Volunteer Opportunities

Director Corporate Outreach:

Responsible for defining the annual plan for PMIGLC Corporate Outreach, creation of new events, educational opportunities, and sponsorships in support of Metro Detroit corporations.  Make PMIGLC a welcome place for Project managers and potential project managers in the four corporate sectors: Construction, Health Research, Automotive and Manufacturing. Horizontal teams in support of events are the, Director Marketing & Sponsorship, Director Communications, and Director Finance. Primary objective to plan and develop events, education, corporate affiliations, sponsors, developing communities of interest and increasing membership.  Works closely with VP and Other Outreach Directors (Academic, Community, Military) on ideas that will help increase Outreach Coverage for the chapter.  Use feasible means of communication with sponsors, including but not limited to face to face meetings. Member of Executive Committee (EC), written, email, video, podcast, etc.

Some tasks may include: 

• Develops and executes annual plan of corporate outreach activities in support of corporate stakeholders
• Develop sponsorship network for Corporate Outreach
• Develop Career Development programs and processes for Corporate project managers showcasing the career opportunities in Project Management 
• Works with other teams to support in Key functions such as communication/registration, contracts if/when needed
• Prepares and compiles results from event survey after each event
• Work with VP Outreach on developing a rolling 3-year Event Plan
• Reach out to peers in other chapters for ideas on improving outreach efforts.
• Year-over-year growth of attendance at events.
• Build a team of volunteers and managers to increase outreach volume.
• Document all processes and procedures used in Corporate outreach
• Report status plan and activities on a monthly basis to the VP.

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

Director Military Outreach: 

Responsible for defining the annual plan for PMIGLC Military Outreach, creation of new events, educational opportunities, sponsorships, non-profit affiliations in support of Metro Detroit veterans.  Make PMIGLC a welcome place for Project managers and potential project managers returning from armed forces active duty. Horizontal teams in support of events are the Director of Outreach Events, Director Marking & Sponsorship, Director Communications, and Director Finance. Primary objective to plan and develop events, education, non-profit affiliations, sponsors and utilize PMI National Military Liaisons, developing communities of interest and increasing membership.  Works closely with VP and Other Outreach Directors (Academic, Community, Corporate) on ideas that will help increase Outreach Coverage for the chapter.  Use feasible means of communication with sponsors, including but not limited to face to face meetings. Member of Executive Committee (EC), written, email, video, podcast, etc. 

Some tasks may include: 

• Develops and executes annual plan of outreach activities in support of local returning veterans
• Develop sponsorship network for Military Outreach 
• Develop Career Development programs and processes for Veterans showcasing the career opportunities in Project Management 
• Works with other teams to support in Key functions such as communication/registration, contracts if/when needed 
• Prepares and compiles results from event survey after each event
• Work with VP Outreach on developing a rolling 3-year Event Plan 
• Integrates with Military Outreach Non-profits (MCC, CMU, WSU and U of M – Dearborn along with No Veterans Left Behind) to attract veterans interested in Project Management 
• Reach out to peers in other chapters for ideas on improving outreach efforts. 
• Year-over-year growth of attendance at events. 
• Build a team of volunteers and managers to increase outreach volume.
• Document all processes and procedures used in Military outreach 
• Report status plan and activities on a monthly basis to the BOD.

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

Manager of Affiliates:

Responsible for defining the annual plan for PMIGLC Affiliate Council, creation of new events, educational opportunities, sponsorships, non-profit affiliations in support of Metro Detroit non-profit organizations that are affiliated with the chapter. Recruit non-profit organizations to become affiliates.  Host the periodic Affiliate Council Meetings. 

Primary objective:

• To plan and develop events, education, non-profit affiliations, sponsors and developing communities of interest and increasing membership. 
• Works closely with VP and other Outreach Directors (Academic, Community, Corporate, Military, Research) on ideas that will help increase Outreach Coverage for the chapter. 
• Use feasible means of communication with sponsors, including but not limited to face to face meetings.
• Member of Executive Committee (EC), written, email, video, podcast, etc.

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

Manager of Automotive Outreach:

Responsible for defining the annual plan for PMIGL Automotive Corporate Outreach. Reach out to Automotive organizations to share the benefits of the PMBoK Framework and empower their PMP’s to lead their projects to a successful completion. Work closely with the Director of Corporate Outreach and other Outreach Managers (Healthcare, Construction, and IT) developing ideas that will increase Outreach Coverage for the chapter. Use feasible means of communication with sponsors, including but not limited to face-to-face meetings.

