Team Leadership Roles

The DoGood leadership team currently consists of five distinct leadership roles. Each role is important to the functioning of DoGood, and no role is more important than the other. Each role does, however, entail different kinds of responsibilities. Below is a description of each role and the work that you can expect to be doing in that leadership role.

It is important to note that as with any organization, especially one as new as DoGood, that roles are constantly changing as our organization grows and as we identify needs and ways for DoGood to function more smoothly and efficiently.

There are two important requirements to any leader on the DoGood leadership team: he/she must be willing to do the work, even if it’s not within the description of their role, and he/she must be flexible. Teamwork and flexibility form the backbone of this team.

All five leadership roles are overseen by the Head of Operations, who is currently the Founder of DoGood, Theo Lin. Theo ensures that the five roles work together to meet DoGood’s mission and primary purpose, which is to provide opportunities for the fencing community to do good in the local communities that are hosting competitions.

Head of Community Engagement

In a nutshell, the person in this role develops the volunteer projects that DoGood offers to the fencing community. To be successful in this role, you must like problem solving and be able to think creatively and outside-of-the-box! Your responsibilities will include:

  • Identifying appropriate local organizations to partner with and making first contact with them

  • Developing volunteer projects, including all details of the projects

  • Working with USA Fencing’s Senior Manager of DEIB to organize fencing demonstrations, which includes identifying local clubs and reaching out to them to lead the fencing demonstrations

  • Identify fencer-led volunteer initiatives and develop partnerships with them

Head of Social Media

As the name suggests, in this role you will manage DoGood’s social media presence on both Instagram and Facebook. Creativity is a MUST in this role! What is not a must: having your own personal social media accounts. (Yes! It’s true! As long as you are willing to learn about Instagram and Facebook and become the expert, we don’t care if you don’t actually have your own personal accounts.) The successful candidate for this role will be creative and open to guidance or mentorship. Your role includes:

  • Developing social media campaigns (static posts, reels, animated posts, short videos) for each NAC/SJCC, including the strategy and the posts itself

  • Using Canva to create posts and uploading posts to our social media accounts

  • Must be familiar with or have an interest in video editing

  • Maintaining our social media accounts and noting activity, trends in activity, etc.

  • Using our social media to grow our followers and thereby increasing our reach in the fencing community

  • Communicating with charities/non-profits/local organizations to secure use of their logo and branding on our website and social media

Head of Communications

This role can be thought of as the typical “public relations” role in an organization. The successful candidate will be organized, have strong writing skills, and be bold. In this role, you will:

  • Develop Press Kits to be sent to local news organizations ahead of a NAC or SJCC

  • Develop leads at the local news desks

  • Develop Press Kits for any other newsworthy event

  • Communicate with local clubs to promote partnerships ahead of a NAC/SJCC

  • Work in tandem with the Head of Social Media as needed

  • Keep avenues of communication open with USA Fencing’s Director of Communications, relaying any important info that USA Fencing may be interested in

Head of Registration & Onsite Project Management

This role is two-fold: you will be handling all the issues related to fencers registering for a volunteer project, AND you will also be managing the project itself, including pre-project, during the project, and post-project. The successful candidate for this role will be someone who can multi-task, who is detail-oriented, who can perform under pressure, and who is a problem solver. Responsibilities include:

  • Sending emails confirming a fencer’s registration for a volunteer project

  • Communicating any details, such as where to go, how to dress, waivers, or any other requirements to the volunteer

  • Collecting organization-specific waivers as needed

  • Working with the charity/nonprofit/local organization to confirm any details related to running of the project (for example, if the project entails cooking, you must find out if the organization’s kitchen has the necessary equipment or if we will need to bring equipment)

  • Confirming attendance on the day of the project

  • Managing the project on the day of, i.e. you are the “boots on the ground”, which can include breaking the group up into different task groups, buying groceries, figuring out the necessary details for how to get a project completed (e.g. planning the grocery list or menu for a lunch service)

  • Finalizing registration/attendance data for our database post-project (ie removing no-shows, adding walk-ins, etc.)

Head of High School Engagement

Your primary function is to handle all things related to the high school fencer-volunteer - you are essentially their go-to person on the team. The successful candidate for this position will be detail-oriented, organized and responsive to communication. In this role you will be:

  • Issuing certificates to fencers who request certification of their service hours on DoGood volunteer projects

  • Working in tandem with the Head of Registration to keep track of participation levels as recognized on our website

  • Developing the database of high schools that accept DoGood service hours toward their graduation requirements by contacting high schools and past fencer-volunteers

  • Using Canva to create the certificates