Duration

Volunteers design a volunteer opportunity that fits their schedule.

Work Environment

Volunteers work almost entirely remote, with a few in-person meetings or events.

Staff Supports

Volunteers receive support and capacity-building offerings as needed to be successful.

Customization

Volunteers design and execute a project that fits both their interests and strengths.

Leadership Experience

Volunteers are trusted, public-facing roles  working across our partner organizations.

Fun!

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About the Volunteer Position

This position supports our statewide work championing diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities in which to age. The volunteer will work alongside the Executive Director and both formal and informal leaders from the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging, our DEI Committee, as well as other community partners.

Responsibilities

1. Role model our culture of honesty, transparency, clear communication, learning, optimism, and embody behaviors aligned with our values.
2. Plan and execute a work plan that moves forward a DEI project. 
3. Partner with the staff to plan and execute DEI enrichment opportunities or advance special projects as agreed.
4. Develop and maintain positive relationships with key partner organizations and community leaders.

Qualifications and Skills

1. Strong interest in diversity, equity, and inclusion principles as well as aging and learning about approaches for positive systems change.
2. Skilled in writing, reading, and the easy engagement of people in conversation.
3. A willingness to assist in facilitating conversations and/or meetings.
4. Experience working with ethnically or culturally diverse teams or communities.

Sample Work Activities

• Co-design and co-host a series of DEI trainings alongside community leaders. 
• Lead a monthly Catalyst Conversation to explore DEI learnings and concepts that improve the members and staff of the MN Leadership Council on Aging.
• Convene a multi-stakeholder group to review the Equity Policy, Language Definitions, Land Acknowledgement Statement and other policies, practices, or processes to improve efforts to advance racial equity and social justice.

About the Volunteer Position

This position supports efforts to coordinate age-friendly systems and elevate awareness of aging issues with state policymakers. The role will work alongside the Executive Director with Delegates of the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging, advocacy experts from our Policy Committee, leaders on the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council and Minnesota Board on Aging, as well as a diverse mix of community leaders and other stakeholders across local and state government.

Responsibilities

1. Role model our culture of honesty, transparency, clear communication, learning, optimism, and embody behaviors aligned with our values. 
2. Plan and execute a work plan that moves forward age-friendly efforts and elevates awareness about aging in Minnesota with state policymakers. 
3. Partner with the Executive Director to plan and convene meetings, including logistics and professional materials (e.g. agendas, summaries, handouts, PowerPoints, speaker confirmations, web content).
4. Develop and maintain positive relationships with key partner organizations.

Qualifications and Skills

1. Strong interest in public policy, communications, public affairs and creating positive change at both community and state legislative levels.
2. Skilled in organization, coordination, succinct writing that makes complex issues easy to understand, and easy engagement of people in conversation.
3. A willingness to learn about the aging sector and topics like Age-Friendly, Collective Impact Theory, organizing for change, and the legislative process.
4. Experience working with ethnically or culturally diverse teams or communities.

Sample Work Activities

• Co-create agendas, summaries, and materials to ensure smooth and timely  logistics for groups like our Policy Committee, Age-Friendly Committee, AGEnda Design Team, Legislative Roundtable or statewide conferences.
• Convene a multi-stakeholder group to develop and deliver an Aging 101 offering for new lawmakers to help them understand aging policy issues (e.g. drafting content for the website, printed materials, and an online training).
• Convene advocacy experts to develop and deliver an Advocacy 101 offering that carries forward capacity-building efforts fort the aging sector base on our Age-Friendly Advocacy 101 and Media Strategies and Storytelling for Change programs (e.g. new content for the website, printed materials and a plan for ongoing annual efforts).
• Lead nonpartisan voter engagement efforts to build a more powerful voice of older adults in shaping state policies - particularly among underserved communities - and ensure key issues in Minnesota are informed by people across all generations.