment and strong interest in the Jersey City community, in wholesome parenting and family topics; excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Print Media Ambassador
JCFamilies has current volunteer Print Media Ambassador opportunities. Print Media Ambassadors will assist JCFamilies in ensuring that printed material (i.e. posters, leaflets and guides) is delivered to a range of community settings in the local areas.
Responsibilities and requirements include, but are not limited to:
- Identify suitable businesses to approach (i.e. health care providers, food/hospitality, libraries, schools, etc.), and ask if posters can be displayed.
- Place posters in local parks
- Keep a record of the locations where the material was distributed
- Requirements: Commitment and a strong interest in the Jersey City community, in wholesome parenting and family topics; excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Content Writer
JCFamilies has current volunteer Content Writer opportunities. Content Writers will support our team in creating content for our website, newsletter and social media.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Research of relevant topics: parenting, early education, children’s activities, events, etc.
- Writing of relevant website, blog and social media content
- Interviews, meetings and collaboration with the JCFamilies team
- Requirements: commitment and strong interest in the Jersey City community, in wholesome parenting and family topics; excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Please Apply HERE.
