Church Engagement Specialist

CarePortal; United States; Remote; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Retirement plan

PTO

Job summary

CarePortal is a nonprofit platform connecting churches with kids in crisis. We are seeking a Church Engagement Specialist to manage a portfolio of churches, providing ongoing support and guidance to increase engagement and retention.

This role emphasizes virtual communication and data-driven engagement strategies across the United States.

Qualifications

• Comfortable engaging diverse faith communities and denominations.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills for virtual trainings.
• Ability to guide customers through structured processes with clarity.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined portfolio of churches, providing consistent communication and support.
• Monitor activity and proactively engage churches to increase participation.
• Resolve most customer issues directly in a timely and effective manner; escalate when needed.
• Coordinate with Platform Support for more technical issues.
• Monitor engagement metrics and identify opportunities to increase usage.
• Maintain accurate tracking of communication and activity in CRM.
• Participate in strategy meetings to identify issues and opportunities.

Skills

Excellent communication

Virtual training

CRM navigation

Multitasking

Relationship building

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Virtual meeting tools

Job description

Church Engagement Specialist# Church Engagement Specialist## OverviewLevelEntryPosition TypeFull TimeJob ShiftDayTravel PercentageNegligibleCategoryNonprofit - Social Services## Church Engagement SpecialistThis position is fully remote but preference will be given to candidates in the following states: AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NJ, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA.**Church Engagement Specialist****CarePortal**#### Organizational ProfileCarePortal is Care-Sharing technology that drives action for local kids and families in crisis. We believe that through the Church and Community, there can be More Than Enough care for every child, through the power of Care-Sharing and the love of Jesus. Our goal is to **scale meaningful connections** through the local church, making a lasting impact on the lives of everyone involved. We mobilize robust Care-Sharing Networks and lead with **Courage, Humility, and Excellence.**We do this through the local Church and in collaboration with child-serving organizations, businesses, and people who care—that’s where you come in.### Position Summary### The Church Engagement Specialist is responsible for managing a portfolio of churches to ensure they remain active, supported, and growing in their response to children and families in crisis.### This role serves as the primary day-to-day contact for assigned churches, providing ongoing support, guidance, and communication to increase engagement and retention. While Network Development builds relationships in person and drives growth, this role focuses on sustaining and strengthening engagement over time, primarily through virtual communication.Success in this role is defined by increased participation, responsiveness, and meaningful connection within the assigned portfolio.Network health metrics, scorecards and KPIs will be utilized to help gauge performance, however, success in this role will be measured across all of the responsibilities listed below.### Your Responsibilities Include:**Portfolio Management*** Manage a defined portfolio of churches, providing consistent communication and support* Monitor activity and proactively engage churches to increase participation* Reinforce behaviors that lead to sustained engagement and requests met**Church Support*** Maintain strong, trust-based relationships through ongoing communication* Serve as the primary point of contact for questions, guidance, and support* Resolve most customer issues directly in a timely and effective manner* Coordinate with Platform Support for more technical issues when needed**Increased Engagement Rate*** Monitor engagement metrics and identify opportunities to increase usage* Support churches in setting goals and improving response activity* Encourage and track meaningful connection stories**Process Consistency & Improvement*** Follow established engagement processes and standards* Provide feedback to improve engagement tools and playbooks content* Support efforts to increase efficiency and scalability in engagement**Coordination & Alignment*** Receive new churches from Onboarding for engagement support* Maintain awareness of Network Development activity within assigned markets* Ensure accurate tracking of communication and activity in CRM* Support ecosystem balance through participation in Network Leader facilitated strategy meetings to identify, discuss and solve issues and opportunities.**Request Monitoring & Response Activation*** Support churches through response team development and church leader buy-in to achieve sustainable network impact* Monitor unmet requests within assigned portfolio and take proactive action to increase responses by engaging churches to encourage timely responses* Collaborate with other Engagement Specialists to support shared outcomes across markets## Qualifications#### **What You Bring to the Organization:**#### Experience & Skills* Comfortable engaging and supporting diverse faith communities and denominations* Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to lead virtual training sessions* Ability to guide customers through structured processes with clarity and confidence* High attention to detail and strong follow-through* Comfort with virtual training environments and technology platforms* Ability to balance efficiency with a positive, supportive customer experience* Experience with CRM systems, Microsoft Office, and virtual meeting tools preferred* Ability to follow defined processes while identifying opportunities for improvement* Passion for CarePortal’s mission and commitment to Courage, Humility, and ExcellenceThe above description is not intended to be comprehensive, but rather a focused list of priorities. Success provides the opportunity to not only build a career but also bring much-needed support and care to local children and families in crisis across the United States. Successful candidates, like all CarePortal, LLC employees, are expected to live and work consistent with CarePortal’s vision, mission, and values. CarePortal, LLC, a subsidiary of the nonprofit organization The Global Orphan Project (GO Project), is Care-Sharing technology that drives action for local kids and families in crisis.This platform, which brings Christian churches to the point of care for each request made on behalf of children and families, can be used to connect a diverse network of churches, child-serving agencies, businesses, and individuals who care. Learn more at www.careportal.org. *CarePortal, LLC offers a competitive benefits package for full-time positions (30+ hours per week) including health, dental, vision and employer paid life insurance, retirement savings and generous PTO plan and a highly competitive, market-indexed compensation when compared to similar non-profit roles. Compensation is commensurate with relevant skills and experience.* The Global Orphan Project is a 501c3 nonprofit located at 3161 Wyandotte, Kansas City, MO 64111.CarePortal LLC associates are at-will employees.www.goproject.org www.careportal.org