Volunteer Opportunities
Office & Technology Support

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If you are interested in volunteering with the Trail Conference, contact the volunteer coordinator either by email, volunteers@nynjtc.org, or phone, 201-512-9348, ext. 14

If you can't find the right volunteer opportunity among these pages...or if you can't decide, then complete our Volunteer Interest Form (printable PDF or Online) and indicate the program areas that interest you most. We will contact you with more information to help match you with the perfect volunteer opportunity!

Office

• Executive Assistant:Trail Conference Executive Director has his fingers in too many projects and needs a highly-organized, computer-proficient person to help manage it all. Main requirements are organizational and clerical skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office software, and the ability to come into the office on a regular basis 4-20 hours a week.
• VBA Programmer: Work with Fulfillment Coordinator to write project specs and algorithms. Project includes creating an interactive application that uses caller's information as input and creates a word file with directions to existing stores in his/her area. Sort list of stores based on estimated availability of desired items. Need VBA programming experience for Excel, Access, Word; ability to learn a new API (MS MapPoint).
• Front Desk Support: The Trail Conference prides itself on being a resource for hikers in our area. We provide information and support in so many ways including phone calls and the availability to walk in to our Mahwah office and talk with people about hiking. To ensure we can provide these services we need your help. The Trail Conference is seeking “trail smart” people to work at our front desk to help answer phones, assist walk-in customers and varied other office duties. We specifically need folks on Mondays and late afternoons most week days. If you like sharing your hiking knowledge and would like to help us out please contact us today.
• Data Entry and Clerical Support:Office help needed for (busy at times) our office in Mahwah. 2 to 3 hours a day, 1 to 2 days a week. Duties include, but are not limited to, shipping of Trail Walkers, Internet research, processing and shipping retail orders and stocking of our books, maps and supplies.

Technology Committee

The Tech Committee makes sure that all the machines in the office are operating properly. This includes installing new machines, fixing ones that break, and recommending new software and hardware. If you are interested in volunteering some of your time and computer expertise, please contact