Community Engagement Specialist – Miami

Gift of Life Marrow Registry; Boca Raton (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Gift of Life Marrow Registry is seeking a Community Engagement Specialist for the Greater Miami area. This field-based role focuses on expanding presence, engaging communities, and driving donor recruitment across colleges, businesses, and organizations.

The ideal candidate builds partnerships, plans recruitment events, and turns awareness into registry registrations, contributing to measurable recruitment goals in a performance-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive donor recruitment strategy for the Greater Miami territory focused on achieving established recruitment goals.
• Identify, prospect, and cultivate new recruitment opportunities across colleges and universities, businesses, community organizations, special events, civic groups, athletic organizations, and other high-potential audiences.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective partners, events, and recruitment opportunities throughout the territory.
• Proactively conduct outreach through phone calls, email, in-person meetings, networking, referrals, and community engagement to generate new opportunities.
• Evaluate potential opportunities based on audience demographics, anticipated participation, recruitment potential, and expected return on time and resources.
• Establish a consistent Gift of Life presence within priority communities and organizations throughout Greater Miami.
• Build authentic, long-term relationships with university administrators, student leaders, business leaders, community organizations, event organizers, and other influential partners.
• Represent Gift of Life at community events, networking opportunities, conferences, meetings, college campuses, corporate events, and other gatherings throughout the region.
• Develop partnerships that create recurring rather than solely one-time recruitment opportunities.
• Identify community champions who can expand Gift of Life’s reach through their organizations, networks, and influence.
• Serve as a visible and knowledgeable representative of Gift of Life throughout the Greater Miami community.
• Plan, coordinate, and lead high-impact donor recruitment drives, presentations, tabling events, and community activations.
• Engage prospective registry members directly and communicate Gift of Life’s mission in a compelling, accurate, and approachable manner.
• Create engaging recruitment experiences designed to turn awareness and interest into completed registry registrations.

Job description

About Gift Of Life

Gift of Life Marrow Registry is a nonprofit organization dedicated to curing blood cancer and other life-threatening diseases through cellular therapy. Every day, our work gives patients a second chance at life by ensuring that a donor match can be found for any patient, anywhere, at any time. We do this by educating communities, inspiring action, and empowering people to say “yes” to saving a life.

About Gift Of Life

Gift of Life Marrow Registry is a nonprofit organization dedicated to curing blood cancer and other life-threatening diseases through cellular therapy. Every day, our work gives patients a second chance at life by ensuring that a donor match can be found for any patient, anywhere, at any time. We do this by educating communities, inspiring action, and empowering people to say “yes” to saving a life.

If you are energized by people, motivated by purpose, and driven by measurable results, this role offers the opportunity to make a direct impact throughout the Greater Miami community.

Position Summary

The Community Engagement Specialist - Greater Miami is a field-based, results-driven position responsible for expanding Gift of Life Marrow Registry’s presence, community engagement, and donor recruitment performance throughout the Greater Miami area.

This individual will take ownership of developing a strong and sustainable territory by identifying opportunities, building relationships, securing partnerships, executing donor recruitment events, and inspiring individuals to join Gift of Life’s registry.

The Community Engagement Specialist will spend significant time in the community developing relationships with colleges and universities, businesses, community organizations, athletic organizations, event organizers, and other partners that provide opportunities to educate and engage individuals about joining Gift of Life’s registry.

Success in this position requires more than strong community engagement skills. The ideal candidate is a proactive relationship builder who thrives in a performance-based environment, understands how to develop a territory, actively seeks new opportunities, and is motivated by achieving and exceeding measurable recruitment goals.

Key Responsibilities - Territory Development & Recruitment

• Develop and execute a comprehensive donor recruitment strategy for the Greater Miami territory focused on achieving established recruitment goals.
• Identify, prospect, and cultivate new recruitment opportunities across colleges and universities, businesses, community organizations, special events, civic groups, athletic organizations, and other high-potential audiences.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective partners, events, and recruitment opportunities throughout the territory.
• Proactively conduct outreach through phone calls, email, in-person meetings, networking, referrals, and community engagement to generate new opportunities.
• Evaluate potential opportunities based on audience demographics, anticipated participation, recruitment potential, and expected return on time and resources.
• Establish a consistent Gift of Life presence within priority communities and organizations throughout Greater Miami.

Community Engagement & Partnership Development

• Build authentic, long-term relationships with university administrators, student leaders, business leaders, community organizations, event organizers, and other influential partners.
• Represent Gift of Life at community events, networking opportunities, conferences, meetings, college campuses, corporate events, and other gatherings throughout the region.
• Develop partnerships that create recurring rather than solely one-time recruitment opportunities.
• Identify community champions who can expand Gift of Life’s reach through their organizations, networks, and influence.
• Serve as a visible and knowledgeable representative of Gift of Life throughout the Greater Miami community.

Donor Recruitment & Event Execution

• Plan, coordinate, and lead high-impact donor recruitment drives, presentations, tabling events, and community activations.
• Engage prospective registry members directly and communicate Gift of Life’s mission in a compelling, accurate, and approachable manner.
• Create engaging recruitment experiences designed to turn awareness and interest into completed registry registrations.
• Adapt recruitment approaches to effectively engage