Community Engagement Manager

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Resource Development Senior Manager to create a comprehensive community engagement strategy that expands The Salvation Army's visibility, partnerships, volunteer engagement, and mission impact throughout Greater Philadelphia.
• Oversee volunteer coordination for all Greater Philadelphia Area Command events, campaigns, and programs. including the annual Red Kettle Campaign and Kickoff, by recruiting, onboarding, training, scheduling, deploying, and stewarding volunteers from both internal and external sources while partnering with Development, Corps Officers, Social Service Ministries, and other departments to ensure volunteer needs are met across fundraising events, seasonal campaigns, and community initiatives.
• Build and steward strategic relationships with community organizations, civic associations, educational institutions, faith-based organizations, corporate partners, volunteers, and other stakeholders to advance community engagement, collaborative partnerships and assist with identifying potential Echelon and Advisory Board Members.
• Serve as the primary community ambassador for The Salvation Army by representing the organization at volunteer activities, resource fairs, and other public outreach opportunities.
• Support Corps and GPO Programs in the planning, coordination, and execution of community outreach initiatives, volunteer activations, and mission-based programs, including Back-to-School events, Thanksgiving and Christmas assistance, Red Kettle Campaign, Emergency Disaster Services response in Philadelphia, food distributions, senior programming, health fairs, and other community service initiatives.
• Responsible for the vetting of new volunteers for Philadelphia Corps and Programs in accordance with EPA Divisional policies.
• Manage the Golden Volunteer Management system for the Greater Philadelphia Area, including provisioning user access, training staff, tracking onboarding compliance, and publishing year-round and seasonal Red Kettle volunteer opportunities.
• Partner with Corps Officers, Social Service Ministries, and program leadership to identify community needs, coordinate volunteer and in-kind support, and connect the community residents with Salvation Army programs and services.
• Develop, coordinate, and manage corporate and community volunteer engagement, seasonal in-kind giving campaigns, and community partnerships by leading employee service projects, volunteer activations, donation drives, volunteer logistics, inventory distribution.
• Develop, coordinate, and manage stewardship initiatives, including recognition programs, appreciation events, newsletters, social media, and thank-you communications to strengthen volunteer retention, community relationships, and philanthropic engagement while serving as the primary liaison between Corps, Social Service Ministries, and external partners.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Administration, Business Administration, Nonprofit Management, Event Management, or a related field from an accredited college or university; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1 to 3 years of progressively responsible experience in community engagement, volunteer management, nonprofit administration, community outreach, public relations, partnership development, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting, coordinating, training, and stewarding volunteers, including individual, corporate, community, and group volunteers. Experience developing and implementing marketing campaigns and promotional strategies.
• Highly creative, detail-oriented, accurate, organized, analytical, flexible, and able to meet deadlines and budget expectations.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, communication, public speaking, project management, and relationship-building skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace, volunteer management software, donor relationship management (CRM) systems (Salesforce preferred), virtual meeting platforms, and other technology to support community engagement, volunteer coordination, and reporting. Must be computer proficient, able to easily and effectively use email, Microsoft Office applications, Google Suite, volunteer management software, and donor database or CRM systems (Salesforce preferred).
• Must demonstrate good judgement, leadership characteristics and work well as part of a team.
• Able to work effectively and in harmony with officers, staff and volunteers.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be willing to travel as needed, flexible on scheduling (including attendance in the early morning, evening or weekend meetings/events.)
• Adherence to the AFP Code of Ethics.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off every year that includes: holidays, up to 3 personal days, vacation time and sick time.
• Employer funded Pension Plan (company contributions begin after 1 year of employment)
• Comprehensive health care coverage with low cost employee premiums, co-pays and deductibles
• Eligibility for supplemental insurance plans including Short Term Disability, AFLAC and Voluntary Term Life
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Eligibility for the Federal Government’s Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Most importantly – a job with a good purpose!