What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Awareness Liaison position at SELAH FREEDOM INC?
Job Details
Description
Are you passionate about making a difference and building meaningful connections? Join our dynamic team as a Donor Relations Specialist and play a vital role in driving our nonprofit’s mission forward! This full-time position offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraising professional to cultivate donor relationships, enhance community engagement, and help us grow our impact. If you're ready to bring your skills and enthusiasm to an amazing organization, we’d love to hear from you!
This role will focus on Manatee and Sarasota counties, offers a full benefit package with a hybrid office/remote schedule.
Company Summary: Selah Freedom is a Faith-Based, Regional organization providing education and training throughout the country, as well as teen prevention, outreach, and safe housing in the Midwest and Southeast regions of the United States. Selah Freedom's headquarters is located in Sarasota, Florida. Selah Freedom exists to end sex trafficking and bring freedom to the exploited.
Selah Freedom's standards, policies, and procedures are guided by Biblical Principles. Selah Freedom believes the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God. There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit who is the ONLY way, truth, and life.
Core Values: Ownership, Collaboration, Gratitude, Communication, and Balance
Qualifications
Job Summary: The Community Awareness Liaison is responsible for fostering relationships with current and prospective donors to ensure continued support for the organization's mission. This role involves stewarding donor relationships, coordinating communications, and executing strategies that enhance donor engagement and retention. The ideal candidate will be a highly organized, personable, and mission-driven individual with a passion for building lasting connections.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Donor Stewardship and Engagement:
- Build and maintain strong, lasting relationships with donors, ensuring their continued engagement with the organization.
- Act as a primary point of contact for donors, addressing inquiries, sharing updates, and providing excellent service.
- Create personalized communication plans to recognize donor contributions, including thank-you notes, reports, and event invitations.
- Develop and implement strategies for donor recognition programs, such as naming opportunities or appreciation events.
- Must meet or exceed annual fundraising goals.
Awareness Support:
- Collaborate with the Awareness team to create and execute donor retention and growth strategies.
- Represent the organization at events, fostering connections with attendees and promoting the organization’s mission.
- Assist in planning and executing fundraising campaigns and events.
- Identify opportunities to deepen donor involvement through volunteering, partnerships, or increased giving.
- Track donor giving trends to inform outreach efforts and strategies.
Communication and Reporting:
- Prepare tailored correspondence, impact reports, and updates to demonstrate how donor contributions are making a difference.
- Ensure donors receive timely updates on programs, initiatives, and milestones.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date donor records in the database, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with data management policies.
Other duties as assigned
Education and/or Experience
- Associate or Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- 2 years of experience in donor relations, fundraising, or related roles.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Proficiency in donor management software (e.g., Classy) and Google drive/documents
- Passion for Selah Freedom’s mission and a commitment to advancing its goals.
- Clean driving record preferred.
Physical Demands
- 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 job, the employee is frequently required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
- In the performance of the duties of this job the employee is required to travel (frequency), drive a motor vehicle, communicate using telephone and e-mail.
Work Environment
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Work Schedule
- Typical work schedule is within the hours of 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday through Friday. Some work may involve nights, weekends, or after hours. Employee will receive proper notice beforehand.
Record Retention
- Selah Freedom applications are retained for one (1) year from date of action.
