VOLUNTEER
The BC Water & Waste Association (BCWWA) is always looking for members that are dedicated to their work in the water sector and are willing to get more involved. Volunteer opportunities arise throughout the year, so check back often if you don't find an opportunity that suits you right now.Benefits of volunteering with us include:
- Meeting new people and building your professional network of water professionals and stakeholders
- Enhancing your facilitation and leadership skills
- Expanding and deepening your own professional knowledge
- Making a meaningful contribution to realizing the vision of people having safe water and a healthy water environment
CURRENT VOLUNTEER OPENINGS
- Peer Reviewer, BCWWA Education Program (multiple positions available)
- Community Moderator, BC Small Water Systems Community Network (multiple positions available)
- Co-Lead, Cross Connection Control Community of Practice (2 positions available)
- Member, Operator Programming Advisory Committee
- Co-Lead, SCADA & IT Community of Practice (2 positions available)
- Co-Lead, Source Control Community of Practice (1 position available)
- Member, Website Functionality Focus Group (multiple positions available)
- Member, 2024 Yukon Water & Wastewater Workshop & Tradeshow Planning Committee (5 positions available)
PEER REVIEWER | BCWWA EDUCATION PROGRAM
Position description: Peer reviewers for the BCWWA education program will aid in ensuring the relevancy, accuracy and overall quality of our course materials, thereby helping to ensure a competent water sector workforce. This role is responsible for reviewing student feedback on certification prep and elective course materials and providing final edits and recommendations to the education team.
Refer to our course catalogue and course calendar for more information.
Number of positions open: Multiple
Time commitment: 8-10 hours per course
Term length: As required
Deadline: Please contact Sarita at sgautam@bcwwa.org ASAP to express your interest in volunteering for this position.
COMMUNITY MODERATOR | BC SMALL WATER SYSTEMS COMMUNITY NETWORK
Position description: Community moderators are responsible for moderating online discussions to engage community members and ensure members on all areas of the community network are following the community network guideline. Community moderators should be knowledgeable about methods to mitigate harassment and unwanted behaviors and skilled at ‘planting seeds’ to encourage conversation and engagement. This role will offer recommendations to the BCWWA regarding the community network, assist in onboarding new moderators and participate in the Code of Conduct Committee and other associated meetings.If you login to your BC Small Water Systems Community Network account, you can view the full Community Moderator role description.
Number of positions open: Multiple
Time commitment: Variable and dependent on the number of volunteers. We are committed to working with all volunteers who express interest but individuals able to offer greater time commitments will have priority.
Term length: One (1) year; eligible for extension.
Deadline: Please contact Claire at cross@bcwwa.org ASAP to express your interest in volunteering for this position.
CO-LEAD | CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Position description: The BCWWA Cross Connection Control Community of Practice Co-Lead is responsible for sourcing and selecting topics and moderating discussion and information sharing on the topic of cross connection control/backflow assembly. As discussion and information sharing may occur using a variety of written, verbal, virtual and in-person formats, the co-lead must be experienced and capable of organizing resources as well as facilitating conversations of a technical nature in those various formats. Community of Practice co-leads work closely with the BCWWA staff person assigned to the community and the community participants; they also work (less frequently) with BCWWA leadership council co-chairs and other BCWWA volunteer leaders.
View the Cross Connection Control Community of Practice Co-Lead role description.
Number of positions open: 2
Time commitment: A Community of Practice co-lead can expect to spend up to 24 hours preparing for and leading up to six (6) meetings/sessions each year. Additional time will be required to moderate virtual discussions and information-sharing between community participants. A Community of Practice co-lead may periodically be asked to attend meetings with the BCWWA Board of Directors and/or BCWWA leadership council co-chairs and other volunteer leaders.
Term length: Two (2) years; eligible for extension.
Deadline: Please contact Katie at kpatrao@bcwwa.org ASAP to express your interest in volunteering for this position.
MEMBER | OPERATOR PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
Position description: Committee members are responsible for supporting the committee chair/co-chairs in the development and implementation of operator programming at both the Annual Conference and for other opportunities throughout the year. Working groups may be formed to focus on one aspect of operator programming.View the Operator Programming Committee Member description
View the Operator Programming Committee Terms of Reference
Number of positions open: As required
Time commitment:
- A minimum of four meetings will be held per year.
- Working group meetings will be held as required to focus on an aspect of operator programming.
Deadline: Please contact Angelene at afellows@bcwwa.org to express your interest in volunteering for this position.
