Community Impact Specialist

Description

Discover the Westmark Difference!!

Are you looking for a career? Do you want to be valued as an individual on a team? Do you want to learn, grow, and make a difference in your community? Westmark offers outstanding stability, a variety of career opportunities and exceptional work/life balance.

· 60% of our employees have been part of the Westmark family for 5+ years.

· 71% of our employees who have been part of the Westmark family for one year or more have received at least one promotion.

· 85% of our managers were promoted from within the company.

· Westmark has been in business since 1954 and has recently grown to over $1.6 billion in assets, 15 branches, and over 80,000 members!

We also have some of the most impressive benefits in the industry:

• Paid Time Off (3 to 5 weeks per year, depending on tenure)
  PLUS 11 paid holidays.
• Excellent health insurance options for employees and family with shared premiums
• 401k with 75% company match and 2% profit sharing contribution
• Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (Free counseling and legal services)

The Community Impact Specialist is responsible for advancing Westmark Credit Union's community engagement initiatives through financial education, event support, outreach, and branch services. This position delivers educational programs, assists with community events and sponsor ships, supports branch fulfillment, and collaborates with internal teams to ensure successful community impact and education efforts across Westmark's service areas.

Ability and willingness to travel for educational and marketing events.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with schools, nonprofit organizations, community partners, and local organizations.
• Represent Westmark at networking events, volunteer activities, and community functions.
• Identify opportunities to expand Westmark's community involvement and financial education efforts.
• Collaborate with internal departments to support community impact initiatives.
• Assist with planning, preparing, setting up, and tearing down community events, sponsor ships, financial education events, and member appreciation activities.
• Prepare event materials, promotional items, displays, signage, and supplies with direction from the Sponsor ships and Events Specialist.
• Serve as backup support for sponsorship and donation initiatives, assisting with requests, fulfillment, and event preparation as needed.
• Represent Westmark professionally at community events and engage with members and attendees.
• Assist branches with community outreach efforts, grand openings, member appreciation days, volunteer activities, and promotional events.

• Deliver engaging financial education presentations to middle schools, high schools, colleges, and community organizations.
• Build and maintain relationships with educators, administrators, professors, counselors, and other community partners.
• Coordinate classroom presentations, workshops, and educational opportunities.
• Represent Westmark at career fairs, financial education events, and community outreach activities.
• Work with other Community Impact Specialist on Scholarship Program.
• Track financial education presentations, community outreach activities, volunteer hours, and event participation.
• Expand financial literacy offerings for adults through workplace presentations, community workshops, and partnerships with local organizations.
• Create and maintain educational materials, presentations, digital resources, and program content.
• Coordinate financial education requests with internal staff and community partners.

• Manage and maintain promotional inventory, educational materials, giveaways, and event supplies for all regions.
• Coordinate tracking, storage, and distribution of marketing and community engagement materials.
• Ensure branches have appropriate promotional resources to support local events and initiatives.
• Maintain organized inventory records and recommend replenishment as needed.

• Serve as a branch ambassador by building…