The Mommies Network always looking for moms and dads who want to work with us...and we encourage our volunteers to add us to their resumes and reference lists. So if you're looking to keep up or beef up your professional skills think about working with us!

Sponsorship Account Executive - The Mommies Network is growing and as part of that growth, we need some good people in your market to help with sponsorships.

The Sponsorship Account Executive should be organized, have great time management skills, feel comfortable contacting local business and building relationships to find sponsors for the local site. This can be accomplished through phone calls, emails, and face to face appointments.

SAEs will be compensated with bonuses based upon successful sponsorship contracts and there are tremendous growth opportunities as the network continues to grow. If you are interested please send your resume to Chelle Garrett: chelle (at) themommiesnetwork (dot) org.

Volunteer Positions

Below are some roles/tasks we'd love to get some help with. Please email hr@themommiesnetwork.org if you're interested in learning more or becoming a volunteer. All of these roles require someone who is self-motivated and can take a task and run with it. We're a pretty informal group and don't have a lot of extra time for training and hand holding but we're definitely available when necessary!

Blog Guest Writers - contribute stories to the TMN blog, relating to your experience as a mother (or father) and your TMN community.
Requirements: excellent written skills

Director of Fund Development - responsible for the development, management, implementation, and evaluation of an overall fund-raising program consistent with the Mommies Network mission, goals, and values.
Requirements: This is a national TMN volunteer position that reports to the Executive Board. The Director of Fund Development will recruit and manage teams of volunteers in the following areas: Grant Writing, Sponsorship, and Fundraising, and direct them in planning and executing all fund-raising events in order to meet budget goals set by the Executive Board. The Director of Fund Development will recommend fund-raising policies and procedures to the Executive Board with the goal of building a year-round development program that demonstrates the highest standards of professionalism and ethical conduct.

Gear Pages - set up e-commerce pages for communities when they are holding a gear fundraiser.
Requirements: proficient in and own Macromedia Dreamweaver (or similar), Adobe Photoshop

Graphics - create community flyers, business cards and other standard graphics for our communities.
Requirements: proficient in and own Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat.

Graphic Designers - We have a new project starting. Our site web pages are in need of an update.
PHASE 1: Design of new pages - graphic layouts only, no coding
This part of the project would be creating prototype graphic layouts for:

• http://www.themommiesnetwork.org/ and all its content
• All the web content for the sites except http://www.SITENAME.com/forum/*

Design requirements:

• purpose of the pages is to attract new members and new sponsors
• current content must be kept
• layout of content can be changed
• additional content can be included
• eventual pages can be coded in html or any web language as long as the language and any software needed to display the pages has a free license

Grant Writing - find and apply for grants.
Requirements: proficient in and own MS Word and knowledge of grant writing process.

HR Assistant - The duties for this volunteer position will include: Sending out exit interviews to managers, Asst. Site Administrator's, and Site Administrator's. Compiling information and distributing to appropriate staff, assist Operations Board in sending, receiving, and compiling reviews of all TMN staff, as well as other HR tasks as determined by the HR Manager.

Insurance - research insurance options for TMN and provide quotes to the Board of Directors.
Requirements: Excellent communication skills, ability to email and phone insurance companies for quotes.

Legal - assist TMN with daily concerns regarding laws and legalities.
Requirements: background in law

National Newsletter - coordinate a quarterly e-newsletter, sent to our approx. 30,000 site members. This person will need to have experience writing content and creating an html newsletter. You will work with the Board of Directors and Operations Board on content, review monthly community newsletters to find information to share and help guide the process.
Requirements: Experience with e-newsletters and the ability to work independently required.

National Promotions - seek out partnerships that fit our mission, as well as find new ways to promote TMN and our blog both online and at events. May assist our National Sponsorship Manager when needed.
Requirements: Some background in promotions, excellent communication skills and a willingness to network and seek out new contacts.

Network Administrator - Do you love your role on your home site and think you can help less experienced SAs? We need you! Our NAs work with up to five site to help the SA (or co-SAs) of each community set and reach goals, find ways to better manage their team, manage site drama, and use our Network to their advantage.
Requirements: If you've been a Site Admin for at least six months or an ASA/manager for at least a year, and want to learn more about how you can help other TMN communities achieve your success (and learn from your mistakes)

PEP Team - The PEP teams work with new sites from pre-launch or sites with new SA's. If they are successful in doing this they'll be assigned at Network Admin within 3-6 months and move on to bigger and better things. PEP stands for Promotions, Events, and Posting. PEP Teams motivate, guide, assist, etc. the SAs in your "pledge class" to do three things: Get more members, Get those members to post, Get those members out to events The volunteer works with sites by visiting them daily and doing weekly/monthly reports.

Pre-Launch Team - This team will work with our Pre-Launch Manager to train new SAs. Our focus will be 4-week training sessions for new site SAs and SAs for sites coming out of Site Salvage, but we will also offer shorter sessions to train new SAs for existing sites. This team will also work with our Pre-Launch Manager, PEP Manager, and Site Salvage Manager on opening "house sites"-- sites in key markets without an SA-- by helping to post, promote, and encouraging members to plan local events. They will also help recruit committee members and an SA for the site.
Requirements: This position is open to former SAs (especially site founders) and managers who left their position in good standing.

Press Releases - approve and help to write press releases for our communities.
Requirements: proficient in and own MS Word and have experience writing and distributing press releases

Site Salvage Team - The site salvage team is reconstructing the way the team is set up so that we can better serve our struggling TMN communities. We are currently in need of the following:

Interim Promotions Managers - Will take care of contacting local newspapers, posting on craigslist, Myspace, Twitter, Facebook and the site blog. Look to hire someone from the committee to replace you.
Interim Recruiting Managers - Will take care of contacting local Meet-ups, Cafemom Groups and find any other outlet that we can potentially find a new SA or member.
Interim Events Managers - Will take care of researching FREE events in the area (including local parks). Encourage membership to host their own events. Plan a monthly chat and attend as much as possible. Look to hire someone from the committee to replace you.

Targeted Site Team - be the interim leadership team for a site that is opened by TMN without a Site Administrator.

Interim Site Administrator - Will oversee the daily function of the site. Work with current interim leadership team and Ops Board in building the site.
Requirements: Past SA/ASA experience. Self starter. Must be willing to work with host sites at least 1 hour a day.
Interim Promotions Managers - Will take care of contacting local Meet-ups, Cafemom Groups and find any other outlet that we can potentially find a new SA or member. Will also help Promotions Manager with duties, if needed.
Interim Events Managers - Will take care of researching FREE events in the area (including local parks). Encourage membership to host their own events. Plan a monthly chat and attend as much as possible. Look to hire someone from the committee to replace you.
Interim Hospitality Managers - Will take care of welcoming new members into the community and making sure they get plugged in. Send birthday greetings. Look to hire someone in the committee to replace you.
Requirements: (for all manager positions) Must be willing to log into the host site daily and help grow the site. No management experience necessary. Self starter. Team player.

Please email hr@themommiesnetwork.org if you're interested in learning more or becoming a volunteer.