Cystic Fibrosis Canada (Event Planning Committee – Walk To Make Cystic Fibrosis History)

Organization Name: Cystic Fibrosis Canada
Opportunity Title: Event Planning Committee – Walk To Make Cystic Fibrosis History
Category: Boards / Committee / Leadership
Commitment: Less than 6 months
Start Date: February 4, 2019
End Date: June 4, 2019

Email: jdaniels@cysticfibrosis.ca
Website: https://www.cysticfibrosis.ca
Details:

• Appropriate for volunteers aged between 18 and 55
• Appropriate for volunteers aged 55 and over
• Family-oriented volunteering

Opportunity Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Helps with the planning of the event;
• Volunteer recruitment, training and coordination on the day of the event;
• Helps to find sponsorship opportunities;
• Contributes to the collection of donated items;;
• Event promotion

COMMITMENT:

• 4 months;
• Attends Planning Committee meetings, monthly Feb & March & bi-monthly April & May.  Some meetings are done through teleconference.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to live and foster the values of the organization at all times: Accountability, Excellence,
  Teamwork and Caring;
• Acceptance and abides by Cystic Fibrosis Canada policies and procedures including
  Code of Conduct and Privacy Guidelines;
• Understands ethical behaviour and business practices, and ensure that own behaviour and the
  behaviour of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the organization;
• Build relationships: establishes and maintains positive working relationships with others, both internally
  and externally, to achieve the goals of the organization;
• Communicates effectively: speaks, listens and writes in a clear, thorough and timely manner using
  appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques;
• Creativity/innovation: develops new and unique ways to improve operations of the organization to
  create new opportunities;
• Organized: sets priorities, develops a work schedule, monitors progress towards goals, and tracks
  details, data, information and activities;
• Conflict Resolution: assess conflicting situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant
  information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem;
• Motivated and enthusiastic;
• Experience working with volunteers is an asset;
• Previous event planning experience is an asset.