Community and Foundations Officer
About the position This position is responsible for serving as a Community and Foundation Officer throughout the state of North Carolina. This role combines the roles of fundraising, community and foundation relations, and development support. As a key member of a dynamic philanthropy team, duties include making calls to an active donor base and representing CHA to churches and civic organizations across the state and acting as a liaison with Foundation funders. May require periodic, overnight travel. This position is remote but needs to be centrally located for ease of travel throughout the state. A shared company vehicle will be accessible, as needed. Responsibilities • Assist in identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors and prospects with the goal of increasing contributions and building relationships with individuals, churches and other organizations. • Maintain a monthly travel schedule to meet donors and prospects in person. • Assist the department in relation to donors, alumni, and community and/or faith-based organizations as directed by supervisor. • Coordinate and cultivate existing Foundations • Identify relationships with potential Foundations and steward gifts as directed by supervisor. • Identify ways to promote the agency and child advocacy in general. Requires public speaking and serving as agency representative in churches, civic and other community groups. • In conjunction with communications staff, assist with public affairs events as needed. • Assist and participate and/or coordinate donor, volunteer, and community relation events. • Be the point of contact for all community outreach; communicating with CHA departments as necessary. • Record all donor information in Salesforce CRM software. • Assist participation in overall strategic planning and support achievement of goals for all CHA fundraising and communication efforts. • Contribute to department meetings; follow department procedures and practices on donor stewardship/follow-up/reporting. • May be required to photograph miscellaneous donor/volunteer activities in assigned region. • Assist communications staff in gathering client success stories in assigned region. • Other tasks as requested by supervisor. Requirements • Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university or 1-2 years’ experience in development, marketing or fundraising for nonprofit organizations. • Must be proficient in usage with Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, Teams and typing skills. • Must be customer service oriented and possess a willingness to represent the agency to the public. • Must be detail-oriented, have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. • Assist with some weekend and evening events. • Must be culturally sensitive to children and families and support cultural diversity throughout the program. • Must possess a valid driver's license and be insurable by agency insurance carrier. • Must submit to and pass pre-employment checks, criminal records check, and DMV/MVR check. Apply To This Job Apply To This Job Apply To this Job