A career in VAVS is a very exciting and rewarding career. If you are interested in doing work that is diverse and challenging every day, and if you like working with a wide variety people, and feel you have leadership potential, then applying for the TCF VAVS Internship may be the career opportunity for you. Candidates must have a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to be successful in this career field.
The VAVS specialist internship program is an upward mobility training program established to develop professional, competent leaders to fill future vacancies in the VAVS career field. The training program will expose the candidate to the full range of programs associated with volunteers. The position provides opportunities to learn all aspects of development, coordination, and management of the Voluntary Service Program that will prepare the intern for future positions of greater responsibility. Training is provided under the supervision of a preceptor. During the program, interns can be promoted to a higher-grade level when administrative and qualification requirements are met. Upon successful completion of the program, the candidate may be converted to a career-conditional or career appointment, as appropriate.
If you are selected as a VAVS TCF intern, you will use and develop a wide range of skills, which include:
- Coordinating volunteers
- Recruiting, interviewing, screening, and placing volunteers
- Planning and executing a variety of complex special events, ceremonies, and programs
- Public speaking
- Internal and external communications
- Managing gifts and donations
- Working closely with diverse groups of people at all levels of the organization and in the community
- Administering timekeeping activities which include running reports and analyzing volunteer trends
- Reporting directly to the Voluntary Service Manager