Community Relations Director
Exciting role alert! Lead, inspire volunteers, and have a blast working with a great team and a meaningful cause, generating fun and impact!
Community Relations Director
Salary Range: $60,000 - $70,000
Summary: The Community Relations Director coordinates the administrative, development and community relations activities necessary to ensure a smooth flow of communication between the CEO, board volunteers and the general public. All duties and responsibilities will be carried out in a way that enhances and protects the image of the Two Rivers YMCA.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Coordinate all fundraising activities, including campaigns, special events, grants and sponsorships.
- Record pledges/donations in software database and produce gift acknowledgement correspondence within one business day.
- Maintain accurate and confidential donor records.
- Invoice donors for campaign pledges.
- Assist in designing and creating online and electronic communications.
- Coordinate and accurately convey donor recognition; including banners, donor wall and thank you’s.
- Coordinate grant requests and serve as primary contact for foundations.
- Provide high-level administrative support and assistance to boards and the CEO, such as assisting with scheduling, special activities and recording minutes.
- Capture photos and video to use in board meetings, donor correspondence and general events.
- Coordinate attendance, logistics and catering for donor and volunteer meetings and dinners.
- Remain knowledgeable of YMCA current events and programs. Create press releases on behalf of program staff for important activities.
- Maintain professional development and appropriate networking.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for media and community relations during times of crisis or high publicity. Train colleagues on crisis control procedures.
- Cultivate and maintain active relationships with key community leaders and media personnel.
further enhanced image that results in more financial and community support of YMCA programs.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position is indirectly responsible for recruiting, training and directing the work of many fundraising volunteers and guiding the community relations of other senior staff.
Leadership Competencies: Engaging Community: Builds bridges with others in the community to ensure the Y’s work is community-focused and welcoming of all, providing community benefit. Philanthropy: Secures resources and support to advance the Y’s work.
Communication; Influence: Listens and expresses self effectively and in a way that engages, inspires, and builds commitment to Y’s cause.
Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or public relations field from an accredited four-year college or university. Must have a minimum of three years’ experience as an administrative, marketing or fundraising professional.
Language Skills: Must possess the ability to professionally and effectively communicate with colleagues, board members, community leaders, volunteers and donors. This includes speaking in groups, in public and by drafting letters, memos, invoices, reports, and other documents.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, and percentages. Ability to compose and interpret a department budget.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must be able to obtain CPR/AED/First Aid for infant, child and adult, Blood borne Pathogens and Child Abuse Prevention within first 30- days. Must have a valid Driver’s License and valid Car Insurance. Other trainings may be assigned and necessary to execute this position.
Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to maintain a safe driving record. Must be able to maintain confidentially of all information exposed to. Must understand and be able to successfully use Microsoft Office, Outlook and Gmail. Must be willing and able to learn how to effectively manage fundraising operations using Daxko’s MemberST and AccountingST.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of 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 frequently required to sit, walk, and talk or hear.
The employee is occasionally required to stand; run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.
