Church & Community Engagement Manager - 2024084

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.  In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
POSITION SUMMARY: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.
World Relief seeks a Church & Community Engagement Manager. The Church & Community Engagement Manager (CCEM) will support the mission of World Relief Wisconsin and its strong history of volunteer, church, and community engagement, by ensuring strong volunteer management systems and programs throughout the office. This role will oversee the Church Mobilizer and Volunteer Coordinator to maintain continuity of vision and strategy between our church and volunteer engagement and program goals.

Role & Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


• Coordinate with Site Director and Home Office CCE leadership in creating, executing and measuring the impact of an annual church engagement, volunteer and intern strategy that integrates with program goals.
• Serve as the primary WR Wisconsin-Fox Valley liaison with WR’s national CCE staff.
• Demonstrate a strong focus on cross-program and cross-office collaboration to meet program, staff, and immigrant community goals.
• Coach the community engagement team to reach goals, including clear timelines, standard operating procedures, training, responsibilities and accountabilities.
• Coaching includes work across diverse areas: community partnerships, church partnerships, volunteers, simulation experiences, education, and events.
• Lead the development and implementation of an office-wide volunteer recruitment strategy and ensure the organization is setting and meeting quarterly volunteer recruitment and placement goals.
• Assist in developing new volunteer roles as needed.
• Ensure high-quality volunteer support systems by planning volunteer connections through periodic gatherings with other volunteers, communication platforms, and church leadership support for church-based teams.
• Develop a robust internship program that benefits the local office and universities.
• Assist in the creation and implementation of staff trainings around CCE topics to ensure WR staff has appropriate knowledge of engaging with community.
• Develop and maintain program evaluation methods including regular monitoring of volunteer data and tracking, obtaining ongoing feedback from volunteers, and collecting feedback and best practices from office staff.
• Oversee Church and Community Engagement budget.
• Collaborate on planning community outreach and funding initiatives.
• Periodically represent WR Wisconsin at external community events and at local churches through speaking engagements and booth representation. Participate in weekly staff meetings and other designated meetings.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Fluent in Microsoft software including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of Customer Relationship Management.
• Excellent planning, structuring, organizing, prioritization, and development skills.
• Ability to coach and motivate others to work effectively and pursue excellence.
• Strong decision-making skills, as well as an ability to delegate decision-making authority.
• Strong verbal and written skills.
• Collaborative, innovative, adaptable, self-starter.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task and organize in a fast paced and fluid environment.

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,

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