Community Engagement Assistant

About CWS

Imagine waking up every morning with the chance to change someone's life. Imagine knowing your efforts will benefit both your career and our neighbors around the world. At CWS, our team knows they are making a difference every day. Whether you're in our U.S.-based offices supporting refugees, asylees or unaccompanied children ... implementing hygiene initiatives in Cambodia or rebuilding projects in Central America ... or even connecting remotely from your home on fundraising campaigns, grant reports, or critical communications - you have the opportunity to work towards a world where everyone has food, a voice and a safe place to call home. 

Overview

The Community Engagement Assistant helps maintain CWS relationships with local faith-based and community organizations and individual volunteers to support programming in the local office. This position will help grow and diversify the local offices’ community engagement efforts through targeted outreach and partnerships with faith-based institutions as well as institutions of higher education, local community-based organizations, and individual community volunteers.  

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities 

 

Community Outreach: 

 

• Maintain relationships with local partners, including faith-based organizations as well as institutions of higher education and community-based organizations. 

• With support from the CWS local office, create/update educational materials that aid community partners raising awareness about refugee, immigrant, and asylum-seeker issues 

• Conduct presentations and other speaking engagements targeting faith-based organizations, higher education institutions, community-based organizations, and client communities to train them on CWS services and clients’ needs and heighten CWS visibility in the broader community  

• Encourage local community organization and business engagement with CWS local office through coordination of group volunteering activities, corporate sponsorship, and targeted fundraising opportunities 

• Educate refugee and immigrant service providers through training and presentations  

 

Volunteer Management: 

 

• Maintain and grow a volunteer base through outreach to individuals, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations and groups, colleges/universities, and corporations while advancing individual and group partnerships  

• Assist with the onboarding process of new volunteers by providing outreach, helping with recruitment paperwork, providing initial orientation, and maintaining an accurate record of volunteer information in the CWS volunteer tracking database, including producing materials and presentations as needed  

• Help match volunteers to CWS programs and clients based on programmatic needs and volunteer interest; consult with program staff, clients, and assigned volunteers to ensure completion of tasks per CWS standards 

• Consult with individual volunteers and community-based groups, refugee clients, and case managers, as well as guide stakeholders to ensure positive interactions 

 

Event-Planning : 

• Assist with planning and attend special events, recruit volunteers for support during these events  

• Help the office director and/or development staff identify opportunities for increasing volunteer financial giving, such as monthly donor programs 

• Follow the CWS local office communication outreach strategy, including contributing to relevant grant proposals related to local office programming  

• Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications

Education:                               

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in lieu of degree. 

  

 

Experience: 

• 3 years of previous work experience in non-profit, social justice, community development, and volunteer management work. 

 

Benefits

CWS offers a competitive benefits package that includes:     - 403 (b) Retirement Plan                                                - Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance                                                   - Generous Paid Time Off (18 Paid Days Off; 24 Days after 2 Years)   - 14 Official Holidays   - 12 Sick Days Off (Accrued monthly)                                       - Life Insurance and AD&D                                              - Long Term and Short-Term Disability                                                   - Employee Assistance Program (EAP)                                                  - Health Savings Account                                                - Flexible Spending Accounts