Church + Nonprofit Partnership Coordinator

Updated March 2016

Purpose:

This position exists to help C-Life build strategic and lasting partnerships with churches and other like-minded nonprofits.

This may include reaching out to personal contacts, organizational contact, cold prospecting, or networking.

The goal of each activity is to engage friends and potential friends of C-Life to participate in the work of discipling Christian professionals by developing young servant leaders in Cameroon-Africa.

With a limited marking budget, C-Life hopes to continue to spread the word and mission by developing key relationships with churches and other like-minded nonprofits.

The Church + Nonprofit Partnership Coordinator will also determine if new church contacts are potential donors, Advocates, volunteers, or simply someone who would like to pray and stay notified about the work of C-Life.

Length of Project:

This is an ongoing need.

We ask that the volunteer commit to at least one year as the Church + Nonprofit Partnership Coordinator as this position depends on personal relationships, and churches having a consistent point of contact.

Responsibilities:

Implement already formulated church partnership strategy for C-Life for the period in question
Determine if new contacts are potential donors, Advocates, volunteers, or simply someone who would like to pray and stay notified about the work of C-Life. Then implement the already created and managed path for that person. (Example: add email to automatic mailchimp emails, add number to phone call list, give contact to the Advocate Coordinator, etc.)
Reach out to personal contacts, and build new contacts to help spread the mission of C-Life
Find out about ongoing church events and volunteer or find volunteers to represent C-Life. This may include nonprofit Fairs, volunteer fairs, church lobby presence, and occasionally speaking in front of bible studies or church congregations.
Monitor and report progress
Maintain strong and positive relationships with churches and other contacts
Communicate effectively with potential donors, church partners, or nonprofit partners to encourage new or increased contributions and support
Recruit sponsors, participants or volunteers for marketing/church/outreach events
Update donor database
Identify and build relationships with contacts

Tools & teams to support you:

Easy to use web enhanced donor database called Kindful
A development team, that has already formulated the strategy, communication, graphic designs to support and promote your events
On-boarding training with the development team (The Nonprofit Consulting Shop)
Passionate and committed donors and volunteers

Skills/Qualifications:

Good Communication Skills: Verbal & written. Able to translate vision with passion and insight
Ability to research opportunities using the internet, networking and library resources
Organizational skills: An ability to manage a number of things and contacts at once
Presentation skills: This role may require presentations made in homes, businesses, local churches, at nonprofits etc.
Great Customer service: The ability to serve the contacts and donors by appreciating them and providing opportunities for engaging their hearts to the C-Life organization
People Management: Good relations with donors, contacts, and volunteers, through support and motivation and informing them of progress
Marketing: Using creative ways to communicate the vision and impact of the work of C-Life
Enthusiasm & Commitment: You must really believe and be committed to the C-Life cause

Benefits:

Internship or Stateside Missionary assignment opportunity
Social Networking and personal growth
Helping to secure funding that will transform lives and communities in Cameroon and Africa
The enjoyment of working with other individuals who are passionate about helping others through developing African leaders, fighting corruption, discipling professionals, etc.
The opportunity to satisfy community service hours that pertain to a degree program, internship requirement or self-education in this particular career. Also an opportunity to give back.
The excitement of being a part of a new venture grass movement geared towards solving deep rotted socio-economic and spiritual problems in Africa
Other benefits: personal growth, career growth potential, opportunity to develop and execute creative ideas, opportunity to improve existing ideas

Oversight:

Kari Trent – The Nonprofit Consulting Shop (Development partners)

Steps to Volunteer:

If Interested please provide your name and email contact to Kari Trent at info@myclife.org with the subject line “Church + Nonprofit Partnership Coordinator”. If you have further questions, call

469-759-9167.

More Information about C-Life:

Visit our website www.myclife.org and also our social media channels

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clifecommunity

Twitter: https://twitter.com/clifecommunity

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clifecommunity/

Thank you for prayerfully considering joining the C-Life family through your gifts and talents!

Church + Nonprofit Partnership Coordinator - C-Life