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

Manager of Healthcare Outreach:

Responsible for defining the annual plan for PMIGL Healthcare Corporate Outreach. Reach out to Healthcare organizations to share the benefits of the PMBoK Framework and empower their PMP’s to lead their projects to a successful completion. Work closely with the Director of Corporate Outreach and other Outreach Managers (Construction, Automotive, and IT) developing ideas that will increase Outreach Coverage for the chapter. Use feasible means of communication with sponsors, including but not limited to face-to-face meetings. 

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

Manager of Construction Outreach:

Responsible for defining the annual plan for PMIGL Construction Corporate Outreach. Reach out to Construction organizations to share the benefits of the PMBoK Framework and empower their PMP’s to lead their projects to a successful completion. Work closely with the Director of Corporate Outreach and other Outreach Managers (Healthcare, Automotive, and IT) developing ideas that will increase Outreach Coverage for the chapter. Use feasible means of communication with sponsors, including but not limited to face-to-face meetings.

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

Communications Manager:

Assist the Communications function leadership with various internal and external communications tasks

• Support all chapter communications and technology initiatives as needed
• Be familiar with all aspects of operational technologies in place and be able to provide backup administrative support
• Provide support for onsite events and engagements as needed
• Assist the Director of Security & Technology with overflow initiatives as needed
• Assist the Director of Social Media with overflow initiatives as needed
• Provide regular status updates to chapter leaders
• Coordinate and collaborate with other chapter board members and volunteers where needed
• Participate in routine communications team meetings
• Collaborate with chapter leadership to propose initiatives

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

Director of Contracts:

Responsible for managing the PMIGL contracts with vendors and affiliations.   Works closely with PMIGL volunteers on the management, review,  and oversight of all contract related items.

Volunteer Responsibilities:  

• Define contract standards for the chapter 
• Role must be voted and approved by EC.  Person must be voted and approved by EC.
• Review all contracts for completeness, consistency and maintain contracts log / repository
• Provide inputs to assess contract risks and manage to mitigate contract risks 
• Support Google suite applications
• Maintain vendor and relations and provide a single point of contact for PMIGL contract vendors and affiliations
• Publish minutes and action items from contract review meetings
• Periodically assist VP Administration in other activities related to contracts
• Respond to emails and phone calls within 3 business days
• Coordinate back up coverage from within the Administration team while on vacation
• Serve in role according to the PMI core values and ethics. 
• Attend at least 1 BOD meeting per quarter (at least 4 BOD meetings per year)
• Attend Administration Team Meetings

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

Summary:

Assists PMI-GLC VP Sponsorship and Marketing by planning, developing, and generating all chapter external publicity.  Participates in development of marketing initiatives and PMI-GLC event publicity.  Almost exclusively uses phone and email for communications, and rarely conducts personal visits to offices of prospective marketing outlets within the region.  Expected time requirements are roughly 4 hours per month.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Proactively seek information from Programs, Professional Development, Outreach teams to identify member facing activities.
• Prepare materials to be sent out via emails by the Communications team or by Marketing using Vertical Response tool in a format that draws attention for events and GLC offerings.
• Attend events and take video clips and pictures of events to be placed on website.  PMIGL has a camcorder that we can provide.
• Attend events and provide support for TVOD (Transactional Video on Demand) efforts with Professional Development and other groups – set-up of equipment, recording of event, technical support and loading of videos to TVOD vendor/application and/or website.
• This person will receive no-fee admission to PMIGL activities/events including: Dinner Meetings, Forums, Symposium, and some of the PD and Outreach activities that require day of event attendance to collect pictures, surveys, etc.
• Explore other opportunities to publicize the Open House, Scholarships, PD classes,... etc. such as other news websites, radio etc., and get cost estimates.
• Maintain a rolling publicity plan for internal communication review/development and external publicity development and push using Vertical Response tool.
• Maintain a forward-looking activity/event Publicity coverage plan.  The volunteer obviously cannot attend ALL PMIGL events.  So, the volunteer shall plan for Publicity coverage using other Marketing volunteers and PMIGL volunteers to provide coverage and ensure event attendance and Publicity the function operates smoothly.
• Store event pictures and videos, and work with Communications to provide event picture access to PMIGL members using Picasa.

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org

If you are interested in this position, please email James Ferranti at:

manager.admin@pmiglc.org