Community Engagement Specialist – Tallahassee

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive donor recruitment strategy for the Greater Tallahassee territory focused on achieving established recruitment goals.
• Identify, prospect, and cultivate new recruitment opportunities across colleges and universities, businesses, community organizations, special events, civic groups, athletic organizations, and other high-potential audiences.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective partners, events, and recruitment opportunities throughout the territory.
• Proactively conduct outreach through phone calls, email, in-person meetings, networking, referrals, and community engagement to generate new opportunities.
• Evaluate potential opportunities based on audience demographics, anticipated participation, recruitment potential, and expected return on time and resources.
• Establish a consistent Gift of Life presence within priority communities and organizations throughout Greater Tallahassee.
• Build authentic, long-term relationships with university administrators, student leaders, business leaders, community organizations, event organizers, and other influential partners.
• Represent Gift of Life at community events, networking opportunities, conferences, meetings, college campuses, corporate events, and other gatherings throughout the region.
• Develop partnerships that create recurring rather than solely one-time recruitment opportunities.
• Identify community champions who can expand Gift of Life’s reach through their organizations, networks, and influence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3–5 years of professional experience in donor recruitment, community engagement, field marketing, business development, sales, territory management, university engagement, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience working toward and achieving measurable goals, quotas, recruitment targets, sales objectives, or other performance-based outcomes.
• Proven ability to independently identify prospects, initiate relationships, and develop opportunities from initial outreach through execution.
• Strong relationship-building and networking skills with the ability to develop credibility across a wide range of organizations and communities.
• Excellent public speaking, presentation, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and territory-management skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously.
• Comfortable using CRM systems, Microsoft 365, and other technology to manage activity, relationships, and performance.
• Ability to interpret performance data and adjust strategy based on results.
• Strong knowledge of the Greater Tallahassee community, higher-education landscape, institutions, organizations, and/or business environment is highly preferred.

Preferred

• Results-driven: Motivated by measurable goals and takes personal ownership of achieving them.
• Proactive: Creates opportunities rather than waiting for them to be provided.
• Competitive and mission-driven: Enjoys pursuing ambitious goals while understanding that every registration represents the possibility of saving a life.
• Relationship-focused: Builds genuine partnerships that generate sustained engagement and long-term recruitment opportunities.
• Resourceful: Finds creative ways to gain access to organizations, audiences, and communities.
• Persistent: Comfortable navigating rejection, following up consistently, and continuing to pursue high-value opportunities.
• Strategic: Prioritizes activities based on their potential impact instead of simply staying busy.
• Independent: Effectively manages a geographic territory and daily schedule while maintaining accountability to organizational goals.
• High-energy and outgoing: Comfortable initiating conversations and engaging new people in a wide variety of environments.
• Adaptable: Able to shift between a college campus, corporate meeting, community festival, networking event, and donor recruitment drive.

Benefits

• Purpose-driven work with direct, measurable, life-saving impact.
• Ownership of a strategically important community engagement and recruitment territory.
• A supportive, collaborative, and passionate team culture.
• Opportunities for professional development, leadership growth, and career advancement.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.