Dear volunteers:
Several years ago, we were in great shape with assistant project coordinators in place to
help oversee many duties of the project. Several of them have had life/circumstance
changes that don't allow for them to continue in those duties. Because of my own life
circumstances, I need to rebuild that network of assistants to keep the project going
strong.
The first position I need to fill is a work flow manager. This person would:
1) Field e-mails from persons who volunteer to help with the project;
2) Send prospective transcription/proofing volunteers a generic email with instructions on
how to register; Forward prospective image processing volunteer emails to imaging admin;
3) Work in the database to set the volunteer's status and make notes once they
register;
4) Follow instructions to generate an encoded password and update two text documents on
our website;
5) Add new volunteer names to the Volunteer page of the site;
6) Make assignments for transcription and proofing;
7) Run prewritten scripts to generate reports from the database to determine what work is
current/what is behind;
8) Change county assignments and make notes in the database;
9) Periodically gather feedback from proofers on transcriber work quality to determine
further assignments/promotions;
10) Communicate with workers who are behind or who have special needs;
11) Find temporary help to cover counties when a volunteer has a special need.
12) Other related duties.
Estimated time commitment: 2-3 hours per week.
Working in the database is not difficult. Just clicking on the table, clicking edit
buttons, etc., but you must be comfortable enough following instructions so you don't
do damage.
Let me know if you are interested in taking on this assignment!
Thanks,
Sheryl