Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.
If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.
Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.
This position is contingent upon the successful acquisition of additional funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on the availability of resources.
World Relief seeks a full-time Communications Coordinator to join the US Fundraising Integration Team, serving all World Relief offices across the country. This is a chance to join a growing team as it advances several major strategic initiatives. This position will be an integral member of the US Office Fundraising Integration team, empowering, equipping and supporting our fundraising efforts.
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Creates content for campaigns and appeals to accomplish donor engagement, retention and acquisition.
- Plan, design, implement multi-channel direct-response fundraising appeals
- Author and edit personalized funding proposals to churches, foundations and individuals.
- Deliver tailored content to various audiences such as monthly donors, mid-level donors, lapsed donors, church donors, etc.
- Design templates for online content that can be utilized by other employees.
- Identify and apply best practices of direct response fundraising
- Working closely with the World Relief Marketing team, serve as the primary point-of-contact for 3 to 4 major appeal campaigns per year.
- Assist with tracking, reviewing, analyzing, and compiling reports on US Office fundraising campaign and appeal performance
- Monitor the gift acknowledgement process across all field offices; performing gift acknowledgement activities when needed.
- Ensure all donors are properly included and tagged in HubSpot audiences.
- Manage and coordinate printed and mailed collateral pieces for US Offices, where appropriate (Newsletters, Impact Reports, Case For Support documents, etc.)
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
- Bachelor’s degree
- 1+ years of experience in marketing/communications.
- Samples of copy used in email, social media, blog posts, print publications, or proposals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritize, follow through on multiple tasks, work independently and meet deadlines.
- Attention to detail
- Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, and significant amounts of time on the phone or in virtual meetings required.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Direct response and donor database (Blackbaud RENXT, Hubspot) experience preferred
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
- The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
- Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
- The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.
World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.
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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
