CASA of St. Louis
CASA of St. Louis represents the best interests of abused and neglected children placed in foster care in St. Louis. Through no fault of their own, children and youth from birth through 21 find themselves under the protective custody of the state. Critical decisions affecting their lives today and their futures are made by the court. An overburdened state agency is responsible for their safety, well-being and permanency.
CASA volunteers and social work professionals advocate for children to ensure their safety, enable them to heal, improve their experiences in foster care and help them find a forever family. CASA of St. Louis child advocates ensure children are receiving the educational, health and mental health services they need to heal while working to find them safety and stability in a home where they can thrive.
The Opportunity
CASA of St. Louis is seeking an experienced volunteer recruitment manager who will work as a member of the program team to lead volunteer recruitment, marketing, and promotion of CASA of St. Louis’ Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer opportunity to the widest possible audience.
Essential Job Duties:
- Plan, implement, and evaluate outreach and recruitment strategies for CASA volunteers.
- Build and maintain community relationships and partnerships to aid in community awareness and volunteer recruitment, particularly to diversify the CASA volunteer corps.
- Respond to all inquiries by potential volunteers
- Collaborates with the Manager of Volunteer Engagement & Director of Volunteer Training and Development to manage applicant screening process.
- Engage, build, and monitor relationships, and seek new opportunities and initiatives to increase awareness for CASA and to develop referral and networking resources for speaking and outreach.
- Collaborates with the Manager of Volunteer Engagement and the Director of Training & Volunteer Development in the onboarding of new volunteers.
- Promotes and conducts bi-monthly volunteer orientation sessions.
- Participates in recruitment activities and community events.
- Represents CASA of St. Louis in community partnerships.
- Tracks and measures the level of engagement with various constituencies using data gathered from varied sources.
- Produce electronic content for recruitment efforts including the inquiry newsletter.
- Coordinates and implements communications and social media between recruitment, retention and development teams. This includes maintaining a planning document and scheduling social media content to be posted as well as responding to inquiries received via social media and directing them to the appropriate CASA staff. Serves as primary staff contact with communications consultant.
- Supports efforts to demonstrate the impact of CASA to include storytelling aimed at familiarizing external audiences with the work of CASA.
- Works with Leadership Team in setting annual goals for recruitment (number of new volunteers) and outreach (number of activities and targeted campaigns)
- Works with the Director of Development to support the Young Professionals Advisory Board of CASA of St. Louis and serves as the primary liaison to the Outreach subcommittee of the Volunteer Advisory Committee.
Minimum Job Requirements: Three years’ relevant work experience
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, social work, psychology or other related area, or equivalent education and experience in related field. Experience in a nonprofit setting working with volunteers is desirable.
Certifications and Licensure:
- Must have a valid driver’s license, car and valid insurance
Key Job Skills & Competencies:
- Detail oriented including strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as strong interpersonal skills to function as a team player.
- Ability to multi-task and exhibit exceptional time management skills to balance a number of priorities simultaneously
- Ability to communicate with, motivate and empower potential volunteers.
- Competency in Microsoft Office.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Work Environment:
The job takes place in an office setting. The employee may also travel between CASA of St. Louis’ office locations as well as various training and recruitment sites. Must be able to work weekends and evenings as required.
If interested in applying, respond with your resume and cover letter to Rhonda Lingard at rlingard@stlcasa.org
