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Community Resource Research volunteer

Growing the National Resource Database

Using your internet detective skills, help us ensure that vital community connections in our national database are accurate and up to-date.

Connecting the community on a national and local level

The LGBT National Help Center maintains the largest LGBTQ+ resource database in the world with multiple search categories to help provide vital connection between individuals and the community at large.  With nearly 19,000 entries and growing, we need to ensure that all these resources are up to date.

Resources are critical in support conversations through our national hotlines, chats and email programs.  The database is also fully available to the public at www.LGBTnearMe.org so that anyone seeking local community can at their own leisure.

Community Resource Research Volunteers play an incredibly important role in helping office staff maintain the integrity of the information we provide. 

Much of our updating will be online and volunteers will use their internet know how to find current and accurate information.  Along the way volunteers keep their eyes open for any new resources to add to the database.

BOTH NATIONAL & LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS UTILIZE LGBTNEARME AS A CRITICAL RESOURCE TO CONNECT THEIR COMMUNITIES

RESOURCES OFFERED DURING OUR PEER SUPPORT CONVERSATIONS CAN OFFER CALLER CONTINUED CONNECTIONS AND SUPPORT ONCE THE CALL IS OVER

INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT READY OR ABLE TO CALL CAN STILL FIND CONNECTIONS AND LOCAL AID THROUGH LGBTNEARME AND THE RESOURCES YOU HELP TO KEEP UP TO DATE

Straight allies and anyone in the LGBTQ+ community who are 18 and over are encouraged to apply. 

You can make a difference and help grow the collective resource knowledge of the entire community.

 

Your Role

It has always been important that LGBTQ+ individuals be able to find each other and community. And that is even more important today. The LGBT National Help Center maintains the largest database of LGBTQ+ resources to bring together support, services, and community to those in need. Through LGBTQ+ owned businesses, mental health, gender affirming care, social groups, and so much more, we are a community supports each other. And it’s important that there are ways to find those links to bring people together. Your job will be to make sure the resources listed are up to date and with detailed information that can make those connections seamless.

This volunteer position is not for everyone, it requires a lot of detective work, be it can be very rewarding. By being part of the research team, you are one of the rare folk who gets to see the wide array of business, organizations, support services and community connections that the LGBTQ+ community has to offer world wide. 

And research volunteers offer assistance that can not be under-stated. You are actively making it possible that those in need have local and national resources to turn to.

Volunteer requirements:

  • This is a remote volunteer position

  • Because some of the resources are adult in nature, volunteers must be 18 years old or older

  • Access to high-speed internet and able to use Google Chrome

  • Commit to 6 - 8 hours of volunteer per month

  • Basic internet knowledge to base training on

  • Ability to type and communicate in English

  • We ask for a time commitment of at least six months after completing training

     

Flexibility

Community Resource Research Volunteers have a greater flexibility when taking shifts than our peer support volunteers, though we do require 6 - 8 hours of volunteering a month.  Generally they can be split up into 2 hour shifts a week.  

And we ask for at least six months of volunteering (though we would love it if you wanted to stay longer)

If accepted as a volunteer there will be a need to schedule a time to be trained, in the applicaiton below please let us know your available times during the work week.

Want to Volunteer?

We realize there are many volunteering opportunities out there, and we want to thank you for your interest in volunteering with us!

Please fill out the application below and we will get in touch with you shortly.

(contact information in the application form will not be shared with any third parties)

 

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Are you a student?*
Are you employed?
If you are not currently working, are you seeking employment?*
Have you ever been convicted of a felony?*

The hours a Community Resource Research Volunteer works can be flexible. But if selected we will need time to schedule a few training shifts. Office staff can be available during the work day hours to train Mondays - Friday. Please check the days below you may have available to train (it would not be the full length of hours listed, but within those hours), staff will work with you on scheduling further.

Training Availabilty:

Because our volunteer positions are remote, volunteers need to have an up-to-date computer with reliable high-speed internet.

Volunteers cannot use a smartphone or tablet.

Also, your computer must be able to run Google Chrome version 75 or higher.

Those using Macs need to have an operating system of Sierra or higher.


Online volunteering requires a large amount of data use. To ensure training and volunteering is viable, please open a separate tab and go to www.SpeedTest.net and click "Begin Test" or "GO".

When the test is complete, please report the 3 test results: Ping, Download Speed, and Upload Speed. (If you prefer you can use any other speed test you would like; we just need to have those three results).

Applications without speed test results will not be considered.

Do you have a Mac or PC?*

Individuals may volunteer for the LGBT National Help Center in many different capacities. Relevant to the programs they are volunteering for, the Help Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth), disability, age, citizen status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression, HIV status, military or veteran status, and other reasons as protected by law.

Individuals who specifically want to become Community Resource Research Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. We welcome anyone of any gender and sexuality, straight allies are very encouraged to apply.

It’s important that you:

  • Feel you can ask questions when you’re not sure about something (there are no foolish questions - this is how we learn)
  • Have the willingness to identify areas where you can grow
  • Have the ability for self-reflection
  • Accept constructive guidance
  • Have the willingness to learn

The LGBT National Help Center provides support to those seeking affirmation and acceptance, and we strive to create a safe space for all. This volunteer position is to better serve the community by providing factual information and supportive resources so those seeking community can continue on their personal journey. While updating resources you may come across resources that are ADULT in nature, organizations and resources that aid in difficult situations such as abuse and suicide, and other resources that may for some cause stress. While websites are rarely graphic, it is important to recognize that some small percent of resources may be of a nature that can be unsettling. If this is something you are concerned with please bring it up during the interview with staff.

This volunteer position offers a chance to help those in the community find connections and resources to uplift and help their lives. We also see it as a chance for the volunteer to also become more familiar with the greater LGBTQ+ community and it’s many and varied connections points. We hope you find it as exciting as we do!


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