Corporate and Community Relations Coordinator

Job Summary

Join Community Food Share as our Corporate & Community Relations Coordinator and help expand and strengthen relationships that support our mission through engagement, drives, and promotions.

Working closely with the Corporate Relations Manager, this position focuses on implementing engagement strategies and providing excellent partner experiences. The coordinator manages logistics for corporate and community partnerships, hosts volunteer groups, and supports cause marketing and community promotions. This is a hands‑on role ideal for someone who enjoys building connections, managing details, and representing Community Food Share in the community.

Fluency in Spanish is preferred, with the ability to read, write, speak, and translate effectively.

Typical work schedule:
Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm. Working after hours, holidays, and weekends may be expected.

• Corporate & Community Outreach:
  Primary point of contact for corporations, businesses, and community groups seeking to engage through volunteerism, drives, and promotions. Maintain ongoing communication with existing partners, encourage repeat participation, deepen engagement, and support the execution of partnership strategies set by the Corporate Relations Manager and Director of Philanthropy, ensuring seamless implementation and timely follow‑up.
• Community Promotions & Cause Marketing:
  Proactively identify and cultivate new partnership opportunities with local businesses, organizations, and schools to expand cause marketing and community promotion initiatives. Conduct outreach to prospective partners, solicit in‑kind donations and auction items, support campaign implementation through logistics, collateral coordination, and partner communication, and track participation to share impact data with the Corporate Relations Manager for reporting and stewardship.
• Volunteer Group Hosting & Support:
  Lead hosting and coordination of all volunteer groups, ensuring a welcoming and mission‑centered experience. Provide tours, presentations, and on‑site support, collaborate with Volunteer Services for logistics, and refer monetary or sponsorship support opportunities to the appropriate Philanthropy team member.
• Food & Fund Drive Coordination:
  Lead coordination of in‑person and virtual food and fund drives across the service area. Respond to inquiries, support groups with materials and guidance, track donations, recognize participating groups, and develop new tools, templates, and systems to make participation more efficient.
• Cross‑Team Collaboration & Representation:
  Collaborate with the Events & Outreach Coordinator and other Philanthropy staff to ensure alignment across events, campaigns, and communications. Represent Community Food Share at outreach events, volunteer days, and community fairs, and maintain accurate CRM records for all corporate and community engagement activities.

Promote collaboration and communication among all staff to ensure successful program implementation and ongoing program support. Consider the benefits and consequences to peer teams when taking action, openly share ideas and information, help others achieve goals, and complete work to meet the needs of the team and organization. Participate in strategic planning within the department in alignment with organizational goals. Ensure own work is accurate and timely and operates with a culture of accountability while maintaining customer service to donors, participants, volunteers, and other stakeholders.

Travel locally within the service area may be required, as well as occasional overnight travel for events and conferences.

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, nonprofit management, or a related field; or a minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience with corporate or community engagement, volunteer coordination, or campaign implementation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, CRM systems (Raiser’s Edge NXT preferred), and online campaign tools (e.g., Classy).
• Fluency in Spanish preferred; ability to read, write, speak, and translate effectively.
• A minimum…