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Volunteer & Job Opportunities

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else"
-Booker T. Washington

Current Job Opportunities:

1. Coordinator of Development
2. Coordinator of CE & Certification Programs

Voluteer Opportunities:

The purpose of the Volunteer Management Program at IVAT is to engage the community in a collaborative effort to improve the quality of life for those impacted by violence, abuse and trauma.

Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) is dedicated to actively involving the community in the daily operations of the Institute by means of a year round volunteer management program. The volunteer management program and its participants are fully integrated into IVAT. We look forward to having a strong group of community members working with the Institute in its movement toward the accomplishment of its mission.

Benefits of Volunteering at IVAT

  1. Volunteers will gain experience working in a unique non- profit environment that is actively working to improve the lives for individuals who have been impacted by issues of violence, abuse and trauma.
  2. Volunteers will have access to the IVAT Educational Resource Center which contains over 450 titles and will receive 25% off of any purchase made in the center while actively volunteering.
  3. Volunteers are able to received waived registration fees if they wish to attend IVAT trainings and conferences.

Click here to download the Volunteer Management Program Brochure

Current Volunteer Opportunities

Publications and Dissemination Division
General Administrative Support Volunteer

Professional Training and Conferences Division
Conference Volunteer Co-Coordinator
Onsite Conference Volunteer Opportunities
Summer Conference Volunteer Opportunities

  • Silent Auction Item Solicitation
  • Conference Donation Requests
  • Conference Marketing/Public Relations
  • Conference Outreach
  • Office Administrative Assistance

Educational Resources Department/Bookstore
Marketing

  • Website updates
    • Research book details and descriptions for Webstore
    • Assist in Homepage content and features
  • Flyer Publishing
  • Booklist Updates and Publishing
  • Assist in designing and sending promotional bulk emails

Support For Conference Attendance

  • Solicit area conference for attendance as exhibitor
  • Possible conference attendance
    • Assist with set up, sales, register, customer service, and exhibit take down
  • Label, price and pack books
  • Inventory tracking
  • Assist in generating reports

General Bookstore Support

  • Inventory checks
  • Price and label checks
  • Check in publisher orders
  • Process outgoing Webstore orders
  • Sales tracking
  • Some filing, data entry, and organizing bookstore
  • Some spreadsheet creation and upkeep

How can you become a volunteer at IVAT?

  1. Look through the IVAT website and become acquainted with the different programs and services offered through IVAT.
  2. Download and review the IVAT Volunteer Brochure which has more detailed information on the volunteer program.
  3. Take a look at the current volunteer positions available.
  4. Contact the Volunteer Coordinator for more information and an application at:

Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma at Alliant International University

Attn: Volunteer Coordinator
10065 Old Grove Road
San Diego, CA 92131


Call: (858) 527-1860 x. 4160
Fax: 858-527-1743
Email: ivatconf@alliant.edu