Community Engagement Coordinator; Roanoke​/Lynchburg

Position Title

Community Engagement Coordinator (Greater Roanoke/Lynchburg)

AT LIFENET HEALTH, YOU ARE THE ADVANTAGE

Every day, YOU help us to save lives, restore health, and bring hope to patients and families around the world. At Life Net Health, we cultivate growth, innovation, and collaboration, where your contributions drive solutions that benefit humanity.

Together, we are united by a mission greater than ourselves, a purpose rooted in healing.

• Location:
  
  Remote (Greater Roanoke/Lynchburg)
• 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. You will cultivate trust and understanding within diverse communities, ensuring that individuals are informed, empowered, and inspired to support donation and 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.

• 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, promotes programs, and educates 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 Drivers License
• ONE (1) year Community health and/or education, public relations or related work experience

Preferred Experience /Skills/

Certifications:

• Bachelors 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…