Community and Foundations Officer

Description:

Build Relationships. Tell Stories. Drive Impact.

Are you passionate about connecting people to a mission that matters? At Children’s Hope Alliance, we’re looking for a Community and Foundations Officer who thrives on building relationships, engaging communities, and helping secure the support that fuels life-changing work for children and families.

In this role, you’ll be the face of our mission across North Carolina—partnering with donors, churches, civic groups, and foundations to grow support and strengthen community connections.

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Why Join Children’s Hope Alliance?

• Meaningful, mission-driven work advancing Hope, Health, and Healing for Generations
• Opportunity to build relationships across communities statewide
• Dynamic role combining fundraising, outreach, and storytelling
• Remote flexibility with travel to engage donors and partners
• Collaborative philanthropy and communications team

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Your Impact in This Role

You’ll play a key role in growing support for Children’s Hope Alliance through relationship-building, fundraising, and community engagement:

Build and Strengthen Donor Relationships

• Connect with individual donors, churches, and community partners across North Carolina
• Meet with donors and prospects in person to share the mission and inspire support
• Cultivate and steward relationships to increase engagement and contributions

Expand Foundation Partnerships

• Support the identification and cultivation of foundation partners
• Help steward existing foundation relationships and track engagement
• Partner with leadership to strengthen long-term funding opportunities

Represent and Promote the Mission

• Serve as a public-facing ambassador at churches, civic groups, and community events
• Deliver presentations and share impactful stories of the children and families served
• Collaborate with communications to support outreach campaigns and events

Support Development Operations

• Track and manage donor engagement using Salesforce CRM
• Assist with event coordination, donor follow-up, and stewardship efforts
• Help gather stories, photos, and impact highlights to support fundraising initiatives

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What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree OR 1–2 years of experience in fundraising, development, or marketing (nonprofit preferred)
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills
• Comfortable with public speaking and community engagement
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage a travel schedule
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Teams)
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel across North Carolina (some overnight travel required)

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What to Expect

This is a remote, travel-based role, ideal for someone who enjoys being out in the community and connecting with people. You’ll have flexibility in your schedule, with some evening and weekend events required.

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Our Commitment

Children’s Hope Alliance is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees can succeed and grow.

Requirements:

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university or 1-2 years’ experience in development, marketing or fundraising for nonprofit organizations.
• Must be proficient in usage with Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, Teams and typing skills.
• Must be customer service oriented and possess a willingness to represent the agency to the public.
• Must be detail-oriented, have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Assist with some weekend and evening events.
• Must be culturally sensitive to children and families and support cultural diversity throughout the program.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and be insurable by agency insurance carrier.
• Must submit to and pass pre-employment checks, criminal records check, and DMV/MVR check.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, frequently required to stoop or kneel, and must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, peripheral and depth perception. Essential functions will be typing, professional writing, using the telephone, driving and active participation in physical activities.

Effect on End Result

The effectiveness of the incumbent can be measured by the dollars raised as well as donor retention and progress in moves management among constituents within assigned portfolio.