Overview:
Child Advocates – Denver CASA advocates for the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect by training diverse volunteers who create opportunities for children, youth and families to thrive. Denver CASA trains and supervises Court Appointed Special Advocate Volunteers who work with children and youth who have been abused and neglected and have a child welfare case open.
Purpose:
The Community Engagement Manager serves as an engaging and positive representative of Denver CASA in the community. The Manager will focus on corporate development, volunteer recruitment, and marketing and communication efforts. This individual will enthusiastically develop relationships with community members in order to encourage donor and volunteer participation. Duties related to this will include recruitment of volunteers and donors; producing and distributing marketing materials; and general assisting with Denver CASA’s business development plan.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging:
Denver CASA continues to build a diverse and inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the distinct voices of our employees, volunteers, board members and children served. We want every employee to feel valued and appreciated and bring their full authentic selves to work. Child Advocates-Denver CASA is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin or any other protected characteristic. We seek a broad and diverse pool of candidates.
Job Description:
Community and Corporate Engagement
- Identify the most effective methods of volunteer and donor recruitment and work to target recruitment efforts for all volunteer and fundraising opportunities for the organization.
- Develop and implement an annual volunteer and donor recruitment plan and track effectiveness of acquisition efforts.
- Help spread awareness for all areas of the CASA program.
- Develop strategic goals to incorporate increased support and visibility of people from diverse communities, as volunteers or donors.
- Secure and plan opportunities to educate the public including presentations, festival booths and corporate lunch-and-learns.
- Work directly with the Director of Development to identify and develop organizational and individual relationships with potential for engagement.
- Keep a pulse on and be responsive to current trends in Corporate Social Responsibility to ensure successful relationships with corporate partners.
- Work with the Director of Development to recruit corporate executives and community leaders as potential Committee and Board members.
- Collaborate with members of the Programs Team on various tasks and projects
Development and communications administration
- Produce and distribute engaging and informative collateral to assist with volunteer and donor recruitment activities.
- Enter donor communication data and track development-related interactions in the Donor CRM.
- Post to social media, generate direct mail pieces, and other activities related to the implementation of the Denver CASA donor and volunteer acquisition plan.
- Assist with special events. Duties include staffing check-ins, event set up, event clean up and additional day-of event support.
- Informing Director of Development and Senior Leadership Team of community and corporate feedback of recruitment efforts.
- Other duties and administrative support as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors’ degree or equivalent work experience in fundraising, communications, or marketing
- Demonstrated ability to develop, advance and sustain positive relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Demonstrated experience recruiting, training, and managing volunteers to achieve organizational goals
- Ability to work independently and exercise good judgement.
- Ability to evaluate work and change course when appropriate.
- Excellent public speaking and communication skills.
- Strong leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Experience working in or with diverse communities.
- Proficient in all Office Suite, email software, and social media platforms.
- Proficient in data entry, management, analysis and reporting.
- Job related travel.
- Available for flexible day, evening and weekend hours.
Position may require transporting donated items, event materials, and other items up to 40 lbs. for community engagement and fundraising events. Event-related work involves long hours standing and interacting with donors, guests, and prospective volunteers.
Salary Range: $ 52,000 – $62,000 annually depending on experience
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, life insurance, a retirement plan and generous paid time off.
To apply: Send a cover letter and resume to [email protected] with subject line “Community Engagement Manager Application.”