Community Engagement Specialist

As a Community Engagement Specialist at AFH Canada, you'll be a driving force for transformation, mobilizing Canadians to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals around the world. With a commitment to trust, integrity, and excellence, you'll play a pivotal role in advancing our mission to create lasting change. AFHC Fund Development department is dedicated to designing and executing strategies that drive funding growth.

Our goal is to diversify and expand our revenue streams through innovative fundraising initiatives, while building and nurturing relationships with donors, volunteers, and community supporters to ensure long‑term sustainability and impact.

Develop and optimize community fundraising and volunteer initiatives

Oversee key external relationships, ensuring consistent engagement and supportAFHC's initiatives.

Serve as the point of contact and representative of AFHC with regional volunteer teams

Event Planning and Execution

Lead regional volunteer teams in managing events locally or event participation in consultation with line manager.

Lead the planning and execution of regional, and local fundraising events, ensuring alignment with AFH’s mission and objectives.

Represent the organization at AFHC and non-AFHC events

Ensure that appropriate materials and equipment are available for events

Loading, delivering and returning materials and equipment to and from functions

Always maintaining supplies of fundraising/promotional materials

Provide progress updates on event planning to the team and ensure all supporting materials and tools are ready.

Develop and execute a Challenges plan, managing the administrative, logistical, and operational elements of all challenges.

Plan and prepare all AFH challenges by ensuring completion and approval of required documentation (budgets, planning forms, risk assessments, etc.) and by developing and delivering participant resources and materials for smooth and successful delivery.

Ensure challenges are focused on income generation as well as positive brand exposure.

Communicate performance and provide regular updates to Line Manager

Utilize all regional and personal social media platforms to promote AFHC messaging, campaigns, activities and appeals.

Explore and develop new relationships and partnerships with the goal of widening the community outreach and increasing the number of new donors to AFHC.

Manage the stakeholder relationships by holding regular meetings, providing feedback on donations and exploring what AFHC can offer them

Manage and oversee mosque and community relations: organizing Jummah or Taraweeh collections for campaigns, distribute material for specific campaigns at mosques and other gatherings (Ramadan, Qurbani, Emergencies), and set up fundraisers at mosques and in the community to raise funds and awareness

Provide fundraising support to stakeholders working with AFHC

Respond to fundraising and other enquiries in relation to regional activities

Volunteers and Networking

Build a regional volunteer team by recruiting, training and managing members

Plan strategic activities in collaboration with the Team Leads to engage and motivate volunteers.

Lead the volunteers’ team in planning and executing grass roots community events.

Lead volunteer appreciation events and ensure ongoing recognition of their contributions.

Lead regional volunteer team in executing larger AFHC events, challenges and tours

Assist with any fundraising activities taking place in the region

Lead volunteer team to promote and obtain attendance at or with all AFHC fundraising events and initiatives

Attend and network at local and AFHC events to build relationships, recruit new volunteers.

Collaborate with team leads to plan and execute events and…