OPEN POSITIONS

Purpose & Role Overview

Welcomes, orients, and empowers volunteers, ensuring they feel valued and engaged in CoLab’s culture of do-ocracy and shared responsibility.

Core Responsibilities

• Volunteer Onboarding & Orientation
  
  
  • Greet new volunteers and provide orientation on CoLab’s mission, culture, policies, and safety guidelines.
    
    
  • Serve as a friendly resource for questions and support.
    
    
• Scheduling & Opportunities
  
  
  • Create and maintain a clear schedule of volunteer shifts and opportunities.
    
    
  • Match volunteers with tasks aligned to their skills and interests while encouraging cross-learning.
    
    
• Community Culture
  
  
  • Help acculturate volunteers to CoLab’s values of shared responsibility, inclusivity, and accountability.
    
    
  • Organize occasional volunteer appreciation events or recognition initiatives.
    
    
• Coordination & Documentation
  
  
  • Track volunteer hours and contributions.
    
    
  • Collaborate with other coordinators to ensure volunteer needs are met for events, classes, and facility workdays.
    
    

Ideal Qualities & Background

• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
  
  
• Friendly, approachable, and community-minded.
  
  
• Comfortable with scheduling tools and communication platforms.
  
  
• Values inclusivity and volunteer empowerment.

Do you enjoy welcoming new people and helping them feel part of something bigger? SD CoLab is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to greet, schedule, and support our amazing volunteer team. You’ll make sure people know how to get involved, feel at home, and have opportunities to contribute their talents. If you’re organized and people-focused, this is a rewarding way to help grow our community.

Apply using the application link at the bottom of this page.

Purpose & Role Overview

Oversees CoLab’s physical space, ensuring it remains safe, functional, and welcoming for all members and visitors. Collaborates with departments to address safety concerns and facility needs.

Core Responsibilities

• Facility Maintenance

   

  • Monitor, maintain, and improve CoLab’s physical environment—tools, equipment, storage, and shared spaces.

     

  • Coordinate repairs, improvements, and upgrades with volunteers or outside contractors as needed.

     

• Safety Oversight

   

  • Identify and evaluate potential safety risks across all work areas (woodshop, welding, art studios, etc.).

     

  • Work with volunteers and department leads to establish safe practices and implement solutions.

     

• Policy & Compliance

   

  • Ensure adherence to CoLab’s safety policies as outlined in the Handbook.

     

  • Document incidents or issues and communicate them with leadership.

     

• Collaboration

   

  • Work closely with Event, Volunteer, and Class Coordinators to ensure spaces are prepared and safe for use.

     

  • Partner with Outreach to communicate safety culture publicly when appropriate (e.g., class listings, tours).

     

• Continuous Improvement

   

  • Lead periodic safety walk-throughs and facility reviews.

     

  • Propose improvements to make the space more efficient, accessible, and sustainable.

     

Ideal Qualities & Background

• Knowledge of facility management, safety protocols, and basic repair/maintenance.

   

• Managed safety for other workshops, maker spaces or contractor facilities.

   

• Versed in current safety standards and codes.

   

• Collaborative mindset—able to work with and come up with creative solutions with artists, makers, and volunteers across departments.

   

• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude.

   

• Commitment to creating a safe and inclusive community space.

Are you handy, safety-minded, and like making sure spaces run smoothly? CoLab needs a Facilities & Safety Manager to help keep our building, tools, and community safe and functional. You’ll work with department directors to address safety issues, coordinate improvements, and help make sure CoLab is always a welcoming and secure place to create.

Apply using the application link at the bottom of this page.

Purpose & Role Overview

Drives CoLab’s financial sustainability by seeking out, coordinating, and stewarding diverse fundraising efforts—including donations, grants, sponsorships, and fundraising events.

Core Responsibilities

• Fundraising Strategy & Execution
  
  
  • Identify, research, and pursue potential funding sources—individual donors, local businesses, foundations, and grant programs.
    
    
  • Develop and implement creative fundraising campaigns (e.g., themed events, art auctions, benefit shows) aligned with CoLab’s community values.
    
    
• Grant Writing & Management
  
  
  • Research grant opportunities relevant to arts education, community building, and makerspaces.
    
    
  • Draft grant applications, gather required supporting documents, and track deadlines.
    
    
  • Maintain reporting systems to ensure compliance with grant requirements.
    
    
• Relationship Building
  
  
  • Cultivate ongoing relationships with donors, sponsors, and community partners.
    
    
  • Work with the QGiv administrator to track donor data and steward recurring support.
    
    
• Collaboration
  
  
  • Partner with Events and Outreach Coordinators to align fundraising activities with community events and promotional efforts.
    
    
  • Share progress with leadership and volunteers to encourage a culture of shared ownership in fundraising.
    
    

Ideal Qualities & Background

• Passion for arts education and community-driven initiatives.
  
  
• Strong communication, grant writing, and networking skills.
  
  
• Creative thinker who can energize volunteers and supporters around fundraising ideas.
  
  
• Organized and persistent with follow-through.
  

Do you enjoy connecting people and resources to make big things happen? CoLab is seeking a Fundraising Coordinator to help keep our community thriving. You’ll identify grants, plan fundraising events, and build relationships with donors and local businesses. If you’re a creative networker with a passion for arts education, we’d love your help keeping CoLab sustainable.

Apply using the application link at the bottom of this page.

Our department leads are looking for help with each of their departments. We are looking for folks that want to help in each of these areas. Whether you would like to help lead, organize, teach, or otherwise contribute in a meaningful way, CoLab could use your help making each of these areas more robust. Right now, our leads are doing this all by themselves and they could use your help in these areas:

• Sewing
• Screenprinting
• Laser
• Electronics lab (3D printing, soldering, etc)
• CNC router & woodshop
• Events planning
• Social media outreach
• Web design & Development

Reach out to apply for a department staff position, meanwhile check our team for details of whom you'd be working with.

Apply using the application link at the bottom of this page.