Recruit volunteer program instructors by engaging colleges and universities, interviewing candidates, gathering candidate information through Handshake, and coordinating instructor setup with curriculum and community engagement teams. The role also supports development of volunteer instructor training and requires weekly virtual meetings. This is an unpaid pro-bono position requiring approximately six flexible hours weekly for at least six months.
About JerseySTEM
Responsibilities
Qualifications
All JerseySTEM roles are pro-bono (unpaid) positions.JerseySTEM is a mission-driven professional network of pro-bono contributors dedicated to improving access to STEM education and career pathways for underserved middle school girls in New Jersey.
Members contribute their professional skills and leverage their networks in service of the organization’s gender-equity agenda.Membership is a minimum six-month commitment of approximately six flexible hours per week and includes a $100 refundable deposit, returned after six months of active membership. K–12 educators, retirees, veterans, interns, and students are exempt from the deposit.
OverviewThis is a pro-bono volunteer position.
JerseySTEM is looking for talented professionals across our departments to commit time and energy as long-term engagement for our mission to provide STEM education to underrepresented middle school girls.
The Program Instructors Recruiter provides leadership, direction and planning to identify, reach out to and engage with College and universities of interest that could provide volunteer program instructors.
Responsibilities
- The Program Instructors Recruiter is responsible for the Interviewing for the interviewing of the prospective program instructors
- Uses a handshake to gather information about the candidates to be interviewed.
- Collaborate with the Curriculum Team and the Community Engagement team for the proper setup of the program instructors
- Volunteer Program Director and other stakeholders to develop and refine the volunteer instructor training program. (This is for COLE300, COLE.PIO team
- Mandatory Meetings: Attend virtual team meetings weekly : (Sundays 5pm)
Qualifications
- Genuine concern about/interest in solving the STEM education gender gap
- Familiarity with the US college ecosystem and Gen Z or dealing with teenagers.young adults
- Good interpersonal skills
- Resourceful, can-do attitude
- Experience in a recruitment or volunteer engagement function
- Comfort working in a ‘virtual organization’ with digital tools (G-Suite, Slack, Jira, salesforce)
Similar Jobs
Information Technology
Leads a technical presales team supporting security, business applications, and employee/customer experience opportunities. Responsibilities include coaching and mentoring, managing performance and coverage, partnering with Sales and Services on solution strategies, reviewing proposals and demonstrations, monitoring pipeline KPIs, improving presales processes, supporting go-to-market initiatives, and advancing team capabilities in security, cloud, data, AI, and software engineering.
Top Skills:
Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingData TechnologiesSalesforceSecurity TechnologiesSoftware Engineering
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Automation
Drive new SaaS business revenue through account and territory planning, prospect research, relationship development, and field sales. Build C-suite relationships, lead account strategies across virtual teams, advise customers on IT roadmaps, coordinate specialists, negotiate deals, achieve sales targets, and promote customer success. The role requires integrating AI into work processes and traveling up to 50%.
Top Skills:
AISaaS
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Automation
Owns lifecycle and email marketing strategy and deployment for complex B2B programs. Responsibilities include audience segmentation, campaign architecture, content journeys, cadence planning, KPI definition, Marketo or comparable platform deployment, personalization, testing, reporting, compliance, and governance. The role partners cross-functionally with campaign, content, audience, analytics, and digital teams while applying ABX frameworks and AI-assisted tooling to improve personalization and marketing performance.
Top Skills:
A/B TestingAdobe Experience PlatformAdobe Journey OptimizerAi-Assisted Personalization ToolsMarketo EngageMultivariate TestingOn24Oracle EloquaRainfocusReal-Time CdpSalesforce Marketing Cloud
What you need to know about the Chicago Tech Scene
With vibrant neighborhoods, great food and more affordable housing than either coast, Chicago might be the most liveable major tech hub. It is the birthplace of modern commodities and futures trading, a national hub for logistics and commerce, and home to the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association. This diverse blend of industry influences has helped Chicago emerge as a major player in verticals like fintech, biotechnology, legal tech, e-commerce and logistics technology. It’s also a major hiring center for tech companies on both coasts.
Key Facts About Chicago Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 245,800; 5.2% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: McDonald’s, John Deere, Boeing, Morningstar
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, biotechnology, fintech, software, logistics technology
- Funding Landscape: $2.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Arch Venture Partners, MATH Venture Partners, Jump Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
