Community Programs Coordinator bei Williamson County, TX

• Manages community outreach?program,?including?corresponding to solicitations, overseeing?outreach event?calendar,?event planning and?execution,?recruiting volunteer support, and?facilitates?student programs, including tours,?donation projects, and?education

• Heads all shelter marketing, including print and online collateral creation, social media management and content creation, and serves as website liaison to IT Department

• Manages animal bios and photographs on shelter’s website daily

• Develops?marketing and promotional strategies?to sustain a positive community image

• Maintains media relations, including interview participation, responding to public inquiries, content creation, writing press releases, and serves as liaison between local reporters and the shelter

• Organizes rescue program, including vetting new partner organizations, communicating needs to partners, implementing procedures for effectively transferring animals, and managing volunteers

• Oversees?shelter fundraising, including?donor relations,?sponsorship accrual,?grant?writing,?third party event management,?online fundraising campaigns,?year-round?campaigns,?major in-kind gifts,?and?supervising two major events per year

• Organizes and leads?programs and arrangements for special events

• Provides training and oversight?to assigned staff and volunteers at Shelter events?and programs in?coordination?with the Volunteer & Foster Program Coordinator

• Prepares monthly statistical reports on community programs

• Attends weekly management?meetings with other shelter administrative staff

• Performs other work and special projects as necessary

ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS

• Reports directly to – Director of Animal Services

• Direct Reports – No

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Position involves prolonged sitting at a workstation, standing, walking, twisting, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, and other fine motor repetitive motions

• Position involves lifting and carrying of animals and equipment weighing up to fifty (50) pounds and exertion of up to twenty-five (25) pounds of force to move objects

• Position involves hearing and/or seeing alert cues regarding animal and staff security

• Position involves maintaining composure in a high-stress environment

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

• Work tasks are conducted indoors and outdoors

• May work outside in inclement weather, including extreme heat, cold and wet conditions

• Frequent handling of animals, including contact with waste and blood

• Exposure to unpleasant smells and a noisy and wet environment associated with a shelter

• Frequent exposure animals that are agitated or injured that may attempt to bite or scratch

• Regular travel between work sites as required

• Position involves working in a high-volume, fast-paced environment

• Position involves working with distressed individuals

• High school diploma or equivalent and three (3) years of experience interacting with the media and public community groups, agencies, citizens, and/or volunteer service programs

• Demonstrated skill with marketing techniques, fundraising and social media management

• Strong written and oral communication skills, organizational and event planning skills

• Previous working experience with common software programs, such as Microsoft Office, and design/editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop and/or Illustrator

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Required within thirty (30) days of employment

• Valid driver’s license

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree in public relations, marketing, non-profit program administration, or a related field

• Previous experience in animal welfare, animal control, or veterinary 

• Resource development experience, including fundraising, grant writing, donor relations and philanthropy

• Bilingual (Spanish)

EMPLOYMENT TESTING 

Employment is contingent on passing any post-offer pre-employment screening as listed below:

• Criminal background check: Yes

• Motor Vehicle Record check: Yes

• Drug screening: Yes

• Physical exam: No

• Psychological exam: No

• Additional: N/A