Volunteer Engagement & Community Fundraising Manager
About The Position
The Volunteer Engagement & Community Fundraising Manager is a strategic, revenue-adjacent role that reimagines volunteer engagement as a powerful fundraising and community-building asset. This position represents a critical inflection point for the organization, expanding volunteer engagement from primarily program support to a model that centers volunteers as donors, ambassadors, and connectors. This role is responsible for designing and executing a volunteer engagement strategy that drives philanthropic investment, pilots workplace giving initiatives, and builds high-impact corporate volunteer partnerships—while maintaining clear, firm boundaries around program-support expectations to ensure sustainability and capacity alignment. The ideal candidate is relational, entrepreneurial, and systems-oriented, with the ability to inspire community members and corporate partners to deepen their involvement through giving, advocacy, and connection to the mission.
Requirements
- Minimum of 4–6 years of experience in volunteer engagement, community fundraising, corporate engagement, or nonprofit development.
- Demonstrated success in building relationships that lead to philanthropic support.
- Experience designing or managing workplace giving programs, peer-to-peer fundraising, or corporate volunteer initiatives.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and set clear boundaries.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presenting to individuals, groups, and corporate partners.
- Data-informed and results-driven, with comfort using engagement and fundraising metrics to guide decisions.
- Ability to build authentic relationships with people from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute the organization’s volunteer engagement and community fundraising strategy that supports organizational fundraising goals by cultivating volunteers as donors, ambassadors, and community connectors.
- Partner with Development team to identify, cultivate, and steward volunteers with philanthropic potential, including peer-to-peer fundraisers and individual donors.
- Create pathways for volunteers to deepen engagement over time, including giving, advocacy, event participation, and network-building.
- Develop and implement volunteer recognition and leadership initiatives that reinforce philanthropy, ambassadorship, and long-term commitment.
- Pilot and scale workplace giving initiatives, including employee giving campaigns, volunteer-led fundraising efforts, and matching gift engagement.
- Design volunteer-driven community fundraising opportunities that are achievable, mission-aligned, and staff-capacity aware.
- Track participation and revenue outcomes to assess ROI and inform future strategy.
- Cultivate and manage corporate volunteer partnerships in coordination with Development leadership, integrating service, employee engagement, and financial support.
- Collaborate with Corporate and Individual Giving teams to align corporate volunteer engagement with broader fundraising strategies.
- Design corporate volunteer opportunities that prioritize relationship-building and fundraising potential over high-volume program support.
- Educate internal staff on best practices for stewarding corporate volunteers as long-term partners.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to establish clear guidelines and expectations for volunteer engagement to ensure program-support requests remain within staff and organizational capacity.
- Develop project timelines and systems for volunteer recruitment, onboarding, communication, recognition, and retention—with a focus on quality over quantity.
- Maintain accurate volunteer data, engagement tracking, and reporting related to participation, fundraising impact, and conversion to donors or ambassadors.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure volunteer engagement strategies align with organizational priorities and resource realities.
- Analyze volunteer engagement and community fundraising data to assess effectiveness and inform strategic adjustments.
- Conduct periodic evaluations and feedback loops with volunteers, corporate partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities for innovation, growth, or refinement in volunteer-driven fundraising efforts.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
