Service to the sector can come in a myriad of ways – staff support, contract work, volunteering for activities and events, board involvement, the donation of products and services, resources connections/networking.

Employment Opportunities

Coordinator of Grants & Contracts, Waco Habitat for Humanity
View the job description

Director of Development, ACTS Missions
View the job description

Regional Executive Director-Emerging Markets, Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star
View the job description

Executive Director, Center for Public Policy Priorities
View the job description

Assistant Regional Director, Church World Services
View the job description

Executive Director, Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas
View the job description

Development Director, Talitha Koum Institute
View the job description
View the application

Director of Institutional Advancement, Hill College
Visit the website
View the job description

Regional Field Director, AmeriCorps VISTA members, and other positions, Texas Hunger Initiative
View the descriptions here

Intern Positions

Capacity Building Program Intern, Waco Foundation (paid)
View the job description

Graduate Student Summer Internships, IRS Exempt Organizations
View the job description
View the application

Volunteer Opportunities

Homework tutors at East and West Waco Libraries – Homework tutors needed for elementary through middle scholars. East Waco Library, 901 Elm Ave., Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. West Waco Library, 5301 Bosque Blvd, Thursdays from 5 to 6:30 p.m. For more information about this and other Kid & Youth services at Waco – McLennan County Libraries, visit the webpage: Kids & Youth services at the Library.

Meals and Wheels needs volunteers – Meals and Wheels, 501 W. Waco Drive, needs seasonal and permanent volunteers to deliver meals to homebound older adults. Volunteers work about one hour per week to deliver a meals route. For more information, call 752-0316 and ask for Barbara, director of volunteer training.

Do You Need Volunteers? - The Baylor chapter of the International Justice Mission is seeking volunteer opportunities. This student leadership group endeavors to be involved in justice programs nationally, internationally, as well as locally, and they would like to offer immediate, hands-on help to Waco organizations. If you have service opportunities or need volunteers, please contact Brady Desko at Brady_Desko@baylor.edu.

Road to Damascus ministry seeks volunteers – Road to Damascus is currently seeking, dedicated, hard working, and heart-warming volunteers to assist / work the following areas: answer telephone calls and follow up with clients, case management, intakes, file, organize, and type paperwork, supervise and run clothing closet and gift in kind program, mentors, tutor adults and kids in various subjects, teach a six week life skills class twice a year.

If interested in the above volunteer work, please contact Mia Thomas at (505)402-0199 or by email at mia.thomas@roaddamascus.com.

Volunteers for Your Organization – The Junior League has a place where non-profits can request volunteers for service projects. Please see the “Done in a Snap” page of the website: Junior League Done in a Snap. All volunteer requests must be for community-based, hands on opportunities that will have an impact on children and adolescents in the Waco/McLennan County area.

Done-in-a-Snap projects cannot involve fundraising or be administrative (envelope stuffing, labeling, office work) in nature. The Junior League requests one month advance notice of an event to allow the League to obtain the necessary League approvals.

For questions contact the Junior League by email at jlwaco@grandecom.net  or by phone at (254) 753-5574.

Friends for Life – The nonprofit Friends for Life needs volunteers to drive its clients to appointments.FFL provides assistance to the elderly and people with disabilities in Central Texas. Volunteers can be scheduled as their schedule allows. For more information, call Della at 772-8100, ext. 110.

Elegant Ladies Haven- Part time clerical worker needed to input clients information, pass out toiletries and diapers, and do light cleaning. For more information and contact, click here.

Christian Women’s Job Corps (CWJC) - is serving 27 women this semester. They need four more journey partners. A journey partner is a woman who will get to know one of our CWJC women and walk with her as she makes positive lifestyle changes. Training is provided.

Contact Becky Ellison at 757-0416 or becky@cwjcwaco.org  for additional information.

Guardian Angels for Soldier’s Pets – An “Administrative Assistant” (AA) is able to handle various administrative day-to-day tasks at the National office in Gatesville, TX including but not limited to filing, mailings, and data entry. A minimum of 5 Administrative Assistants needed at the National office.

For more information about the volunteer position, click here, or contact Linda Spurlin-Dominik at ceo@guardianangelsforsoldierspets or (254) 248-1818

Waco Time Exchange - is a grassroots community based time banking initiative in Waco, that provides opportunities for local residents of varying economic social and ethnic backgrounds to exchange time and skills with each other.  Time Banking takes the basic ideas of Co-Production™ and builds on the fact that people naturally want to give back, to make a difference, just as professional providers do. With Co-Production™ that giving back is encouraged. Recipients become partners and participants in building successful outcomes. To learn more, visit: http://wacotimeexchange.com