Community Engagement Coordinator

Position: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

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The Community Engagement Coordinator (CEC) is a relationship cultivator extraordinaire. S/he is a champion for Munice Area Youth for Christ (YFC) to acquire new giving partners while building awareness of YFC’s work through effectively using the processes and practices provided through YFC’s national development model.

Position Summary The CEC is energized by proactive conversations that culminate into seeing a potential giving partner introduced to YFC’s work, invited to give, and by seeing enhanced missional commitment towards stated benchmarks and goals.

Additionally, s/he is motivated by seeing partners become more generous in their ongoing giving, and by seeing lapsed partners re-engage with our mission.

Essential Functions

• Builds relationships through faithful, personalized touchpoints with current and potential giving partners interested in funding YFC’s mission/national service center operations.
• Graciously and respectfully invites prospects toward financial partnership.
• Effectively follows-up with attendees of all events, and respondents of all communication.
• Pro-actively reaches out to potential giving partners in an effort to inspire participation with YFC’s mission.
• Promotes relational care of all partners to the NSC by reporting missional progress, and by expressing gratitude.

Event Support

• Organizes and executes events according to targeted goals.
• Adheres to the STS/BTS Playbook for standards and best practices.
• Manages invites and RSVP’s to all events in coordination with the team.
• Follows YFC Marketing Plan for promoting each event.
• Effectively follows up with attendees of all events.

Donor Communication

• Utilizes tools and platforms provided by YFC’s External Marketing department to prepare and send ministry updates.
• Collects ministry update content from staff, volunteers and kids.
• Social Media posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram once per week.
• Implements lapsed donor communication strategies and personally follow-up.

Spiritual Responsibilities

• Seek God’s guidance and wisdom, through prayer and meditation.
• Participate and lead regular times of prayer, devotion and worship.
• Teach and preach from the Holy Bible at YFC staff meetings, conferences, camps and events.
• Model empathy, humility and care for all people.

Fundraising Responsibilities

All YFC employees are expected to regularly and actively participate in faithful activities that advance the stewardship functions of YFC/USA.

Position Requirements

• MUST enjoy building relationships—and talking on the telephone!
• Be comfortable in a public facing role.
• Be skilled in giving partner recruitment and relationship cultivation.
• Possess the maturity and ability to interact with all types of people.
• Enjoy developing relationships with people over time.
• Be detail-oriented and committed to tracking every conversation in your database.

EEO Statement

Youth For Christ (YFC) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap, marital status, or other unlawful discriminatory characteristics in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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