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Hiring plan

Two roles that turn volunteer time into a program

The grant we are seeking funds two roles in sequence: a Volunteer Manager in year one and a Program Coordinator in year two. Here is what they will do, what we plan to pay, where we will post, and how to tell us you are interested before the postings open.

Plain statement of status

Neither role is open today. Both are contingent on funding. Free For Charity is a 100 percent volunteer organization today, and the Technology Monastery is a proposed project; if it is funded, these two roles would be the only paid staff at Free For Charity. That is why the plan, the pay and the process are published here before an award rather than after.

The roles

One owns people, one owns work. The Volunteer Manager is the first hire; the Program Coordinator is planned for the second year. Both are full-time, based near Clear Creek State Park, Cook Forest State Park and Sigel, Pennsylvania, with regular remote work.

A row of people working on laptops together at a shared table during a code sprint.

Owns People

Volunteer Manager

The first hire, made in year one.

Finds the people who come here, brings them in safely, and turns a season of service into years of it.

What they will achieve

  • Open at least three standing volunteer pipelines in year one, each with a signed agreement and a first placement.
  • Recruit, screen and welcome the first resident cohort and the remote volunteer bench that supports it.
  • By year five, most people who complete a first season are still serving twelve months later.

What they bring

  • Three or more years recruiting or managing volunteers, residents, students or service members, including in-person supervision.
  • Experience working respectfully with veterans, survivors of domestic violence, or people in recovery.
  • Leads an experienced technical volunteer team using agile practice: a Scrum Master certification, SAFe or PMI-ACP, held at hire or completed in the first year, with the work planned in GitHub.
  • Fluent in Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 at hire, and in both at full performance.
  • Plain, warm communication; a driver's license; a clear background check.

Planned salary band: $46,000 to $60,000 per year, with scheduled increases contingent on funding and results, plus competitive benefits; we will work with each person to make sure they have the benefits they need. Full-time, grant-funded for the life of the five-year plan with the goal of a permanently endowed position.

Express interest: Volunteer Manager

Owns Work

Program Coordinator

Planned for the second year.

Turns requests from small charities into delivered services and honest numbers, and keeps the place compliant.

What they will achieve

  • Every charity request tracked from application to hand-over, on both the Microsoft and Google stacks.
  • Partner agreements signed and kept current; funder reports delivered on time, every time.
  • Every resident and student capstone team has a scoped project with a mentor and a finish line.

What they bring

  • Three or more years coordinating programs, projects or services, with strong tracker-and-hand-off habits.
  • Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace basics and the willingness to learn the other; comfort with AI assistants.
  • Clear writing for reports and training; a driver's license; a clear background check.

Planned salary band: $46,000 to $56,000 per year, plus competitive benefits; we will work with each person to make sure they have the benefits they need. Full-time, grant-funded for the life of the five-year plan with the goal of a permanently endowed position.

Express interest: Program Coordinator

How we set the pay

The bands are planning ranges for a rural Pennsylvania nonprofit employer, set on 1 October 2026 from the public sources below. They start above the regional community-service-specialist median, reach the Pennsylvania volunteer-coordinator median at the top of the band, and sit below the medians for nonprofit program coordinators and community-service managers, so that the roles attract people who will stay without pricing a small organization out of its own plan. The bands were checked against the state's May 2025 wage tables for Jefferson County and the surrounding counties, and housing and meals on site are provided. Both are reviewed against current data before each posting goes live, and the grant budget carries the fully loaded cost: salary, employer taxes, benefits and the direct costs of the work.

The timeline

Now

Position descriptions, scorecards, interview guides and onboarding plans are drafted. Pay bands are set from Pennsylvania market data. We collect expressions of interest.

Award month

The board adopts personnel policies and the Volunteer Manager posting goes live on the job boards below. Applications open for about four weeks.

Weeks 4 to 10

Screening, phone interviews, a panel interview with a board member and, where possible, a referral partner, a short practical exercise, and references.

Within 120 days

Offer made, background check cleared, the Volunteer Manager starts. Their first 90 days are planned before they arrive.

Year two

The Program Coordinator posting opens on the same process, timed to the second program year and contingent on funding and results.

Selection panels include a Free For Charity board member and, where possible, a referral partner. Every applicant receives a decision.

Where we will post

Idealist

Free For Charity already has an organization page there; the two paid roles will be posted as 30-day job listings ($145 each for a US nonprofit). VolunteerMatch merged into Idealist in 2025.

PA CareerLink and Workforce Solutions for North Central PA

Pennsylvania's workforce system: free employer postings, local candidates and employer services through the Jefferson County office and the regional Workforce Development Board.

LinkedIn and Indeed

One free LinkedIn post at a time and up to three free Indeed posts a month, shared through Free For Charity's network and board.

Penn State and regional colleges

Nittany Lion Careers for every Penn State campus including DuBois, and Handshake for PennWest Clarion and IUP; all free to employers.

PANO

The Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations job board ($25 for members, $100 otherwise, 30 days).

AmeriCorps VISTA and veteran programs

Parallel routes that place people beside the two staff: a VISTA member for capacity building, VA Compensated Work Therapy, Hiring Our Heroes fellowships and SkillBridge.

Taproot Plus

Free pro bono projects for the hiring process itself: employee handbook, compensation review and interview design. It is not a job board.

freeforcharity.org/volunteer

Free For Charity's existing volunteer front door, which will link to these roles.

Equal opportunity

Free For Charity is an equal opportunity employer. We make employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law, and we provide reasonable accommodations in the hiring process on request. Veterans, people in recovery, and survivors who have rebuilt their lives are encouraged to apply.

Both roles work alongside adults in vulnerable situations, so every offer is contingent on a background check under Free For Charity policy.

Tell us you are interested

Send a short note about yourself to Clarke Moyer at clarkemoyer@freeforcharity.org, or text 520-222-8104. We will keep it and contact you when the posting opens.

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