Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities

How to Volunteer

Please email camp-volunteer@drupalnyc.org to get involved!

Sponsorship Coordinator

  • Time Commitment: 2hrs a week 6 months out and 10hrs during the week of the event and during the event to help sponsors with set up, make sure their needs are met and thank them
  • Responsible for growing & nurturing relationships with sponsoring organizations
  • Responsible for coordinating sponsorship outreach 
  • Responsible for communicating with sponsors around their event participation 
  • Responsible for building the sponsorship floorplan or virtual floorplan
  • Responsible for working with Treasurer to invoice sponsors
     

Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator

  • Time commitment: Minimum of 1 hour per week year-round, increases to 2 hours a week 3 months out, increases to 4 - 6 hours a week as event nears, and 6 - 8 hours for registration and during Call for Papers, and part-time presence during the event
  • Communicate with Drupal’s DD&I members via #diversity-inclusion in the Drupal slack, https://www.drupaldiversity.com, etc.
  • Talk during Social Events, Opening Remarks, and during Happy Hours
  • Foster community and communication during the events
  • Responsible for outreach to under-represented groups in tech.
  • Responsible for vetting and promoting website, newsletter, and social media copy for inclusive language
  • Responsible for helping to plan and advertise alternate events for non-drinking attendees & those with children
  • Help source Keynote speakers 
     

Session Coordinator

  • Time Commitment: 2 hours a week 5 months out while sessions are being submitted/selected, 2-4 hour push for scheduling, confirming and communicating about sessions, 2 hours a week for last minute changes up until the event and last minute scheduling during the event
  • Responsible for the session schedule
  • Responsible for organizing session voting /selection
  • Responsible for communication with session submitters 
  • Responsible for session content and ensuring all sessions are on the website
  • Responsible for confirming venue needs with Venue Coordinator 
  • Responsible for authoring newsletter copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator around Sessions: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before
  • Responsible for social media copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator promoting Sessions:  3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before, and days of events
  • Requires some Drupal knowledge to schedule sessions on the website
     

Social Event Organizer

  • Time Commitment: 15-20 hours in the months before the event to book the venue, entertainment, and other magics. 3-4 hours right before the event doing setup, 4 hours partying for the event, and 1 hour cleanup after the event. 
  • Responsible for booking a social event venue in coordination with Venue Coordinator 
  • Responsible for coordinating social event entertainment through community members, venue recommendations, or third-party vendors.
  • Responsible for working with party sponsor around sponsor branding and participation in the social event
  • Responsible for authoring newsletter copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator around Social events: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before
  • Responsible for social media copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator promoting Social events:  3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before, and days of events
     

Treasurer

  • Time Commitment: 1-2 hours a week year-round and as needed during the event
  • Responsible for reconciling the DrupalCampNYC Budget
  • Responsible for paying out scholarship recipients based on set budget 
  • Responsible for bookkeeping, taxes and insurance renewals
  • Responsible for invoicing sponsors and following up on payments 
  • Responsible for paying venues and providing certificates of insurance 
     

Volunteer Coordinator

  • Time Commitment: 1-2 hours a week 3 months out, 2 hours a week 1 month out, 2-4 hours a week 2 weeks out, and  during the event
  • Responsible for recruiting volunteers using sign up list from website
  • Responsible for the Volunteer Spreadsheet
  • Responsible for volunteer communication, coordination, and training
  • Responsible for working with other Coordinators to determine volunteer needs for each venue / event at BADCamp 
     

Remote Venue Coordinator

  • Time commitment: Push at the start of the year for bookings and at two months out for tours & confirmations. 1-2 hours a week as event nears and full time during the event.
  • Responsible for determining the software to be used for the remote event
  • Responsible for virtual tours of conferencing platform to determine potential needs, including tutorial videos, copy, or FAQ content 
  • Manages venue volunteers as assigned by the Volunteer Coordinator 
  • Volunteer roles needed to support: 
    • Room monitors 
       

Training Coordinator

  • Time Commitment: 1-2 hours a week 6 months out, 4 hours a week 3 months out, 2 hours a week before, full time on training days during the event, 1 hours a week after the event
  • Responsible for maintaining and ensuring the Training Spreadsheet is up to date
  • Responsible for communications with Trainers
  • Responsible for coordinating training website content  
  • Responsible for communication with trainees
  • Responsible for confirming venue needs with Venue Coordinator 
  • Responsible for authoring newsletter copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator around Training: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before
  • Responsible for social media copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator promoting Training:  3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before, and days of events
     

Contrib Day Coordinator

  • Time Commitment: 1-2 hours a week 6 months out, 4 hours a week 3 months out, 2 hours a week before, full time on training days during the event
  • Responsible for communications with Contrib volunteers 
  • Responsible for coordinating Contrib website content 
  • Responsible for communications with Contrib participants
  • Responsible for confirming venue needs with Venue Coordinator 
  • Responsible for authoring newsletter copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator around Training: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before
  • Responsible for social media copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator promoting Training:  3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before, and days of events