Position Overview
The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program is seeking reliable, detail-oriented volunteers to support our Development Team. This role is ideal for individuals interested in nonprofit fundraising, donor engagement, and behind-the-scenes operations that power wildlife conservation.

Key Responsibilities

• Support donor relations through acknowledgments and engagement activities
• Assist with data entry, record keeping, and administrative tasks
• Help prepare for and staff fundraising events, open houses, and donor gatherings

Schedule Options

• Morning Shift: 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM
• Afternoon Shift: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
• Shifts available are weekdays, and some Saturday shifts are available.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Comfortable interacting with donors via phone, text, email, or in person, and representing the organization professionally
• Basic computer skills (e.g., email, spreadsheets, data entry)
• Interest in conservation, wildlife, or nonprofit work

Time Commitment

• Minimum 3-month commitment required
• 6–12 months or longer preferred

What You’ll Gain
Volunteers directly support both our rehabilitation and education programs—helping care for injured raptors while also advancing public awareness and conservation. This role offers hands-on experience in nonprofit development and the opportunity to work alongside a dedicated team of conservation professionals.

How to Apply
Please email your interest and contact information to give@rmrp.org.

Front Desk Volunteers may provide a variety of essential office functions. The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program seeks volunteers with a heart for service. This volunteer is in our front office and presents the friendly face or voice of the program to the public. Accordingly, candidates should love public contact.

Opportunities also include answering the phone and fielding a variety of interesting and challenging questions, database entry, filing, cleaning around the offices, plant care, keeping various contact forms stocked, making phone calls, shredding, thanking donors, etc.

Candidate must be committed to providing excellent customer service.

The ideal candidate can work a regular schedule (same day/s each week), and work between 4 and 20 hours per week.

Though an unpaid position, RMRP offers a fun and rewarding work environment, and highly values volunteers, donors and everyone we encounter.

If interested, please call Lisa at 970-484-7756, or email lisa@rmrp.org.

We are seeking someone who is motivated to make a big impact by helping to plan and run the RMRP’s annual fundraising auction, held in February every year. The ideal candidate is well organized, detail-oriented, and outgoing.  This volunteer position will include donor relations, seeking item donations, photographing and cataloging of items, database and website updating, coordinating assignments, and many other duties to help plan a successful fundraising event.

Facility Maintenance Volunteer

Position will include general chores around the facility. These will include, but not be limited to; sweeping and mopping, cleaning restrooms, folding laundry, scrubbing dirty towels, cleaning raptor perching materials, cleaning mouse cages, picking up trash on the 26-acre property, and other duties as assigned.

While none of this is glamorous, it is all critical to help our facility run and be able to fulfill our mission, Inspiring the protection and appreciation of raptors and the spaces they live through excellence in raptor rehabilitation, education, and outreach.

Times of shift and day of the week can be negotiated. We are looking for a couple of hours a couple of times a week. Shift must be completed between 8am and 4pm. This can be a starter opportunity to work into other aspects of the volunteer program of the RMRP.  The time frame will be no less than two months.

If you have questions about this opportunity, please send an email for more information to Lisa@rmrp.org.