Sponsorship Coordinator, Samar
Ada Bible Church
Localização do trabalho
Eastern Visayas
Status de emprego
Tempo total
Detalhes sobre a oferta de trabalho
Develops and coordinates sponsorship relationships for refugees arriving through the Reception and Placement program. Serves as a Samaritas liaison between church and community groups to support resettlement and employment staff. Duties and Responsibilities Conduct outreach to churches and faith groups, individuals, and other community groups providing information about refugee resettlement in assigned geographic areas. Recruit groups to sponsor resettling families through presentations, meetings, and other forms of individual communications. Develop, secure and coordinate financial resources for the implementation of the sponsorship program goals and objectives. Train sponsoring groups to understand scope, duration, and expectations regarding sponsorship of refugees. Share best practices for volunteers supporting resettlement. Match incoming families to sponsoring groups and serve as a link for communication and facilitation between the sponsoring group and New American Case Managers. Monitor, track and document sponsorship activities in organizational databases. Analyze data to determine most successful recruitment activities. Create and utilize branding materials for Samaritas New American Services for the purposes of outreach and recruitment, including but not limited to: presentations, brochures, handouts, displays, and newsletters. Partner with Samaritas Communications and Advancements department when appropriate. Collaborate with Volunteer Coordinators to develop trainings, motivational meetings, and appreciation events for New American Services volunteers. Job Qualifications Education, Training, and Licensure/Certification Bachelor’s Degree in business, communications, marketing, faith/religious studies, social work, or other related field preferred, or four years equivalent work experience. Experience Minimum two years’ experience working with local faith communities, public outreach, or related equivalent experience. • One year experience in refugee or other international services field. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Proven skills in marketing and recruitment. General knowledge of software: database, spreadsheet, word processing, desktop publishing. Ability to speak, read and write fluent English. Fluent in Arabic, French, Kirundi, or Swahili preferred. Excellent public speaking and presentation skills. Comfortable presenting and speaking to both small and large audiences. Ability to connect and relate to diverse faith and community groups. Ability to assign, direct and coordinate the activities of others and monitor progress on delegated work assignments. Strong written skills to communicate with partners, sponsoring groups, and Samaritas staff. Successfully document and track all activities. Exceptional organizational and planning skills. Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks, perform highly detailed work and mathematical functions; withstand stress and handle multiple, concurrent task and constant interruptions. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Knowledge of government structures, agencies and policies which impact Refugee Services program. Ability to read and interpret documents
