BHS Volunteer Support Team

 

The Volunteer Support Team is a new effort aimed at enhancing the support available to our chapter leaders. Over the course of the next four months, BHS plans to train a core group of volunteers who will be equipped to solve the majority of basic questions and challenges that chapter leaders may face throughout next year. This training period is expected to prepare the team to be fully operational by the time our new set of chapter leaders officially begin their roles in January 2025.

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Goals

Create, Review, and Distribute Valuable Educational Resources: Through this training, BHS aims to develop specific resources to train the volunteer team, which will then be adapted to better serve as tools for chapter leaders directly throughout the year.

Enhance Operational Knowledge and Leadership Across the Districts: By educating district representatives on our processes and operations, BHS hopes to see this knowledge spread throughout the community, whether through direct support provided by the team or organized training sessions like Leadership Academies.

Free Up the BHS Community Care Team: By empowering volunteers to address the more common issues, the BHS team can dedicate more time to crucial projects, such as improvements to the Member Center and developing more comprehensive manuals and tutorials for chapter leaders.

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BHS Needs You

To make this initiative a success, it's crucial that we have the right people on this team. We're looking for individuals who meet the following criteria:

Strong Communication Skills: These volunteers should be capable of effectively sharing information and guidance. 

Problem-Solving Abilities: We need individuals who can think critically and provide solutions for each unique situation.

Ambassadorship: They should be excellent representatives of our organization and of the Society’s Vision and Mission.

Time: The team will meet once every 2 weeks during the training period, and will require personal time reviewing the material. Once training has completed we estimate 2-5 hours per week for each individual, depending on the size of the team and the community's adoption of the resource.

 

Please consider this opportunity to support the organization. If interested, please fill out the Volunteer Support Team Application as soon as possible.  BHS would like applications turned in soon so candidates can be chosen and training completed by the end of the year.  If you have any questions or need more details, feel free to reach out to Luke Miller, BHS’s Customer Service Manager, who is leading this effort at the Society level. His email is lmiller@barbershop.org, or he has offered to talk on the phone or video call by appointment using this link: Schedule a Meeting.