Job Description

Committee affiliation: Hospitality

Responsibilities

• In November or December, develop a budget for planned projects for the year ahead (a sample budget is available).
• Guide members of the committee so that all committee duties are fulfilled.
• Develop and distribute a contact list of committee members and their roles.
• Purchase a selection of door prizes for monthly chapter meetings and other hospitality events, as agreed to by the President.
• Purchase small tokens of appreciation for monthly guest speakers, as agreed to by the President.
• Design and coordinate at least one innovative event for the membership with accompanying door prizes, if possible (for example, an interesting event location, a tour of a research or technical facility, or a casual holiday party).
• Submit a monthly status report by email to the President and Vice-President (or post to the Admin Council Group's monthly status reports files) regarding all current and upcoming committee activities.

Experience and Skills

• WordPress.org 6.1.1+ Text Editor enough to post announcements
• Experience working with or willing to learn and use online project management tools such as Basecamp
• Ability to create roster reports from the STC membership database and post to the admin council
• Ability to answer questions about the chapter
• Ability to make newcomers feel at ease and introduce them to chapter members
• Ability to lead a team and to work on a team
• Previous experience managing a committee is a plus
• Good time management
• Strong communication / interpersonal skills
• An outgoing and friendly personality
• Good organizational skills
• Able to meet deadlines and able to identify and report problems with meeting those deadlines; willing to ask for help when needed

Equipment

• Computer with reliable Internet access
• Email address (Google is preferred for working with Google calendar, Basecamp, and other tools)
• Word processing software
• HTML / CSS / PHP text editor

Optional items that may be helpful:

• FAX or scanner
• Acrobat Pro
• Adobe PhotoShop
• Adobe Illustrator

Time Commitment

1-3 hours per month.

Contact

If you are interested in serving the chapter as a volunteer, please fill in the Chapter Volunteer Signup Form.

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