Community Outreach Coordinator

HOPE IS ALIVE MINISTRIES INC•Beaufort, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Community Outreach Coordinator will be responsible for sourcing, establishing, and maintaining lasting relationships within the community to organize events, raise funding, and secure volunteering for the sober recovery program. They will ensure a streamlined donor/volunteer engagement process is experienced for those engaging with the organization.

Requirements

Passion for the organization and its mission.
Willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed.
Cold call individuals, businesses.
Natural charisma and leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate groups of people.
Speak on stage while following a script.
Enthusiasm for teaching others how to serve and enjoy leading and working with a team.
Positive and professional attitude.
Reliability, responsibility, and availability.
Self-motivation and forward-thinking.
Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
Ability to find local community resources and funding.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Willingness and ability to travel (in and out of state) during event seasons.

Nice To Haves

1 year of public speaking, sales, or public relations experience.
Ability to work independently.
Physical ability to perform tasks such as bending, squatting, and lifting up to 30 pounds.
Prior experience in a fast-scaling organization.
Familiarity with Google Suite and Salesforce.
Experience in meeting and event planning.

Responsibilities

Maintain a high level of relationship accountability of the organization's current donor portfolio.
Research new financial donor organizations, businesses, and individuals.
Prepare and implement a plan for cultivating and soliciting a portfolio of new and existing donors in local city to provide high-level touchpoints that cater to donors while reinforcing the organization's impact.
Explore potential new prospect opportunities in partnership with the leadership team and through making new connections with philanthropy, business, and foundation networks.
Conduct virtual and in-person visits and other high-level interactions with donors and prospects, documenting actions.
Participate actively in donor strategy meetings.
Collaborate with internal and external partners on donor materials.
Lead solicitation efforts with communication to new and existing donors.
Develop and implement events to engage donors in new ways.
Host several fundraiser events yearly including invites, logging data in the event database, speaking at events, raising funding, and developing relationships with attendees.
Collaborate with events teams, board members, leadership team, and volunteer groups to implement donor cultivation and stewardship events when appropriate; identify, recruit, and support hosts for these events.
Foster a collaborative and enjoyable work environment.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date donor records, interactions, and communications in the CRM database.
Engage in fundraising activities/events to achieve goals set by the Executive Team including prospecting, cultivation, and stewardship of donors.
Facilitate new and ongoing partnerships and opportunities with churches and other agencies.
Create new volunteer opportunities and work with individuals to match their skills and talents with relevant tasks.
Organize Sunday night meetings, including booking speakers, meals, set-up, tear-down, expressing gratitude, and following up.
Handle incoming and outgoing correspondence, including emails, mail, and packages.
Properly thank all volunteers and donors.
Ability to effectively communicate and establish rapport with multiple teams and modes of communication across locations to suit differing audiences.
Assist in coordinating program residents for volunteering and recruiting activities.
Post updates and information on social media.