Communications and Sponsorship Program Coordinator
- Employer
- BrightPoint for Children
- Location
- Marietta, Georgia
- Salary
- Up to $38,000 per year + benefits depending on education and experience
- Closing date
- May 21, 2021
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- Focus Areas
- Education, Human Services, Philanthropy / Social Responsibility, Youth Development
- Job Function
- Administrative / Clerical, Customer Service / Retail, Marketing / Communications, Program / Project Management
- Position Type
- Full Time
- Degree Level
- Bachelors
- Willingness to Travel
- Not willing to travel
- Experience Level
- Administrative
Job Details
JOB TITLE: Communications and Sponsorship Program Coordinator
ACCOUNTABILITY: Program Director
FUNCTION: The Communications and Sponsorship Program Coordinator furthers BrightPoint’s vision to help vulnerable youth by serving our partners and their sponsors with excellent customer service and outstanding support. This position will serve as the lead on internal and external communications in addition to their sponsorship program responsibilities.
Responsibilities:
Communications:
- Develop, write, and edit newsletters, emails, and other communication campaigns designed for our sponsor or donor community
- Generate original ideas, write and edit the monthly blog entries for the BrightPoint website
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Create content and manage social media presence
- Design and prepare templates to be used for child letters to sponsors
- Create child packets and other materials that represent partner’s child sponsorship activities
- Train co-workers as needed on communications design and implementation
Partner Relations:
- Be familiar with all of Brightpoint’s partner organizations to understand each partner’s vision, strategy, and operations
- Complete required tasks in order to meet partner’s child sponsorship objectives
- Plan work to accomplish tasks in a timely manner
- Communicate issues that may arise and work with supervisor/partner to resolve
Sponsor Support:
- Serve as the initial point of contact for sponsor inquiries and respond to sponsor requests via telephone, email, etc., in a professional, courteous, and timely manner
- Escalate issues to management for resolution support when necessary
- Provide excellent customer support and follow-through that meets our stated service levels
- Facilitate communication between sponsors and children by coordinating letter writing activities and tracking all sponsor/child touchpoints (letters, visits, photo updates, etc.)
- Maintain accurate data in Salesforce accounts and records
Qualifications
- Must be a legal resident of the United States of America
- Bachelor’s Degree (Communications or related field) or an equivalent combination of education/experience is preferred
- High level of accuracy and demonstrated history of attention to detail
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products, photo editing, and publishing/presentation software
- Experience with HTML; Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and/or InDesign; Social Media platforms
- Experience with Salesforce Customer Relations Management software is an asset
- Experience with mission trips to developing countries (or similar experience, i.e. Peace Corps) is helpful
Competencies
- Communication skills – effectively able to communicate with others through written, verbal, and presentation methods
- Customer service – manages difficult or emotional customer situations, responds promptly to customer needs, solicits customer feedback to improve service, responds to requests for service and assistance, and meets commitments
- Multi-tasking – the ability to work on multiple assignments while being interrupted via phone or email correspondence; ability to complete tasks within the timeframe allotted for the task
- Problem-solving – identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, develops alternative solutions, works well in a group or individual problem-solving situations, displays original thinking and creativity
- Interpersonal Skills – Focuses on solving conflict, maintains confidentiality, keeps emotions under control, treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position
- Leadership and Self-Motivated – exhibits confidence in self, effectively influences actions and opinions of others, earns respect and trust, works with integrity, upholds organizational standards and values
- Analytic skills – collects and researches data, synthesizes complex or diverse information
Company
Imagine a world where children in deep poverty are given the hope of a bright future. For 16 years, BrightPoint for Children, Inc. has been committed to serving orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) living in impoverished environments around the world. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, faith-based organization with a fun and uplifting work environment. We administer child sponsorship programs for other international, faith-based organizations that make it possible for vulnerable children to receive access to education, healthcare, nutrition, discipleship and community development programs. Our prayer for your time at BrightPoint for Children is that you feel secure in your place on our team, meaningfully challenged in your role, and joyful about your work as we serve the world together.
- Website
- https://brightpointforchildren.org/
- Telephone
- (770) 559-9338
- Location
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2874 Johnson Ferry Rd Ste 250
Marietta
GA
30062
United States
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