Community Engagement Specialist

Alzheimer's Association - Orange County Chapter; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Alzheimer's Association - Orange County Chapter is seeking a Community Engagement Specialist to lead grassroots volunteer efforts, cultivate community partnerships, and expand awareness, education, and support across our chapter region. This grant-funded role focuses on mobilizing volunteers and engaging diverse communities to increase impact year over year.

You will recruit and coach volunteers, nurture relationships with community partners, and drive strategies to activate volunteers in newly

Qualifications

• Recruit volunteers and build grassroots movements in line with organizational goals.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community partners and leaders.
• Engage underrepresented, rural, and diverse communities to expand reach.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, coach, and manage volunteers to build grassroots movements that meet organizational goals in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area and across the Chapter territory.

Job description

Position Summary

As Community Engagement Specialist, you join an exclusive team of leaders responsible for the implementation of the Alzheimer’s Association Portfolio of Community Program Offerings. The Portfolio brings awareness, education and support to all communities in the United States and activates a grassroots network of individuals and community leaders to work toward a world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.
Utilizing your proven leadership, networking and relationship building skills to cultivate key community connections, you will drive success and expand the reach of our community offerings by strategically identifying and engaging community partners and activating and empowering volunteers, especially in new, underrepresented, and rural communities.
As a successful community mobilizer who will manage multiple program delivery volunteers annually, you will generate excitement and enthusiasm in the community for the cause. You will coach and inspire your volunteers to implement proven strategies and best practices that result in increased community presence and serving more people with awareness, education and support year over year.
This is a grant-funded position.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Recruit, coach, and manage volunteers to build grassroots movements that meet organizational goals in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area and across the Chapter territory. Apply Association best practices in community engagement and volunteer activation, leveraging strong