Church and Community Engagement Coordinator

Description

Summary

This position is responsible for serving as a Church and Community Engagement Coordinator throughout the state of North Carolina. The position involves maximizing philanthropic support to enable Children's Hope Alliance to fulfill its stated mission and purpose by performing the following duties. May require periodic, overnight travel. This position is remote but needs to be centrally located for ease of travel throughout the state. A shared company vehicle will be accessible, as needed.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

Fundraising

• Assist in identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors and prospects with the goal of increasing contributions.
• Assist in researching, managing, and maintaining a portfolio of giving prospects.
• Maintain a monthly travel schedule to meet donors and prospects in person.
• Assist the department in relation to donors, alumni, and community and/or faith-based organizations as directed by supervisor.
  
  

Community Relations

• Identify ways to promote the agency and child advocacy in general. Requires public speaking and serving as agency representative in civic and other community groups.
• In conjunction with communications staff, assist with public relations as needed.
• Assist and participate and/or coordinate donor, volunteer, and community relation events.
  
  

Other Development Support

• Record all donor information in Salesforce CRM software.
• Assist participation in overall strategic planning and support achievement of goals for all CHA fundraising and communication efforts.
• Other tasks as requested by supervisor.
  
  

Supervision Responsibilities

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but will work directly with the other development staff on all aspects of CHA events, community relations, conferences, and building strong relationships with current and prospective donors.

All Employees Have The Following Expectations

• Mission: Contribute to and enhance company mission
• Organization: Prioritize and plan work responsibilities appropriately
• Professional Development: Attend and/or successfully complete all required training and meetings.
• Timeliness and Accuracy: Perform quality work within given deadlines and expectations with or without direct supervision.
• Professionalism: Comply with all applicable policies, practices, and procedures; report all out-of-compliance and unsafe activities to supervisor; interact professionally with other employees, volunteers, families, children, and the community
• Teamwork: Serve effectively as a team contributor on all assignments
• Communication: Utilize effective communication skills both verbally and in writing; provide effective feedback and is receptive to feedback
• Leadership: Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other appropriate individuals
• Cultural Competence: Is sensitive to the cultural, ethnic and religious views of the children and families served, and in community and public contact.
  
  

Children’s Hope Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Requirements

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university or 1-2 years’ experience in development, marketing or fundraising for nonprofit organizations.
• Must be proficient in usage with Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, Teams and typing skills.
• Must be customer service oriented and possess a willingness to represent the agency to the public.
• Must be detail-oriented, have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Assist with some weekend and evening events.
• Must be culturally sensitive to children and families and support cultural diversity throughout the program.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and be insurable by agency insurance carrier.
• Must submit to and pass pre-employment checks, criminal records check, and DMV/MVR check.
  
  

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, frequently required to stoop or kneel, and must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, peripheral and depth perception. Essential functions will be typing, professional writing, using the telephone, driving and active participation in physical activities.

Salary expectations

• New employees are generally hired at the midpoint of the posted salary range. However, the exact salary may vary depending on factors such as qualifications, internal equity, and the budget allocated for the role.
  
  

Children’s Hope Alliance is committed to fostering, maintaining, and promoting equal employment opportunities. We recruit, hire, train, and promote employees without discrimination of race, religion, color, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability, national origin, sex, or age.

Salary Description

$50,000-$55,000