Marketing & Community Engagement Manager

Position Summary

Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky (HONK) is seeking an energetic professional with an engaging personality to help low‑income households realize their dream of owning a home. Join our faith‑based non‑profit with over 30 years of experience creating affordable home ownership opportunities. Take the lead on developing and implementing a marketing and communication plan; build strategic relationships; plan special events; and lead community engagement efforts to expand HONK’s impact on the families and individuals we serve.

Marketing & Community Engagement Manager

Executive Director

Full‑time, Salary. Office is open from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday‑Friday. Occasional flex schedule may be needed to support evening or weekend meetings and events.

502 Fry Street, Covington, KY 41011

HONK is a faith‑based, non‑profit organization with over 30 years of success in guiding families and individuals on the path to home ownership. Our opportunities are created by rehabbing homes and building homes using volunteer labor and donations to keep our homes affordable. Many of the households we serve are not only first‑time homeowners, but the first generation in their family to own a home.

We help prepare each household for home ownership using a supportive lease‑to‑own program. Our clients live in their HONK home, typically for 12‑18 months, before buying it. During this time, we work with them to improve credit, reduce debt, develop savings, and otherwise prepare for the physical and financial realities of becoming a homeowner. This preparation has brought tremendous long‑term success to our homeowners over the years.

With broad support from our Northern Kentucky communities, HONK has helped 125 households to achieve home ownership.

• Develop and lead implementation of a comprehensive marketing and communication plan in alignment with the organization’s strategic plan.
• Plan special events and collaborative opportunities.
• Further develop HONK’s involvement in a vintage car collection.
• Support annual giving campaigns and fundraising activities.
• Support the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual donors, businesses, and foundations.
• Assist with management of a donor management and acknowledgement system.
• Maintain accurate records and provide regular reports on goals in the marketing and communication plan.
• Create and help implement an annual community engagement plan to grow and retain HONK’s client, volunteer and donor base.
• Maintain relationships with collaborative partners and cultivate new ones.
• Participate in relevant councils, commissions, committees and community meetings.
• Develop outreach materials (newsletters, brochures, flyers, electronic media, etc.) to effectively convey the mission of HONK.
• Develop and schedule presentations; communicate with staff regarding coverage and responsibilities.
• Cultivate HONK’s social media presence to attract clients, volunteers, and donors.
• Coordinate special events including open houses, groundbreaking ceremonies, fundraising events, donor/partner/volunteer appreciation activities, presentation of new client welcome baskets/gifts, etc.
• Maintain accurate records and provide regular reports on goals in the community engagement plan.
• Work in collaboration with staff and volunteers to meet the goals of the Strategic Plan.
• Contribute to and coordinate efforts with HONK’s Development & Marketing Committee.
• Assist with Candid Seal of Transparency, BBB accreditation, CHDO recertification, etc.
• Perform additional tasks as needed to assist HONK in its mission, while exercising the highest moral and ethical practices as a representative of HONK and its faith‑based foundation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, English or other relevant field, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Excellent written communication skills, strong sense of visual design and strong presentation skills.
• High-level organization skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work effectively with a diverse population.
• Outgoing and engaging…