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PRESCOTT CREEKS BOARD OF DIRECTORS • Responsibilities: The Prescott Creeks Board of Directors is a group of volunteers legally responsible for making sure the organization remains true to its mission, safeguarding the organization's assets, and that Prescott Creeks operates in the public interest. • Skills and personal characteristics desired: Ability to: listen; analyze; think clearly and creatively; and work well with individual people and groups. Willingness to: prepare for and attend board and committee meetings; ask questions, take responsibility and follow through with assignments; contribute personal and financial resources in a generous way according to circumstances; open doors in the community; evaluate oneself; advise the Executive Director; make tough decisions. Possess: honesty; sensitivity and openness to differing views a friendly, responsive; and patient approach; community-building skills; personal integrity; a developed sense of values; concern for your nonprofits development; a sense of humor. Willingness to develop certain skills if you do not already posses them, such as to : cultivate and solicit funds; cultivate and recruit board members and other volunteers; read and understand financial statements; learn more about the substantive program area of the organization or the community they serve. • Time Commitment: Directors are elected to a 2-year term and commit to a minimum of 6 hours of service to Prescott Creeks during each month. •Compensation: Serving on the Prescott Creeks Board of Directors is strictly a volunteer position. • See who is currently on the Board of Directors Fill out a volunteer application (PDF) COMMITTEE MEMBERS • Responsibilities: The field crews need help. Committee members needed to plan, organize, research and recruit for events, field work, etc. throughout the year. Tasks vary to guide activities. • Skills Needed: A willingness to commit to organizing specific Prescott Creeks events. Detail-oriented a must. • Time Commitment: Time commitment varies depending on event. Fill out a volunteer application (PDF) OFFICE MANAGER & ASSISTANT • Responsibilities: General office management including, but not limited to filing, organizing and completing office projects such as data entry of membership and volunteer information; archiving, copying, sorting, and categorizing slides and photographs (both hard copy and digital); editing and making report corrections and some phone follow up work. • Skills Desired: Strong organizational skills will be essential for this position. Good communication skills and the ability to work independently will also be helpful. For many projects the office manager will have a proficiency using Microsoft Word and some familiarity with computer database operations. • Time Commitment: Up to approximately 10 hours per week as a volunteer or up to 25 hours per week as work-study position . • Compensation: Volunteer with the possibility of leading to a work-study position if funding is secured. Fill out a volunteer application (PDF) CREEKS RESEARCHER • Responsibilities: Research the history of Prescott's local creeks. Conduct literature-based research and personal interviews with community members with local knowledge of the Prescott area. Collect creek-related historical facts and stories from local resources and compile this information into a written narrative for use in publications (i.e. Prescott Creeks newsletter, Courier, etc.). • Skills Needed: Interest in doing in-depth research and enjoyment in interviewing unusual community members. • Time Commitment: Up to 8 hours per week as a volunteer or up to 12 hours per week as work-study position. • Compensation: Volunteer with the possibility of leading to a work-study position if funding is secured. Fill out a volunteer application (PDF) WEBSITE DEVELOPER • Responsibilities: Update site navigational characteristics; update the site with relevant information (such as meeting notices & minutes, volunteer opportunities, project resources, etc.) at regularly scheduled intervals. Redesigning and increasing functionality of current website including, but not limited to: developing the capability to receive money directly instead of through Paypal; integrating calendar formats; creating interactive systems for registration of events; completion of volunteer applications, surveys and/or timesheets; create processes for submitting information about problems and/or violations or post collected field data, etc. • Skills Desired: Proficiency with the use of website authoring computer software, graphics programs, and MS Office 2003 software. • Time Commitment: Up to approximately 8 hours per week as a volunteer or up to 15 hours per week as work-study position. • Compensation: Volunteer with the possibility of leading to a Fill out a volunteer application (PDF)

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