Volunteer Coordinator for Intentional Insights and its Pro-Truth Pledge Project (full-time, 40 hours)

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About the Pro-Truth Pledge Project

Pro-Truth Pledge is a project of Intentional Insights, a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Columbus, Ohio. Its mission is to protect facts and civility by encouraging politicians – and everyone else – to commit to truth-oriented behaviors by signing the Pro-Truth Pledge at www.protruthpledge.org

Overview

Help grow a nationwide movement for truth-first, civil discourse by building and running our volunteer program. As the first dedicated Volunteer Coordinator, you will design the structure, processes, and culture that recruit, train, schedule, and support volunteers who expand the Pro-Truth Pledge, deepen partnerships, and strengthen outreach. You will turn passion into measurable impact by recruiting volunteers, helping them have clear roles, providing them with strong coaching, and pursuing data-informed, metrics-based outcomes.

Responsibilities

Immediate Priorities (First 3–6 Months)

You will focus on building the foundation for a scalable, high-quality volunteer program.

  • Design and launch a structured volunteer program with clear roles, policies, workflows, and documentation
  • Build and manage a recruiting pipeline sourcing volunteers from pledge signers, campuses, civic groups, and online communities
  • Screen applicants, coordinate interviews, manage references as needed, and lead volunteer orientations and onboarding
  • Match volunteers to roles based on skills, interests, and availability, ensuring fast and effective placement
  • Maintain accurate volunteer data, including hours contributed, activities completed, and outcomes achieved
  • Prepare volunteers for near-term outreach activities such as tabling, canvassing, phone and text banking, and online advocacy
  • Establish program goals, dashboards, and weekly reporting for volunteer recruitment, engagement, and retention

Program Operations & Quality (Ongoing)

You will ensure the volunteer program runs smoothly, consistently, and with high standards.

  • Maintain a master volunteer calendar, create rosters and shifts, and ensure coverage for events and campaigns
  • Develop training materials, SOPs, and scripts for key volunteer roles (e.g., outreach, events, digital engagement)
  • Coach volunteer team leads and run recurring skills sessions and practice drills
  • Provide weekly status updates including KPIs, insights, and recommended next steps
  • Monitor quality through audits, observation, and feedback, and iterate processes to improve effectiveness

Community Building & Retention (Mid-Term Focus)

You will strengthen engagement, retention, and leadership development within the volunteer community.

  • Build a supportive, inclusive volunteer culture through recognition, meetups, and clear pathways for advancement
  • Gather feedback regularly, resolve conflicts promptly, and support a positive volunteer experience
  • Prepare volunteers to engage respectfully with people across the political spectrum
  • Support outreach to public figures and organizations through well-briefed volunteer teams

Public Representation & Communications (Mid-Term Focus)

You will support external-facing efforts that extend the organization’s reach and credibility.

  • Train volunteers to deliver compelling virtual presentations and represent the Pro-Truth Pledge at partner events
  • Deliver presentations directly when appropriate and model best practices
  • Support communications and media engagement through coordinated volunteer participation

Campaigns, Outreach & External Impact (Mid- to Long-Term)

As the program matures, you will help scale volunteer-driven impact across campaigns and partnerships.

  • Coordinate volunteer-led campaigns to grow Pro-Truth Pledge signatories and organizational partnerships
  • Use metrics to evaluate outreach channel performance and adjust tactics quickly
  • Equip volunteers to amplify earned media through letters to the editor, op-eds, and social media engagement
  • Coordinate rapid-response volunteer actions aligned with timely issues related to disinformation

Philanthropy and Donor Stewardship Support (Mid- to Long-Term)

You will support a culture of philanthropy in a transparent, ethical, and volunteer-respecting way.

  • Organize volunteer thank-you calls, small-dollar fundraising phone banks, and donor follow-ups
  • Normalize a culture of giving by offering optional, light-touch opportunities for volunteers to become donors, with clear opt-outs
  • Make gentle, values-aligned giving invitations at natural moments (e.g., onboarding, milestones, campaign kickoffs)
  • Equip interested volunteers to make peer-to-peer micro-donor asks using approved scripts and ethical guidelines
  • Track outcomes and integrate results with broader development efforts led by organizational leadership

Administration, Risk & Compliance (Ongoing)

You will ensure the program operates responsibly and in alignment with organizational standards.

  • Maintain up-to-date program documentation, manage waivers, protect volunteer data, and mitigate risk

Qualifications and Skills

  • Inspirational, charismatic, motivational, and outgoing to motivate and engage volunteers
  • Organized, detail-oriented problem solver who initiates action
  • Two or more years coordinating volunteers or managing community programs, or comparable high-responsibility volunteer experience
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Strong recruiting, interviewing, training, and facilitation skills
  • Experience setting targets, building simple dashboards, and improving processes with data
  • Comfortable delivering virtual and in-person presentations and leading trainings
  • Capable of engaging diverse leaders and organizations, including left-leaning and secular groups, while working across partisan divides
  • Demonstrated commitment to civic engagement and rational discourse
  • Knowledgeable about US politics
  • Values truth above ideology
  • Proficient with Excel or Google Sheets, Google Docs. Desirable to have experience with Trello, Facebook Groups, MailChimp, DonorPerfect
  • Proficient with Gen AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini

Location

  • Fully remote position
  • Desirable but not obligatory to travel to Columbus, Ohio, once a year for a board retreat

Salary and Benefits

  • This is a full-time contract position for 40 hours per week
  • $23–26 per hour, based on experience
  • $1 hourly rate increase after a successful 3-month review
  • Annual merit-based raise based on quantifiable outcomes

Questions

Email protruthpledgehire@gmail.com

To Apply

Submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience to protruthpledgehire@gmail.com

Pro-Truth Pledge Volunteer of the Month – February 2019



Noah Heck - Volunteer of the Month February 2019

The Pro-Truth Pledge is a grassroots project made possible by the efforts of volunteers around the world.

Some of the volunteers focus their efforts on external activities, such as gathering signatures, giving presentations, running local PTP chapters, and otherwise promoting the Pro-Truth Pledge. Other volunteers work behind the scenes assisting with website maintenance, research, data entry, content creation, and a variety of other tasks.

This month we are pleased to acknowledge Noah Heck for his contribution to the success of the Pro-Truth Pledge project. 

Noah Heck, Website Volunteer in Twin Falls, Idaho

I believe the only way to effect lasting change is by addressing the world as it truly is, without bias or prejudice. The Pro-Truth Pledge’s simple, scientifically backed process for framing conversations around the truth results in dialogue that can lead to real, sustainable, effective problem solving.

I’ve been working on processes to maintain the custom plugins for the PTP website and working to create new ways to allow the project to engage with the public. We’ve made it easier for visitors to search for and find information about Pledge Takers they’re interested in, and our new Media plugin will make it easier to share with others the impact the project is having around the world.

The Pro-Truth Pledge has the capability of influencing every possible aspect of our world: Healthcare, Education, Government, Science, Climate, Social Causes. Without looking through prejudiced eyes at any one impact area, I fully believe the PTP can help drive positive change in all of these areas resulting in us moving forward toward the world we all deserve.

PS: If you are interested in joining the Pro-Truth Pledge volunteer team, fill out this form and we’ll be in touch with you soon.