Marketing & Outreach Coordinator (Part Time) - Pontiac, United States - Futures Unlimited, Inc

Description

The Marketing & Outreach Coordinator drives the Agency's fundraising and outreach efforts to secure the resources needed to advance the organization's work.

The Marketing & Outreach Coordinator reports to the CFO/Assistant Executive Director and performs day-to-day activities to build and maintain sustainable revenue in partnership with donors, foundations, corporate partners, and the federal government.

The Marketing & Outreach Coordinator works closely with management and staff, Finance and Administration and other departments as needed.


Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Researching and identifying new business and marketing opportunities both for the agency and our clients and within the communities that Futures Unlimited Inc. and their facilities reside in.
• Positively represent the Agency in all client interaction and business development responsibilities.
• Implement fundraising activities to develop holistic and personalized partnerships that engage individual contributors, corporations and community groups:
• Use ethical fundraising principles.
• Oversee the planning and execution of fundraising events specified in Agency's development plan.
• Manage all deadlines, workflows, and project plans for fundraising activities, including:
• Internal timelines for collection of information.
• Timely completion schedules.
• Projection of successful achievement of funding requests.
• Participate in the planning and coordination of creative, strategic, and meaningful appeals, campaigns, and activities to engage new and existing donors both online and inperson.
• Understand all aspects of the Agency's Mission.
• Actively seek to deepen current donor relationships and forge new ones, while cultivating past supporters and reengaging lapsed donors/sponsors.
• Work with CFO to develop a comprehensive communications plan to promote the Agency to its donors and maximize public awareness of fundraising activities of the organization; prepare or oversee the development of a highquality donor communications materials that demonstrate deep knowledge of the Agency's programs and promote its' Mission, (e.g. solicitation materials, thank you letters, annual reports).
• Develop and maintain relationship management systems that increase the organization's capacity to cultivate and sustain meaningful relationships with donors and funders.
• Research, evaluate and recommend new fundraising opportunities and tactics in alignment with the Agency's values. strategic priorities, and program work.
• Maintain accurate and uptodate donor and fundraising data that respects the privacy and confidentiality of donor information.
• Followup action items by completing tasks and documenting results.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED and at least 2 years of fundraising, marketing or sales experience required; bachelor's degree in marketing, journalism, public relations, social services, or related field preferred.
• Experience working in a career field with individuals with disabilities.
• Ability to process a high volume of work.
• Strong administrative, organizational and customer service skills, with impeccable followup.
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills, including cold calling and the ability to build rapport.
• Ability to process computer data and format/generate reports.
• Mathematical knowledge to include basic addition, subtraction, division, multiplications and computing averages.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills such as Word and Excel.

This position is a part-time, hourly, non-exempt position hours) Monday through Friday. Schedule based on marketing/business development and outreach needs. Additional hours may be required to assure quality of service. This individual reports directly to the CFO/Assistant Executive Director.


Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.


Physical Demands:

The Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and use hands. The employee is occasionally required to stand; sit; reach with hand and arms and stoop, kneel or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this