CO-LEAD | SCADA & IT COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Position description: The BCWWA SCADA & IT Community of Practice Co-lead is responsible for sourcing and selecting topics, moderating discussion and information sharing on both the fundamentals of supervisory control and data acquisition control and information technology. As discussion and information sharing may occur using a variety of written, verbal, virtual and in-person formats, the co-lead must be experienced and capable of organizing resources as well as facilitating conversations of a technical nature in those various formats. Community of Practice co-leads work closely with the BCWWA staff person assigned to the community and the community participants; they also work (less frequently) with BCWWA leadership council co-chairs and other BCWWA volunteer leaders.
View the SCADA & IT Community of Practice Co-lead role description.
Number of positions open: 2
Time commitment: A Community of Practice Co-lead can expect to spend up to 24 hours preparing for and leading up to four (4) meetings/sessions each year. Additional time will be required to moderate virtual discussions and information-sharing between community participants. A Community of Practice Co-lead may periodically be asked to attend meetings with the BCWWA Board of Directors and/or BCWWA leadership council co-chairs and other volunteer leaders.
Term length: Two (2) years; eligible for extension.
Deadline: Please contact Katie at kpatrao@bcwwa.org ASAP to express your interest in volunteering for this position.
CO-LEAD | SOURCE CONTROL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Position description: The BCWWA Source Control Community of Practice Co-lead is responsible for sourcing and selecting topics and moderating discussion and information sharing on the topic of source control. As discussion and information sharing may occur using a variety of written, verbal, virtual and in-person formats, the co-lead must be experienced and capable of organizing resources as well as facilitating conversations of a technical nature in those various formats. Community of Practice co-leads work closely with the BCWWA staff person assigned to the community and the community participants; they also work (less frequently) with BCWWA leadership council co-chairs and other BCWWA volunteer leaders.
View the Source Control Community of Practice Co-Lead Role Description.
Number of positions open: 1
Time commitment: A Community of Practice co-lead can expect to spend up to 24 hours each year preparing for and leading up to six (6) meetings/sessions. Additional time will be required to moderate virtual discussions and information-sharing between community participants. A Community of Practice co-lead may periodically be asked to attend meetings with the BCWWA Board of Directors and/or BCWWA Leadership Council co-chairs and other volunteer leaders.
Term length: Two (2) years; eligible for extension.
Deadline: Please contact Katie at kpatrao@bcwwa.org ASAP to express your interest in volunteering for this position.
MEMBER | WEBSITE FUNCTIONALITY FOR MEMBERS FOCUS GROUP
Position description: Members of the focus group will provide valuable feedback to BCWWA about the development of our website’s member engagement functionalities, including the Member Directory, Communities of Practice area and Resources.Number of positions open: 10
Time commitment: Up to 15 hours in total. Members can expect to spend approximately 10 hours attending meetings over the duration of the volunteer term. Additional time, estimated at five (5) hours, will be required to test and provide feedback on the functionality of the platform.
Term length: Six (6) months with possible extension to one (1) year.
Deadline: Please contact Angelene at afellows@bcwwa.org ASAP to express your interest in volunteering for this position.
MEMBER | 2024 YUKON WATER & WASTEWATER WORKSHOP & TRADESHOW PLANNING COMMITTEE
Position Description: The BCWWA Yukon Water & Wastewater Workshop & Tradeshow Planning Committee members are responsible for assisting the Committee Chair and BCWWA Event & Sponsorship Specialist staff member in organizing a high-quality educational and professional development experience for the water sector.
Committee members are expected to be active and contributing participants in committee meetings and discussions, continually seeking out and offering input and ideas to the committee from a broad cross-section of the Association’s membership. These positions work closely with the BCWWA Event & Sponsorship Specialist, the Committee Chair and fellow committee members; they work with other BCWWA volunteers on occasion.
All committee members are expected to be active and contributing participants, and a BCWWA, AWWA or WEF membership is required to volunteer on this committee.
View the Roles and Responsibilities.
Number of positions open: 5
Time commitment: Up to nine (9) hours participating in nine (9) committee meetings between late-February and November 2024. Additional time will be required to coordinate and follow-up on tasks and actions assigned to the committee member. Whenever possible, the committee member should plan to attend the event October 16-17, 2024, in-person and support onsite activities.
Term length: Spring 2024 – Winter 2024
Deadline: We’re looking for all interested individuals to come forward by mid-February so we can confirm the members of the committee by end of February. Please contact Angelene Fellows ( afellows@bcwwa.org) ASAP to express your interest in volunteering for this position.
This posting will be removed when all roles are filled.