Department Of Neighborhoods Intern
Current• Assist in running the city’s Volunteer Initiatives Program with recruiting and coordinating volunteers to cleanup and resource distribution sites, creating/modifying volunteer need posts in the Volunteer Houston portal, and responding to volunteers via phone or email. • Youth Engagement: Create service projects through the program geared towards engaging today's youth in leadership and community service, currently have a 9/11 commemorative day of service planned this fall.• Finance… Show more • Assist in running the city’s Volunteer Initiatives Program with recruiting and coordinating volunteers to cleanup and resource distribution sites, creating/modifying volunteer need posts in the Volunteer Houston portal, and responding to volunteers via phone or email. • Youth Engagement: Create service projects through the program geared towards engaging today's youth in leadership and community service, currently have a 9/11 commemorative day of service planned this fall.• Finance Department: Collect various types of donations, including gift cards, food, water, and monetary contributions, to be used as resources. Shadow the lead financial officer, Joel Aguirre, to observe how these donations and transactions are recorded as journal entries, how they appear on the balance sheet, and how the city's budget is managed.• Disaster Relief: Provided immediate relief and recovery efforts around the city following the tornado Derecho in May and the most recent Hurricane Beryl this month. Distributed water pallets, non-perishable foods/ essentials, and debris cleanup from fallen trees and broken windows to the most affected areas.• Social Media Management: Oversee the Instagram page that consists of creating reels/posts from VIP projects, responding to direct messages, and sharing upcoming city volunteer opportunities. Show less