LifeRing Engagement Opportunities
We're looking for people who want to do more than keep the lights on. We're looking for people who want to make LifeRing shine!
We are currently recruiting for these volunteer opportunities:
LifeRing Executive Director • CPA • Convenors | Co-Convenors • Committee Collaborators • Email Pals • Graphic Designers • MarCom Writers • LifeRing Speakers
Details and contact information follow below. All LifeRing engagement opportunities are volunteer positions offering no monetary compensation. But the job satisfaction is priceless! Knowing that you help support over 200 people in recovery every day is an excellent reward. Many of us volunteer as part of our personal recovery plan. Come join the LifeRing Volunteer Community!
LIFERING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
LifeRing is searching for a new Executive Director to support our growth and help us actualize our strategic plan. Preference will be given to candidates who prescribe to the LifeRing Secular Recovery 3-S Philosophy and have hands-on LifeRing experience.
The ideal candidate will bring experience leading multi-sectoral alliances, an understanding of the far-reaching impact LifeRing will have on people and society, and a desire to see that the LifeRing Community maintains its inclusive, nonjudgmental, supportive DNA even as we expand our public profile. The ED will expand LifeRing’s professional alliances, deepen stakeholder engagement, and galvanize accelerated programmatic progress. This will include establishing external fiduciary relationships, identifying emerging nonprofit fundraising practices, implementing new organizational resources and prioritizing ways that raise sensitivity around inclusion and diversity. The ED will also ensure long-term organizational sustainability and increase capacity for growth and funding, as well as advance public knowledge while promoting positive and inclusive recovery support.
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Salary: Volunteer position | No monetary compensation at this time
Job Type: This is a part-time, remote position requiring an average of 40 hours per month based with possible additional hours during fundraising events.
Full Job Description: LifeRing Executive Director
Contact: LifeRing Service Center
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
LifeRing is recruiting a volunteer CPA to help us with our books and our taxes. We're looking for someone who has a background supporting nonprofits and an understanding of 501(c)(3) regulations. Commitment required for this position is dictated by ongoing fiduciary obligations.
For more information, please reach out to the LifeRing Operations Office.
Salary: Volunteer position | No monetary compensation at this time
Job Type: This is a part-time position requiring time based on fiduciary commitments.
Contact: LifeRing Operations Office
EMAIL PALS
LifeRing offers an Email Pal Program to link newcomers with a volunteer for one-to-one email support and information. About 200 people a year ask for a LifeRing "ePal." Many are very tentative and fail to reply even to the initial response to their request; others respond gratefully and can be steered towards a meeting; a few form lasting relationships with their ePal.
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Salary: Volunteer position | No monetary compensation at this time
Job Type: This is a part time, remote position requiring only empathy and reasonable writing skills along with an understanding of the LifeRing approach to recovery.
Contact: Contact ePal Coordinator.
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Salary: Volunteer position | No monetary compensation at this time
Job Type: This is a part-time position requiring time based on number of meetings
Contact: Complete the Prospective Convenor Information Form (PCIF). Once the form is filled out, the appropriate Regional Representative will reach out and work with you to onboard.
COMMITTEE COLLABORATORS
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Job Type: This is a part-time, remote position requiring time based on committee projects
Contact: Complete our LifeRing Volunteer Form. Once the form is filled out, the appropriate committee representative will reach out and work with you to onboard.
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
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Job Type: This is a part-time, remote position requiring time based on committee project
Contact: Complete our LifeRing Volunteer Form. Once the form is filled out, the appropriate committee representative will reach out and work with you to onboard.
LifeRing is recruiting volunteer writers to contribute blog posts, social media posts, promotion and outreach communications, and marketing pieces.
For more information, click here.
Salary: Volunteer position | No monetary compensation at this time
Job Type: This is a part-time, remote position requiring time based on designated assignments
Contact: Complete our LifeRing Volunteer Form. Once the form is filled out, the appropriate committee representative will reach out and work with you to onboard.
SPEAKERS BUREAU
LifeRing is pleased to announce its new Speakers' Bureau. If you are a LifeRing member who would like to join the Speakers' Bureau, please email marybeth@lifering.org.
The Speakers Bureau provides speakers for recovery houses, podcasts, conferences, presentations, and other opportunities. Topics include LifeRing Secular Recovery, multiple paths for recovery, personal recovery stories, and similar.
If you know of an event where a LifeRing speaker can present about LifeRing or other topics, please email the LifeRing Service Center <service@lifering.org with the event details and contact information.
Salary: Volunteer position | No monetary compensation at this time
Job Type: This is a part-time, remote position requiring time based on designated speaking engagements
Contact: marybeth@lifering.org
APPLICATION PROCESS
Job descriptions listed above are not a contract – LifeRing reserves the right to change its content at any time.
LifeRing complies with the guidelines set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era.
update: 06/29/2022