WR Upstate Church and Community Engagement Manager- 2025406

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten?  Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.

If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

This position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Church and Community Engagement Manager (CCEM) will support the mission of World Relief Upstate SC and its strong history of volunteer, church, and community engagement, by ensuring strong partnership development and fundraising programs. This role will oversee a small team focused on church and community partnership development and volunteer coordination. The CEM will also be the primary steward of church and other community partnerships with a focus on equipping the church, fundraising and volunteer recruitment.

• Team building and development: Set the vision and lead the church and community engagement team to work collaboratively toward meeting goals. Ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities, and lead collaboration efforts with all other external and program teams at WRU.
• Relationship cultivation and stewardship: Grow and maintain a portfolio of church relationships that supports overall church engagement strategy; coordination with other team members to ensure effective engagement with churches and their leaders, with particular focus on fundraising and volunteer recruitment.
• Strategy development: Lead the Community and Church Engagement Team to create and implement strategic fundraising and partnership development plans on an annual basis that are integrated with region-wide strategy. This includes developing long-term goals and multiple short-term projects with clear timelines, responsibilities and accountabilities.
• Staff coaching and management: Provide coaching and supervision to local church and community engagement staff, investing in the development of both individual and team performance. Ensure needed roles are hired, on-boarded, and supported. •National engagement: Ensure locally based staff and activities are appropriately connected with national counterparts, including the regional fundraising support staff.
• Assess results and drive growth: Ensure clear metrics for success across all church, volunteer, and community relation activities, using results to adapt strategy throughout the year. Proactively review metrics as well as feedback from all stakeholders to determine what is working and what can be improved for all initiatives.
• Marketing and communications: supervise marketing and communications staff, giving direction on fundraising campaigns, social media posts, and email communication.
• Public speaking and representing WRU: the CCEM will act as the primary speaker at public events, small groups, churches, and other community gatherings, while coaching and supporting other office staff in representing WRU as needed.
• Other duties as required to ensure WR builds strong, mutually beneficial relationships with local churches 
• This role is responsible for supervising others and includes responsibilities consistent with supervising employees, including but not limited to monitoring daily work activities, tracking and approving timesheets including approving time off, monitoring performance including entering goals, progress check-ins, and weekly or bi-weekly check-ins, documenting performance concerns, entering staff promotions, transitions, and separations in HRIS within required time frame. Managers at World Relief are also considered spiritual leaders and are expected to lead staff in a manner consistent with our Christian values, including but not limited to praying with staff, leading devotionals, and fostering a Christian environment in interactions with staff throughout World Relief.

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of professional experience and 2+ years of related experience
• Cross-cultural experience and knowledge English and a second language preferred
• Previous non-profit fundraising experience and/or church leadership experience required
• Ability to use with fluency all Microsoft programs such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
• Familiarity with marking and communications standards and practices
• Valid drivers license, ability to drive and pass MVR

• Strong results orientation with a proven history of church and community engagement
• Biblical knowledge and understanding of scriptural basis for work among immigrants
• Sensitivity to strengths and needs specific to immigrant churches and the ability to network within immigrant and non-immigrant communities alike
• Ability to manage multiple demands and deadlines with flexibility
• Basic computer skills required (Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point)
• People-oriented and comfortable speaking in one-on-one and group contexts
• Regular evening and weekend availability required
• Self-motivated with strong follow through and problem-solving skills
• Committed to working in a collaborative environment
• Fundraising experience preferred
• to coach and motivate others to work effectively and pursue excellence
• Strong decision-making skills, as well as an ability to delegate decision-making authority
• Capacity to manage multiple demands and deadlines with flexibility
• to mobilize a team to work together
• to improve and innovate

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.

World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.