Communities in Schools Development and Communications Coordinator

Our outstanding teachers, support staff members and leaders are top-notch educators whom others seek to emulate, and quite simply – we would like for you to consider joining us.

The Communities in Schools (CIS) Development and Communications Coordinator will support our fundraising and communications. In this role, the Coordinator will work with and report to the Development Specialist to advance the organization’s fund development, marketing campaigns, and donor cultivation and retention efforts. As part of the Communities In Schools of Chesterfield team, you will be joining a group of passionate, hardworking, and mission-driven individuals.

This work is fun, creative, fulfilling, and challenging.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive annual communications plan
• Organize, catalogue, and maintain media coverage, media archives, and photo library
• Produce content for social media platforms, schedule posts to ensure consistent and timely communication, and track analytics to improve engagement
• Design and send monthly eNewsletter to stakeholders, highlighting key achievements, upcoming events, and relevant information
• Identify grant opportunities aligned with organizational goals, prepare and submit grant proposals as needed
• Update and maintain website content with current news, events, and other relevant information
• Assist with coordinating logistics, marketing, and volunteer support for organizational fundraising events
• Support the execution of development and communications related meetings
• Support the Development Specialist with donor cultivation, implementing stewardship strategies, and monitoring retention rates to develop long-term engagement strategies
• Design communications collateral, such as brochures, flyers, and presentations
• Ensure donor records are current, and prepare and send acknowledgements to donors
• Perform regular database maintenance and clean-up to ensure data integrity and accessibility
• Take meeting minutes for development and communication related meetings
• Participate in donor prospecting to solicit new funding opportunities
• Perform other duties as assigned

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Prepare various reports as requested. Prepare and submit grant proposals as needed.

Regular use of standard office equipment, to include computers, copiers, etc.

Frequent contacts within the organization as well as external contacts, to include donors.

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Performs work under the direction of the CIS Coordinator within the policy boundaries and established objectives and interprets policy on own initiative as necessary.

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The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, reach with hands and arms, handle paper files, records, computer and equipment controls;

talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit and drive. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and depth perception.

The employee regularly works in an office environment, with some time out of the office to visit CIS of Chesterfield school sites and participate in work-related events and meetings. The noise level is quiet to moderate.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with donors, community representatives, schools, students, families, and the general public. Proficiency in Microsoft & Google applications, a donor database management system such as Network For Good, Canva, and Wordpress website management. Experience with social media campaign development, crafting newsletters, and artistic/creative interests. Highly organized, with strong communication, interpersonal, and writing skills, with a keen attention to detail.

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