Child Recruitment Specialist

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AGENCY DESCRIPTION:
A Family For Every Child is a nonprofit organization located in Eugene, Oregon. Our mission is to find loving and permanent families for every waiting foster child

JOB SUMMARY:
Work with the Child and Family Operations Coordinator to engage child welfare professionals nationwide to build relationships with others, maintain and update information so that it is current, offer recruitment services and assist in developing new relationships, programs and services. This is an unpaid internship or volunteer position.

BENEFITS:
What you will gain is real world work experience relating to human services, data entry, marketing, and more while improving your communication skills and building contacts and relationships with child welfare professionals nationwide. This is a great opportunity to do something meaningful as well as add important work experience and skills to your resume. This position is not only great for students or those reentering the workforce, but also for those individuals who wish for a meaningful way to make a difference.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of the Child and Family Operations Coordinator, the volunteer/intern will:
● Develop and improve an outreach plan and timeline
● Develop and improve processes for contacting and follow­up. Enter all contacts in database with a follow­up plan
● Develop and improve a plan for entering new information to our database
● Identify barriers and assist in formulating solutions
● Develop and improve ways to utilize our website, social media, and targeted email outreach to form new contacts
● Build email templates, press releases, PSA's and other marketing tools
● Formulate a plan for the coming year

SKILLS/QUALIFICATION REQUIRED:
● Excellent oral and written communication skill with the ability to communicate with diverse populations
● Computer skills/ data entry
● Experience using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
● Well organized with attention to detail and ability to complete tasks independently
● Ability to make deadlines
● Phone and email skills

PERSONALITY FOR POSITION:
Outgoing, driven, dedicated, confident, phone skills

EXPERIENCE OR SPECIAL SKILLS DESIRED:
Team player, attention to detail, conscientious, follow- through

Training will be provided

SCHEDULE:
● 3, 6+ month commitment/continuous
● 5+ hours per week (M-F 9:00 am - 5:00 pm)