Do you love to volunteer? This is the place for you then. We have many opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds that are interested in sharing their gifts with others!

Opportunities:

ARCHIVIST
Department:  Administration
Reports to: Office Manager
Basic Job Responsibilities: Going through agency archives identifying papers that need to be preserved, cataloging for storage, and filing.
Minimum Qualifications:  Knowledgeable of documents needed to be preserved, filing capabilities, and cataloging procedures.

FILE CLERK
Reports to: Department Manager
Basic Job Responsibilities: Filing as needed
Minimum Qualifications: Knowledge of filing techniques.

DEPARTMENT AIDE
Department: Adult Living Skills
Reports to: Department Manager
Basic Responsibilities: Assists with clients and keeps area organized.
Minimum Qualifications: Organizational and good people skills.

RADIO VOLUNTEER
Department: CRIS Radio
Reports to: Department Manager
Basic Responsibilities: Read articles verbatim on the air.
Minimum Qualifications: Excellent reading and communication skills.

CLERICAL ASSISTANT
Department: CRIS Radio
Reports to: Department Manager
Basic Job Responsibilities: Assist visually impaired staff and Program Manager with clerical assignments as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications: Excellent organizational, communication, and people skills.

SENIOR AIDE
Department: Seniors Program
Reports to: Department Manager
Basic Job Responsibilities: Helping Seniors with their activities of that day.  Activities consist of chair exercises, computer classes, art activities, lectures, and monthly luncheons.

SENIOR GUIDE
Department: Seniors Program
Reports to: Department Manager
Basic Job Responsibilities: Acting as a sighted guide for Seniors at planned outings and at the monthly luncheon.
Minimum Qualifications: Mobile and sighted with excellent communication and people skills.

TOUR GUIDE
Department: Public Relations
Reports to: Director of Public Relations
Basic Job Responsibilities: Provide tours for groups and/or individuals of The Chicago Lighthouse.
Minimum Qualifications: Excellent conversation and interpersonal skills.

PUBLIC SPEAKER
Department: Public Relations
Reports to: Director of Public Relations
Basic Job Responsibilities: To represent The Chicago Lighthouse as a speaker at different community groups, schools, and Lions Clubs.
Minimum Qualifications: Have excellent speech and interpersonal skills and must we willing to speak days, evenings, and Saturdays.

MEDIA ASSISTANT
Department: Financial Development
Reports to: Manager Financial Development
Basic Job Responsibilities: Assist with media relations including doing research projects, direct mailings, and handling returned mail.
Minimum Qualifications: Exposure to media relations including mass mailings, research for mailings, and account maintenance.

ACCOUNTING AIDE
Department: Financial Management
Reports to: Manager Financial Management
Basic Job Responsibilities: Assist with filing, sorting, mailing, and data entry.
Minimum Qualifications: Filing and sorting skills with exposure to Windows applications.

MARKETING ASSISTANT
Department: Industries Program
Reports to: Manager Industries Program
Basic Job Responsibilities: Future customer search on Internet and e-mail list consolidation with telephone follow-up.
Minimum Qualifications: Experience on Windows and Internet applications. Excellent speaking vocabulary for telephone communications.

LOW VISION CLERK
Department: Low Vision Clinic
Reports to: Business Manager
Basic Job Responsibilities: Assist with clinic filing.
Minimum Qualifications: Accurate filing skills.

LOW VISION AIDE
Department: Low Vision Clinic
Reports to: Business Manager
Basic Job Responsibilities: Greet and help patients with their paperwork, file, and assist with other clerical responsibilities.
Minimum Qualifications: People and interpersonal skills including ability to file and sort reports.

TEACHER AIDE
Department: Office Skills
Reports to: Manager of Office Skills
Basic Job Responsibility: Work assisting Office Skills participants with their training.
Minimum Qualifications: People and interpersonal skills with thorough knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications.

ALS READER
Department: Adult Living Skills
Reports to: Department Manager
Basic Job Responsibility: Reading articles to ALS participants.
Minimum Qualifications: Persons with excellent reading skills.
Bring own articles to be read with a time frame of 1 to 1½ hours.

For more information about volunteer opportunities at the Chicago Lighthouse, contact Dick Carlson at (312) 666-1331 ext. 3141 or dick.carlson@chicagolighthouse.org.