Food & Fundraising Specialist

About RRFB: Great Job! Great Benefits! Family Friendly work environment! Help your neighbors who are struggling! If this sounds like something you want, this job is for you! 

• Excellent Benefits - medical, dental, vision, 403b (Most employees pay less than $60 per paycheck for medical coverage)
• Amazing Time-Off - 13 paid holidays each year + 15 PTO Days each year + 2 Personal Days each year
• Leave work every day knowing that you've helped your community

We will only consider resumes that show details about your work experience, not just employer and dates. We are also willing to train new employees.

Description

Title: Food & Fundraising Specialist

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt                            

Manager: Director of Integrated Marketing and Communications     

Compensation: $26.45/hr

 Job Description  

Position Overview

The Food and Fundraising Specialist is responsible for developing relationships with current donors and cultivating new partnerships with potential donors, specifically for food and fund drives. They will work to secure food and fund donations through community food drives aimed at schools, workplaces, faith communities, neighborhoods, and other social or business organizations. The Food and Fund Drive Coordinator will work collaboratively with RRFB staff (Development, Operations, and Volunteer departments) to explore existing donation approaches and establish new systems to increase donations and improve donor experiences. This role also supports donor events and community and fundraising activities as part of a collaborative marketing and communications team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

·       Qualifies identified prospective and current fund and fund drive donors.

·       Develops and executes food and fund drive plans such that groups are retained and/or upgraded in the future.

• Creates offers, proposals, and asks that will provide opportunities for other volunteerism based on the group/organization’s interests and passion for specific aspects of the mission.

·       Meets established food-raising goals to support organizational needs. This includes building new seasonal campaigns and expanding donation avenues.

• Actively manages day-to-day relationships with food drive sponsors and prospects through various activities including meetings, phone calls, letters, reports, emails, timely responses to donor inquiries and acknowledgements of gifts.
• Create both digital media and printed materials pertaining to events (donor events, community and fundraising activities, food drives, etc.).
• Log contact reports to the donor database(s), seeking ways to streamline data and improve workflow inefficiencies.
• Develop standard operating procedures for receiving and recording collected food, working cross departmentally as lead.
• Determine when picking up food donations is feasible, either coordinating through Operations or personally in company vehicle.
• Assist in developing events by obtaining bids from vendors, ordering supplies, and researching vendor options and theme ideas to present to team.
• Work closely with Volunteer team to identify volunteer activities related to food drives and events.
• Assist in event setup and tear down, ensuring all materials are returned and inventoried.
• Passionately represents Roadrunner Food Bank’s mission, programs, and message with stakeholders and actively networks within the community to activate support behind our mission.
• Performs other food raiser/development activities as may be required (i.e., tours, public speaking, or spokesperson activities).
• Serves as a community ambassador/spokesperson as needed.

Position Requirements

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in communications, public relations, marketing, journalism, or other related field, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 5 years professional work experience with 2 or more years working in nonprofit development, events, community relations, or other related field.
• Demonstrated experience in cultivating and soliciting prospects for donations.
• Self-starter, strong organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Experience in database maintenance, entering and maintaining accurate records in specialized digital platform. (Salesforce experience a plus.)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and online meeting platforms (Teams, Zoom).
• Comfortable working in digital media platforms such as e-newsletter mail systems, project management programs, photo storage banks, and graphic design tools. Will train on specific platforms.   
• Excellent communications, interpersonal and customer service skills; comfortable with public speaking.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work some evenings and weekends when necessary.
• Must be able to clearly articulate RRFBB’s mission.
• Ability to relate effectively and professionally with other staff, volunteers, agency representatives, and the public.

Physical Environment

Roadrunner Food Bank is a proud equal opportunity employer, and as such, will consider all qualified individuals with or without the need for reasonable accommodation for disability.

• Primarily an office environment
• During events, meetings, and appointments it will be required to move and perform some physical activities related to set-up, tear-down, and both on- and off-site management.
• Some exposure to extreme temperatures during outdoor events or warehouse activities.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Extensive computer operation with repeated finger motions.
• Must be able to move around the office and get to the equipment.
• Noise level is usually moderate.
• Extensive telephone use.
• Schedule is a 40-hour work week.
• Operates office and computer equipment.
• Travel as required by the job responsibilities. Must have valid driver’s license and active car insurance.

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement 

Roadrunner Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. 

E-Verify Statement 

Roadrunner Food Bank participates in the E-Verify program. 

Other duties 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give assignments. 

This role description excludes the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All Key Result areas are essential job functions and requirements. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship. 

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