Community and Foundations Officer

Description

Summary

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. Principal Duties and Responsibilities Specific duties and responsibilities: Fundraising

• 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.

Community Relations

• 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.

Other Development Support

• 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.

Supervision responsibilities: This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but will work directly with the other development staff on all aspects of CHA events, community relations, conferences, and building strong relationships with current and prospective donors. All employees have the following expectations:

• Mission: Contribute to and enhance company mission
• Organization: Prioritize and plan work responsibilities appropriately
• Professional Development: Attend and/or successfully complete all required training and meetings.
• Timeliness and Accuracy: Perform quality work within given deadlines and expectations with or without direct supervision.
• Professionalism: Comply with all applicable policies, practices, and procedures; report all out-of-compliance and unsafe activities to supervisor; interact professionally with other employees, volunteers, families, children, and the community
• Teamwork: Serve effectively as a team contributor on all assignments
• Communication: Utilize effective communication skills both verbally and in writing; provide effective feedback and is receptive to feedback
• Leadership: Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other appropriate individuals
• Cultural Competence: Is sensitive to the cultural, ethnic and religious views of the children and families served, and in community and public contact.

Compensation

We’ve adopted a tiered compensation structure for new hires. Starting salaries are determined based on a candidate’s relevant experience and educational background. This approach ensures fair, competitive, and transparent offers while maintaining internal equity and alignment with budgetary guidelines. Children’s Hope Alliance is committed to fostering, maintaining, and promoting equal employment opportunities. We recruit, hire, train, and promote employees without discrimination of race, religion, color, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability, national origin, sex, or age.

Requirements

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university or 1-