Community and Foundations Officer

Children's Hope Alliance•Statesville, NC

3d•Remote

About The Position

This position is responsible for serving as a Community and Foundation Officer throughout the state of North Carolina. This role combines the roles of fundraising, community and foundation relations, and development support. As a key member of a dynamic philanthropy team, duties include making calls to an active donor base and representing CHA to churches and civic organizations across the state and acting as a liaison with Foundation funders. 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.

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.

Responsibilities

Assist in identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors and prospects with the goal of increasing contributions and building relationships with individuals, churches and other organizations.
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.
Coordinate and cultivate existing Foundations
Identify relationships with potential Foundations and steward gifts as directed by supervisor.
Identify ways to promote the agency and child advocacy in general. Requires public speaking and serving as agency representative in churches, civic and other community groups.
In conjunction with communications staff, assist with public affairs events as needed.
Assist and participate and/or coordinate donor, volunteer, and community relation events.
Be the point of contact for all community outreach; communicating with CHA departments as necessary.
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.
Contribute to department meetings; follow department procedures and practices on donor stewardship/follow-up/reporting.
May be required to photograph miscellaneous donor/volunteer activities in assigned region.
Assist communications staff in gathering client success stories in assigned region.
Other tasks as requested by supervisor.
Contribute to and enhance company mission
Prioritize and plan work responsibilities appropriately
Attend and/or successfully complete all required training and meetings.
Perform quality work within given deadlines and expectations with or without direct supervision.
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
Serve effectively as a team contributor on all assignments
Utilize effective communication skills both verbally and in writing; provide effective feedback and is receptive to feedback
Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other appropriate individuals
Is sensitive to the cultural, ethnic and religious views of the children and families served, and in community and public contact.