What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community & Volunteer Engagement Specialist position at Green Country Habitat for Humanity?
Summary:
The Community and Volunteer Engagement Specialist will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer and Director of External Affairs to maximize annual giving, grant funding and year-end giving revenue. This position will create strategies to secure donations, manage the donor/volunteer database, and maintain updated content for grants. The position implements and maintains Green Country Habitat for Humanity?s (GCHFH) volunteer engagement and community relations outreach plans. This role is responsible for developing and implementing annual and year-end giving plans while reporting the effectiveness of the plans.
Essential Functions:
- Research, edits, and oversees the production of persuasive and accurate proposals, grant requests, collateral, and communication materials to support activities with Write On Fundraising.
- Ensure timely delivery of grant requests, applications, letters of interest, and reports.
- Ensures efforts to accurately document and maintain the donor database.
- Ensures proper and timely donor recognition.
- Responds to data information requests as they arise and produces regular donor reports.
- Works with the marketing department to support coordinating and managing events with programs aimed at donor and volunteer engagement.
- Works with the Director of Exterior Affairs to build a shared annual outreach and volunteer calendar for all internal and external community events.
- Builds, manages, and shares the digital GCHFH outreach calendar aligning goals within all GCHFH departments. Includes community relations, onsite volunteer events, home dedications, and fundraising campaigns.
- Collects goals and data with measured results from GCHFH employees before and after attending community events. Includes tracking lists of individuals who successfully attend or interact during an event.
- Reports and tracks the effectiveness of each outreach event that GCHFH participates in throughout each quarter of the fiscal year to leadership team.
- Proactively works with the Vice President of Development and the Retail Marketing Specialist to coordinate targeted volunteer and community outreach opportunities.
- Supports GCHFH staff to provide customer service and technical assistance in coordinating potential organizations in participating in onsite volunteering.
- Identifies and coordinates local community event opportunities for Homeowner Services, Retail Operations, and Marketing/Development Departments according to targeted GCHFH communication goals.
Other Duties:
The information in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.
EEOC Statement
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