This is administrative work in the Police department involving recruiting, interviewing, and recommending the placement within the department of a staff of volunteers. An employee in this classification exercises considerable independence in the performance of duties and receives guidance on new or complex issues from a supervisor. Promotes volunteer opportunities, recruits and distributes applications to prospective volunteers, interviews them, recommends their placement in the Police department, and monitors to ensure that the work they perform is appropriate to be performed by volunteers and to determine if additional volunteers are needed.
Recruits interns from local colleges and reports their progress to their professors.
Arranges for the in-processing and supply of materials and equipment to volunteers and interns. Maintains volunteer and intern personnel files and documents, receives reports of time worked, and compiles periodic reports of their activities. Trains assigned administrative clerical volunteers who type correspondence, make mailings, maintain the volunteer filing system, enter data into computer files, and compile reports detailing the efforts of the volunteer program. Plans and hosts functions to recognize the volunteers and interns for their contribution to the operation of the Police Department. Provides information to the Training Unit as to future training requirements for the volunteers and interns.