Community Relations and Development Director Area Command (Charlotte, NC)

Community Relations and Development Director Area Command (Charlotte, NC) (6644)# Community Relations and Development Director Area Command (Charlotte, NC) (6644)
NSC-Charlotte Area Command - Charlotte, NC 28217## Overview Salary Range $95,683.00 - $ Salary Category Fundraising  & Donor Relations## Description Community Relations/Public Relations Responsibilities (30%)   Strengthens communication with donors, prospective donors, volunteers, media personnel, civic club   leadership and local government leadership, maintains open and direct channels of communication   including written documentation showing a personalized plan for each donor; ensures that donors are   treated fairly and with sensitivity;

resolves problems and responds to questions; ensures that all prospects   and donors are serviced in a timely, efficient and tactful manner; ensures the accuracy and completeness   of all information provided.  Organizes media coverage and social media information for special events such as luncheons, banquets,   groundbreakings, building dedications, special programs, etc.
Writes various articles and media releases and takes photographs in order to communicate and promote   the service and progress of The Salvation Army in the community; provides articles to magazines internet,   Southern Spirit, War Cry, newsletters, billboards, Speaker’s Bureau, Public Service Announcements and   paid advertising for television and radio as well as drop in ads for all printed publications.  Designs, develops and prepares brochures, annual reports and a quarterly newsletter designed to keep   donors, clients, media and those requesting information of The Salvation Army up
-to-date on the activities   of The Salvation Army in the local area; works with advertising agencies, interns and subordinate staff to   secure assistance for preparing the same.  Creates and updates the crisis management plan and works with Disaster Services to position The   Salvation Army as a leader in disaster services; keeps Army presence in front of media and general public   during times of disaster through news releases, in-kind donation drives, billboards, celebrity endorsements   and various visibility opportunities.  

Prepares and maintains records of all phone calls, correspondence, visitation, and a calendar of all   contacts; receives and responds to donors and prospects mail.  Raises visibility through coordinating with local and regional print and broadcast media;
Civic Clubs;
Churches;
Educational Institutions;
Businesses and Corporations, TSA Advisory Board and Advisory   Organizations, Social Media sites [Facebook / TSA Website].  Development Responsibilities (30%)   Under the guidance of the Corps Officers, plans, coordinates, implements, administers and sustains an   aggressive, robust Community Relations and Development plan focused on:  - Assisting the RRDD & RPGD through working with current and prospective donors; foundations;
Corporations and businesses;
Civic Clubs;
United Way;
Grant Writing; and Special Events .  - Working with the Divisional Development Director and the Regional Resource Development   Director and the Regional Planned Giving Director:  o Plans, coordinates, and initiates a strategy to generate gifts from individuals, corporations   and foundations for support of the programs and services of The Salvation Army; cultivates   and maintains an effective method of communication with individual, corporate and   foundation qualified prospects and donors.  

o Working with the RRDD and the PGD, establish a “caseload” of donors for cultivation and   solicitation.  o Raising funding goals as set by the Corps Officer, Advisory Board and approved local   budget.  o Developing and maintaining a donor…