Earth City, Community Development Advocate

Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Prescription

FSA/HSA

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

PTO

401k

EAP

Job summary

ImpactLife is seeking a Community Development Advocate to drive engagement with targeted donor groups, build community relationships, and oversee Associate Boards. You will represent the organization at events, work as a liaison to government and community stakeholders, and lead efforts to expand boards of young professionals.

The role emphasizes relationship building, marketing outreach, and travel within the service territory, with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including

Qualifications

• Experience in community/public relations or sales and marketing.
• Preference for candidates with social media marketing results.
• Past leadership of a volunteer board.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, PR, communications, business, or related field.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% within service territory.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with targeted donor groups.
• Lead the creation and oversight of Associate Boards.
• Serve as community and government liaison for ImpactLife.
• Represent ImpactLife at events and sponsor activities; network through associations.
• Develop strategic engagement plans for young professional boards.

Skills

Community relations

Sales & marketing

Social media marketing

Volunteer board leadership

Interpersonal skills

Travel ability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing/public relations/communications/business

Job description

ImpactLife has an exciting opportunity for an energetic and highly motivated individual to join our team as a Community Development Advocate. The ability to provide life-saving blood products to patients in need is not possible without the generosity of our donors. As the Community Development Advocate, you will be responsible for driving engagement of targeted donor groups by developing and maintaining community relationships as well as the implementation and oversight of Associate Board(s). This position will also serve as a community and government liaison to promote ImpactLife’s interests and mission. We are searching for an outgoing individual to represent ImpactLife at community events, participate in sponsored events and network through membership associations. The Community Development Advocate will be leading the initiative to develop additional Associate Boards of young professionals throughout our community as well as maintain and expand an existing Associate Board. These boards serve to help promote and educate targeted donor groups and develop strategic plans of engagement.

What you should bring to the team:

• Demonstrated experience in community/public relations or sales and marketing.
• Preference given to candidates who have demonstrated results using social media for marketing purposes.
• Previous experience leading a volunteer board.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, public relations, communications, business administration, communications, or a related field.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Equivalent combination of demonstrated work experience and education may be considered.
• Ability to travel within the service territory up to 50% of the time.

What’s in it for you:

• Competitive salary that increases with experience.
• Opportunity to work from home when not travelling within our service territory.
• Comprehensive benefits packages including Medical, Prescription, FSA/HSA, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, PTO, 401k, EAP and more!

This is not an ordinary heath care job. Our work is unique, personal, fulfilling, rewarding, and making a difference right here in our communities. We offer an opportunity to be a part of a dedicated team that makes us a recognized leader in the blood center industry.