Community Engagement Coordinator

Alzheimer's Association Careers • Tucson, AZ

3d • $60,000 - $65,000

About The Position

The Community Engagement Coordinator implements the Alzheimer’s Association Portfolio of Community Program Offerings, which provides awareness, education, and support across communities in the United States and activates grassroots networks to advance the Association’s mission. The Coordinator identifies and engages community partners and recruits, coaches, and supports volunteers, with particular focus on new, underrepresented, and rural communities. The role manages multiple program-delivery volunteers and offerings, builds community enthusiasm, and applies proven strategies to grow community presence and reach more people year over year.

The position is based in Tucson, Arizona, reports to the Program Director, and requires travel and evening and weekend work as needed. The stated good-faith salary expectation is $60,000–$65,000. The role calls for a bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience and three years of experience in program delivery or volunteer management; community health and community mobilization experience are a plus.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Three years of experience in program delivery or volunteer management.
• Ability to recognize and cultivate relationship potential with targeted partners, organizations, and diverse populations to build urgency around dementia awareness and motivate action.
• Ability to collaborate effectively, hold others accountable, and reach mutually agreeable outcomes.
• Ability to represent the Association effectively to community partners, community leaders, and corporate partners.
• Proven experience in community service development and sustained program integration.
• General knowledge of community health, community-based organizations, and systems.
• Travel, including evening and weekend work, is required; ability to work evenings and weekends as needed.
• Valid driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle, clean driving record, and proof of insurance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in community health and community mobilization.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, coach, and manage volunteers to build grassroots movements that meet organizational goals in select markets.
• Apply Association best practices in community engagement and volunteer activation, using relationship-building skills to drive outcomes.
• Activate and support a portfolio of volunteers using methods such as peer coaching, Mission Conversations, and quality improvement strategies.
• Manage multiple Community Program Offerings concurrently, demonstrate measurable year-over-year growth, and step in as needed to ensure delivery.
• Cultivate and manage community partnerships, including with underrepresented groups, to enhance awareness, education, support, and brand visibility.
• Manage a portfolio of community partners that host Association Community Programs and secure Community Partner agreements.
• Collaborate with revenue, advocacy, leadership, and other stakeholders to identify and qualify awareness opportunities and expand reach and impact.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture that supports long-term community impact and volunteer engagement.
• Evaluate and improve volunteer performance as needed, and manage budgets, grants, and timelines.
• Promote support for the Association’s full mission, including care, fundraising, and advocacy, with emphasis on underrepresented communities with limited access to diagnosis and treatment.

Benefits

• Employees working 24 hours per week or more are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; short- and long-term disability insurance; life insurance; long-term care insurance; tuition reimbursement; paid time off; 12 annual holidays; paid family leave; an annual Cultural & Heritage Day; a Volunteer Day; and a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Full-time employees working 37.5 hours per week additionally receive an annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level