Employment Opportunities - Keep Austin Beautiful

Community Engagement Coordinator

At Keep Austin Beautiful, we inspire and educate all Austinites to volunteer together, beautify green spaces, clean waterways, and reduce waster every day. Keep Austin Beautiful seeks a Community Engagement Coordinator to support cleanup and beautification initiatives.

Responsibilities

The Community Engagement Coordinator will build and maintain relationships with volunteers and key organizational partners, attend community meetings, lead weekly volunteer service days for businesses and community groups, and coordinate project logistics. Primary programs include: Community Engagement Days, Keep Austin Beautiful Day, 360 Cleanup, MLK Day of Service, as well as assistance with other programming as needed. Administrative tasks include managing data in Gravity Forms, GivePulse, Mailchimp, and Salesforce, promptly responding to volunteer communications, and additional tasks as needed. The Community Engagement Coordinator will work Monday-Friday 9am-6pm, with occasional weekend and evenings (leading and supporting projects).

Specific Responsibilities include:

Plan, coordinate, and recruit volunteers for Keep Austin Beautiful Day, 360 Cleanup, and ongoing programs
Plan, coordinate, and lead weekly Community Engagement Days for businesses and community groups
Communicate with key organizational partners to set up and maintain ongoing volunteer opportunities
Lead quarterly info-sessions to recruit, and train volunteer site leaders for large annual events and ongoing service opportunities.
Plan and implement volunteer appreciation events throughout the year
Maintain up-to-date records of volunteer engagement and program results
Attend community meetings to increase program participation and neighborhood input
Support other programming as needed

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a passion for the environment, excellent people and communication skills, experience and/or knowledge in riparian restoration, native landscape design and installation and volunteer coordination.

2+ years of experience coordinating, organizing and leading volunteers
Strong ability to work with a wide range of volunteers from youth to seniors
Ability to teach and present to large groups
Detail oriented and strong organizational skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience and knowledge in restoration, riparian and water quality issues, native plant species, landscape design and installation, solid waste services and/or litter abatement preferred
Flexible and able to work independently as well as on a team
Must have own reliable transportation
Must be able to multi-task and maintain a positive attitude with community members
Lift 50 pounds, work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions including heat, cold, and rain and work along uneven surfaces of creeks and trails
Conversational Spanish a plus
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook and Excel, as well as Salesforce, Mailchimp and Gravity Forms preferred

Hours: This is a full time position, which will require work on evenings and weekends.

Benefits: Keep Austin Beautiful offers a progressive work environment, full health care and dental benefits, paid vacation and sick time, a 403B retirement plan, and mileage and cellular phone reimbursement. Salary range for this position is $35,000-$39,000 per year.

Application Process: Qualified applicants should submit a resume and a cover letter describing 1.) their qualifications and experiences, and 2.) how they learned about the position. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. The posting will remain open until the position is filled. Only complete submissions will be considered and receive a response. We will contact you if your application is selected to continue to the next round of the hiring process. No phone calls, please.

Keep Austin Beautiful is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The organization is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions, including, without limitation, decisions regarding recruitment, selection, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, advancement, corrective action, discipline, discharge, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, are based on individual qualifications and/or other legitimate business factors, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), age (40 and over), disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Development Coordinator

Keep Austin Beautiful, a nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire and educate all Austinites to volunteer together, beautify green spaces, clean waterways and reduce waste every day, seeks a Development Coordinator to support the organization’s fundraising programs. This position will work directly with the Development Manager to achieve organizational fundraising goals, with a focus on recruiting and engaging corporate sponsors through volunteer opportunities. This position will also be responsible for overseeing in-kind donor relationships, third-party fundraising opportunities, and individual giving campaigns, and will assist as needed with grant-writing and reporting, donor tracking and stewardship, and maintaining donor records. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator who is enthusiastic about engaging donors through volunteer opportunities, in-person presentations, and creative communications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Identify and develop corporate sponsorship opportunities, especially through Keep Austin Beautiful’s volunteer engagement opportunities
Identify and develop additional avenues to cultivate corporate sponsorships
Assist the Community Engagement team with coordinating and executing corporate volunteering events and opportunities for new and returning sponsors
Oversee third-party fundraising, including third-party fundraising events, point-of-sale donation opportunities, and employer match programs
Oversee Keep Austin Beautiful’s Business Membership program
Oversee in-kind donor relationships, including solicitation for annual fundraising event’s silent auction
Work with the Communications Coordinator to execute individual giving campaigns and to develop donor stewardship materials and recognition opportunities
Assist with writing grants and fulfilling reporting requirements
Assist with maintaining donor records in CRM
Assist Development Manager with other fundraising campaigns and tasks as needed

Desired Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

At least two years of fundraising experience
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills and the demonstrated ability to work with diverse individuals and groups
Ability to take initiative and work independently and as a member of a team
Experience maintaining records in Salesforce, Little Green Light, or equivalent CRM database
Experience working with and engaging corporate donors preferred
Experience coordinating volunteers a plus
A passion for volunteerism, beautifying green spaces and waterways, and connecting people to the outdoors

Hours: This is a full-time position, which may require occasional work on evenings and weekends.

Benefits: Keep Austin Beautiful offers a progressive work environment, health care and dental benefits, paid vacation and sick time, a 403b retirement plan with employer match, and mileage and cellular phone reimbursement. Salary range for this position is $35,000-$39,000 per year.

Application Process: Qualified applicants should submit a resume and a cover letter describing their qualifications and experiences and how they learned about the position. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. The posting will be open until the position is filled. Only complete submissions will be considered. We will contact you if your application is selected to continue to the next round of the hiring process. No phone calls, please.