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Peter Smith
Principal, Vancouver
Community College

Chapter Coordinator

A coordinator oversees each Tetra chapter – promoting Tetra to people with disabilities (often via various service providers), recruiting and overseeing volunteers and marketing Tetra to potential funders and supporters.

We ask coordinators for up to 12 hours work per month. All out-of-pocket expenses are reimbursed.

Coordinators do not need a technical background. Indeed, the bulk of the work is networking: contacting possible volunteers, clients, community groups and potential funders. The coordinator brings the volunteers together for monthly brainstorming meetings and to assign projects.

Coordinators tend not to be technical volunteers, but there is nothing to stop one person fulfilling both roles.

Job description/responsibilities:

Chapter development
Making presentations (to health professionals, disability organizations and potential volunteers)
Distributing promotional material (which will come from head office)
Marketing Tetra and creating awareness
Small event coordination
Volunteer management and coordination
Screening, assessing and implementing projects
Work with head office to identify potential sources of funding (local foundations and service clubs)

Start a chapter:

As word spreads about Tetra’s services, so does demand. We receive hundreds of requests each year in communities that do not currently have a chapter.

At the same time, the need for our services is growing, with an aging population and medical advances that see more people surviving traumatic injuries.

Tetra is always finding new areas to serve.

If you are interested in starting a new chapter in your community, please let us know.

Head office can provide written information detailing the process, all the required promotional materials and all the support you will require to give your new chapter a solid start.

The next step:

Email Tetra with an attached resume.

More information:

For more information see the Tetra Volunteering FAQ. After that, for more information, contact Tetra Society head office:

PAT TWEEDIE
Tetra Society National Program Coordinator