Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with community partners, civic groups, faith-based orgs, and media to promote fostering and adoption in the five-county area.
• Organize and track foster and adoptive parent recruitment activities including marketing, analyzing client needs and demographics, and speaking engagements to increase recruitment.
• Partner with Community Affairs and leadership to implement and track recruitment activities including presentations, media interviews, social media, events, web-based, and earned media opportunities.
• Conduct data and market analysis, interviews with key informants, and report findings to the Senior Director of Out of Home Care and Chief of Operations.
• Identify potential foster homes for age ranges, special needs, large sibling groups, and special population groups.
• Identify potential foster homes with one stay-at-home parent or retired caregivers.
• Identify potential homes in areas where children go to school.
• Identify potential foster parents with educational backgrounds for children who might be developmentally delayed, autistic, or have other mental health needs.
• Develop a Recruitment Plan targeting individuals who have previously held public safety and services positions, such as former law enforcement officers and teachers.
• Complete quarterly recruitment plans outlining efforts to target the population to the Department of Children and Families.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications Advertising, or related field and a minimum of 4 years’ experience.
• Member of Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) preferred.
• Accredited in Public Relations by FPRA highly desired.
• Experience in Child Welfare is preferred.
• Additional years of experience may be substituted for education.
• Ability to clear a Level II Background Screen
• Valid Florida driver’s license and insurable by agency’s current insurance carrier

Preferred

• Accredited in Public Relations by FPRA highly desired.
• Experience in Child Welfare is preferred.

Benefits

• Kids Central, Inc. provides a comprehensive compensation package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company match, and a generous paid time off allotment.