Part-Time Community Outreach Specialist

Title: Part-Time Community Outreach Specialist

Department: External Affairs

Employment Type: Temporary Part-time

FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt

Duration: Seasonal from April - June 2024 with the potential to extend

Hours: 15-20 hours per week

Location: New York City

Compensation: $25 per hour 

About Braven

Braven is a career-accelerating program that prepares promising young people—many of whom are people of color, from low income backgrounds, and the first in their families to attend college—to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation. 

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.  

Together, we are helping to open up access to the American Promise, empowering a generation of leaders who mirror the diversity of our country.

To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Impact Report and Jobs Report.

About the Role

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a temporary part-time Community Outreach Specialist who will spearhead the recruitment of long-term volunteers, through community outreach.

As a Community Outreach Specialist, you will contribute to our ambitious goal of recruiting over 400 volunteers for our Fall program. You will conduct outreach to raise brand awareness, develop partnerships with local organizations, and build authentic relationships to guide interested individuals through our volunteer application process.

As a vital member of the Volunteer Recruitment team, you will lead the charge in building a robust and diverse pipeline of prospective candidates with a specific focus on finding volunteers who represent the backgrounds of our Fellows and volunteers from diverse industries. This is a new role, which means it will require a proactive approach, strategic thinking, and a passion for community engagement and partnership building.

This is a part-time, temporary position on the External Affairs team and will report to the Director, Volunteer Recruitment and Stewardship.

What You’ll Do

• Recruit 25 volunteer Leadership Coaches by building a pipeline of diverse prospective candidates by becoming fully knowledgeable, overall, with Braven’s LC volunteer program, requirements and ideal volunteer profile
• Create a strategy to achieve campaign goals by forging partnerships (e.g. with faith groups, professional groups, neighborhood groups, and affinity groups), holding info sessions, canvassing, postering, tabling, and advertising on listservs
• Serve as a brand ambassador for Braven, influencing prospective volunteers and explaining details of the program
• Track, interpret, and evaluate data to measure progress to goals and inform changes to strategy and process
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in recruitment, canvassing, community organizing, and/or partnership development

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to take initiative and work independently while also collaborating effectively within a team
• Exceptional interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• Comfortable and experienced with in-person prospecting, outreach and relationship-building
• Strong track record of setting and achieving ambitious goals
• Knowledge of and commitment to applying diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices in all aspects of work
• Experience with data tracking and analysis to inform strategic decision-making
• Alumni of Braven and/or City College of New York
• Familiarity of and comfort with Salesforce is a plus
• Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion
• Exemplification of Braven’s core values
• Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population

Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.

Work Demands

• Ability to travel across the five boroughs and the Newark area as 75% of the role
• Some evening and weekend work as 25% of the role

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of such by the date of hire. Individuals may claim exemption from the vaccine requirement for medical or religious reasons.

Benefits

Compensation

This is a part-time temporary, non-exempt, position paid at an hourly rate of $25 per hour. The anticipated hours per week for this role are 15 to 20 hours per week. 

Location

This is a remote position and the person must live in a commutable distance from New York City and be able to travel across the five boroughs and New Jersey.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

At Braven, we are committed to attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining a diverse team. Braven operates in the context of our American culture, against the backdrop of systemic racism and oppression of marginalized people since our country’s founding. We are committed to assembling leaders at our organization who have emerged from everywhere, with a particular emphasis on those who share the racial and income backgrounds of our Fellows, and creating an inclusive culture that allows all teammates, of all experiences and identities, to thrive.  

Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.  We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.