Communications Manager at Center for Nonprofit Excellence - Virginia | Arkansas, USA | $46K/yr – $50K/yr

Center for Nonprofit Excellence - Virginia

Communications Manager

Arkansas, USA (Hybrid)

$46K/yr – $50K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own communications and fundraising operations across marketing, events, and donor data to drive engagement and funding decisions.

Communications & Marketing: Build newsletters, blogs, emails, social content, and site materials to grow volunteers and donors.
Lead community engagement and events to drive sponsorships, attendance, and post-event follow-ups.
CRM & Analytics ownership: Maintain donor records and track engagement and outreach metrics to guide planning.

Job Description

Manage Communications & Marketing: Create and maintain newsletters, blogs, email campaigns, social media content, marketing materials, and website content to increase volunteer recruitment, donor engagement, and community awareness. Lead implementation of the organization’s marketing plan while maintaining brand standards.
Coordinate Events & Projects: Coordinate and lead fundraising events, outreach initiatives, stewardship activities, and community engagement events. Manage timelines, logistics, sponsorship tracking, registration management, vendor coordination, communication materials, event implementation, and post-event follow-up.
Support Fundraising & Donor Engagement: Manage annual giving campaigns, sponsorship outreach, donor stewardship, fundraising initiatives, Giving Tuesday, and community partnership cultivation. Assist with grant research, writing, tracking, and reporting. Help strengthen a philanthropic culture that advances the mission of BBBS.
Oversee CRM & Analytics: Serve as the primary staff member responsible for maintaining donor records within the customer relationship management database. Track donor engagement, communication performance, sponsorship outcomes, event participation, and outreach metrics to support organizational planning and decision-making.
Lead Community Engagement Efforts: Represent BBBS at community events, networking opportunities, presentations, and outreach activities. Build and strengthen relationships with donors, sponsors, businesses, civic organizations, and community partners.
Support Volunteer Recruitment & Outreach: Assist with volunteer recruitment through presentations, community outreach, tabling events, and engagement activities. Professionally communicate the mission and impact of BBBS to diverse audiences.
Collaborate & Problem Solve: Work closely with the Executive Director to implement strategic priorities, improve systems and processes, manage multiple projects, and support organizational growth. Manage interns and volunteers assigned to outreach, communications, fundraising, marketing, or event-related projects.