Community Engagement Coordinator; Charlottesville

ABOUT THIS JOB

Location:

Remote (Greater Charlottesville)

Department:
Donation Awareness & Advocacy

Schedule:

Monday-Friday, Full-Time (8 hours), Weekends & Evenings, Flex Schedule, 70% Field Based

Clinical Status:
Non-Clinical

As a Community Engagement Coordinator, you’ll play a vital role in advancing our mission. In this position, you’ll be responsible for advancing the mission of donation awareness by fostering meaningful connections, delivering impactful education, and supporting strategic engagement initiatives. This position is responsible for cultivating trust and understanding within diverse communities, ensuring that individuals are informed, empowered, and inspired to support donation & register as an organ, tissue, and cell donor.

Working collaboratively across departments and with external partners, the Coordinator designs and implements outreach strategies that reflect the organization’s values and commitment to saving lives, restoring health, and giving hope. Through relationship‑building, storytelling, and culturally responsive programming, the Coordinator helps bridge gaps in knowledge and perception, creating inclusive spaces for dialogue and advocacy.

Your work will have purpose every single day, contributing directly to life‑changing outcomes.

• Community Relationship Building:
  Develops and maintains strong, trust‑based relationships with community organizations and leaders, donor families and recipients, volunteers, and advocacy groups. Serves as a liaison between the organization and the public, representing the mission with authenticity and compassion.
• Education and Awareness:
  Organizes, promotes, and attends events, workshops, and informational sessions to raise public awareness about the organization’s mission and organ/tissue donation. Creates and distributes outreach materials like brochures, flyers, and digital content to inform the public about programs and services. Delivers educational presentations tailored to various audiences including, but not limited to schools, multicultural organizations, faith‑based organizations, healthcare organizations, and civic groups.
  
  Translates complex donation concepts into accessible, culturally sensitive messaging that resonates with diverse populations.
• Engagement Strategy & Implementation:
  Develops and implements outreach strategies, promoting programs, and educating the public. Executes community events, campaigns, and initiatives that promote donation awareness. Collects, tracks and analyzes community feedback, VA state registration rates, event evaluations and other pertinent metrics to improve effectiveness and strategies of outreach efforts.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Collaborates with other organizations, community leaders, and stakeholders to create partnerships and expand the reach of programs and messages about donation. Partners with internal teams such as communications, hospital development, national donor development, and donor family advocates to align messaging and maximize awareness effectiveness. Contributes to organizational initiatives that elevate public understanding and support for donation.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Valid Driver’s License
• ONE (1) year – Community health and/or education, public relations or related work experience

Preferred Experience /Skills/

Certifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree – Healthcare, Education, Business, Marketing, or related field
• THREE (3) years – Community health and/or education, public relations or related work experience

• Team Orientation:
  Able to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Initiative:
  Able to be resourceful and work without always being directed
• Problem Solving & Analytical:
  Able to break down a problem, gather facts, and find a logical solution
• Time Management:
  Able to prioritize and manage time/workload across multiple competing priorities
• Communication:
  Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate and build relationships with all professionals at different levels within and outside the organization
• Relationship Management:
  Builds and…