Volunteer Coordinator

Pay Range: $24.67 - $30.83/hr. | $51,308- $64,135 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, November 11, 2026📅

Workdays & Hours: Scheduled days rotate. Shifts are typically scheduled 9a-6p; Weekend/Holiday work required. This is a full-time position working 40 hours a week with occasional mandatory overtime.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆

A Volunteer Coordinator position is available with The City of Fort Worth Code Compliance Department. The position will oversee and coordinate the volunteer service program for the Fort Worth Animal Care and Control division. Volunteers play a crucial role for Fort Worth Animal Care and Control. They provide valuable resources by assisting staff in numerous amounts of tasks including animal care, animal enrichment and adoption events. The selected individual must be an effective communicator who is able to demonstrate diplomacy, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills while working with a culturally and ethnically diverse staff, volunteer, and community base.

• This position requires the flexibility to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed
• This position may require you to travel to various locations and drive city vehicles
• This position will require you to handle animals

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Business Administration, Public Administration, Marketing, Humanities, Psychology or Public Relations or related field
• Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in volunteer service programs or related fields
• Valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in animal welfare, animal behavior/handling and shelter settings with the experience in identifying volunteer opportunities through a needs assessment
• Experience in organizing and conducting outreach at community events to recruit a diverse pool of volunteers
• Bilingual skills

The Volunteer Coordinator job responsibilities include

• Interacting frequently with community groups, civic organizations, the public and other stakeholders with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing
• Assesses organizational needs for volunteer services and plans for recruitment in assigned departments including program coordination at community facilities
• Develops and implements volunteer recruitment plan; maintains continuous recruitment for volunteers through various sources including career fairs, flyers, public meetings, and mass media
• Designs, plans, and implements program strategies
• Recruits, interviews, screens, and refers volunteers to appropriate sites within assigned department; develops and conduct in-service training programs for specific assignments and programs; prepares and maintains procedural and training manuals
• Prepares administrative and statistical reports on the nature, extent, and value of volunteer services. This includes maintaining daily, weekly, monthly and annual records
• Serves as a liaison between administration, staff, and volunteers; resolves personnel problems and issues
• Build relationships with volunteers to help improve retention and help continue building a positive atmosphere

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting; depending on assignment

Medium work – Positions in this class typically exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects

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Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.