Job Postings

Grassroots Development Coordinator
Job Type: Full-time, 35 hrs/week
Compensation: $58,700 - $61,700
Direct Supervisor: Director of Operations and Finance
Location: Tennessee

ABOUT SOCM: SOCM is a 52-year-old, member-driven organization dedicated to empowering Tennesseans in their efforts to have a greater voice in determining their own future. We accomplish this by training local leaders and by developing and sustaining long-term, democratically run, and locally rooted membership organizations in communities throughout Tennessee. Together, SOCM members work towards a Tennessee where all people are treated with dignity, where our environment is preserved and protected, and where corporations and public officials are held accountable to the needs of their communities.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Direct donor engagement

• Assist with major donor visits and calls

• Work with Finance Director and ED to develop mail appeal plan and draft letters

• Coordinates team of members to send appeal letters

• Supports membership database entry and management (using EveryAction)

• Identify potential major donors from our contact list

• Manage volunteers to write and send thank you letters 
   

Coordinate member Fundraising Committee

• Help recruit, develop and coordinate a strong fundraising committee

• Prepare agendas and facilitate fundraising committee calls

• Works with committee members to develop and run chapter-level and statewide grassroots fundraising campaigns 
   

Membership engagement and recruitment

• Work with staff and chapter membership chairs to coordinate membership recruitment campaigns

• Design, compile and update materials for new and prospective members

• Ensure that all new members are directed through our “ladder of engagement” and are connected to the right staff member or chapter leader

• Set up dues reminder system in EveryAction database

• Coordinate dues renewal calls

• Pull fundraising contact lists from EveryAction database for members and staff 

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Fundraising workshops

• Co-facilitate annual fundraising 101 training

• Lead smaller fundraising workshops in person and via zoom throughout the year 

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Assist ED with identifying new grant opportunities

• Online research for new grant opportunities using GrantStation and other sources

• Maintains a grant calendar and schedule for use by ED

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Other

• Support logistics for major membership meetings

• Participate and contribute to weekly staff meetings

• Other tasks as assigned

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QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 2 years experience with grassroots fundraising and/or volunteer management

• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Suite/Workplace

• Proficient with Zoom

• Proficient with social media (Instagram and Facebooks specifically)

• Experience with EveryAction or similar database platform

• Good written and verbal communication

• Schedule flexibility

• Attention to detail

• Resourceful

• Good with people

• Comfortable on the phone

• Access to transportation

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QUALITIES OF AN IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• Commitment to social, economic, and environmental justice through a base-building, community organizing framework;

• Must place a high value on kindness, compassion, curiosity, honesty and empathy

• Ability to schedule and prioritize tasks within multiple projects

• Enjoys talking with and learning from people of diverse backgrounds (including race, gender, income-level, age, ability & political background)

• Ability to engage with people who may have very different social/political values from your own

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

• Devoted to personal growth and self-development

• Good communication skills including listening, asking challenging questions, and writing;

• Understanding of how to work effectively in and with diverse communities

• Creative, self-starting, and able to prioritize work effectively

• Punctuality

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BENEFITS: SOCM provides full gold-plan family health insurance for all employees that includes vision and dental coverage. We offer flexible hours, a generous vacation package, family and medical leave, mileage reimbursement, and a generous pension plan with contributions added after two years of employment.

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HOURS AND SCHEDULE: SOCM has a standard 35-hour work week, but occasionally, we have to work beyond this. When working over 35 hrs/week, staff accrue comp time which can be used in subsequent weeks.

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While hours and schedule are flexible, this position requires a high degree of self-organization. Our staff attend weekly all-staff meetings online, monthly in-person staff meetings and weekly online 1:1 work-plan check-ins with your supervisor and/or ED. Supervisor and staff work together to develop long range goals and weekly work plans, but staff are accountable for follow-through on tasks and are expected to ask for support as needed.

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TO APPLY: Send an email with your resume, a cover letter and three references to austin@socm.org and linda@socm.org. Include subject line "ATTN: Grassroots Development Coordinator application, [Your Name]"