Recruitment Coordinator

This position recruits potential volunteers & youth at community & corporate events and outreach opportunities. Cultivates new partnerships and manages existing partner relationships. Develops and implements short and long-term recruitment plans for targeting volunteers and youth.

Responsibilities:

• Annually increase the number of interested and enrolled potential volunteers, families and youth.
• Create and implement a volunteer recruitment strategy that includes corporate, collegiate and community outreach efforts to obtain adult mentors to meet annual match goals in Community-based, School-based and mentor 2.0 programs.
• Create and implement a targeted outreach plan for youth and families to ensure a balance between adult volunteers and youth in process.
• Adeptly adjust efforts to effectively balance volunteer recruitment or youth outreach needs by geographic and demographic factors, and the current ratio of children participating in the program.
• Effectively engage existing volunteers in recruitment efforts, including Board of Directors.
• Research, identify and cultivate potential sources for adult volunteers, including but not limited to Milwaukee and Waukesha corporations, college/universities, government agencies, churches, social organizations, non-profit agencies, law enforcement groups and professional organizations.
• Cultivate long-term sustaining relationships with organizations, and other community partners through effective stewardship and communications.
• Represent BBBS at community outreach events in targeted areas to build awareness of the agency, mission, and recruitment needs.
• Recruit volunteers and reach out to families through an increasing number of regular face-to-face activities in community, corporate, collegiate and civic environments. This also includes engaging existing volunteers and parents in volunteer recruitment and youth outreach efforts.
• Research and identify informal communication networks with current volunteers and partners that will reach underrepresented groups with the goal of increasing volunteer participation.
• Create strategic social media communications for recruitment efforts, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter.
• With supervisor, set and meet annual and monthly goals for securing new partnerships, number of potential volunteer inquires and outreach events attended.
• Track and evaluate results of recruitment and outreach efforts.
• Provide weekly, monthly and quarterly progress reports for both volunteer recruitment and youth outreach efforts and forecast returns on upcoming efforts.
• Maintain ongoing communication with BBBS program staff to keep inspiring match stories and volunteer trends current for presentations and corporate partnership updates.
• Lead communications throughout the agency about program recruitment needs utilizing data analysis.Perform other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required. Emphasis in communication, business, or marketing preferred.

Experience:

• Three to five years of experience in recruiting, customer service, sales, or grassroots campaign experience preferred.
• Competencies and SkillsDemonstrated success in sales or recruitment with proven ability to meet quantitative goals on a monthly basis.
• Persuasive written and face-to-face verbal communication skills.
• Highly motivated and self-driven to meet goals.
• Excellent public speaking skills and ability facilitate presentations to varying-sized groups.
• Ability to effectively communicate program mission and volunteer needs to various constituents.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with proven ability to work with diverse populations.
• Ability to use data analysis to identify solutions; proficient skills in information gathering, reporting, and data analysis.
• Ability to think strategically to create effective short and long term plans to reach agency goals.
• Must be able to work evenings and weekends.
• Must have a car, valid driver’s license, and meet state required automobile insurance minimums.
• Willing to drive own car to off-site assignments that are within a 50-mile radius from downtown Milwaukee.

Complete benefits package offered.