Providing Promising Futures

Communications & Events Coordinator

Be a part of something great, join the Bethesda Lutheran Services Residential Team located at our Meadville campus!

Join a company with over 100 years of dedication to the community and its employees!

We are looking to find passionate individuals to help us carry out our mission of Providing Promising Futures to over 8000 children, youth and families that we serve yearly in our communities!

Job Summary:

The Coordinator will be responsible for the development and execution of digital marketing communication strategies that attract donors, increase awareness, and build community engagement. The Coordinator will proactively, strategically, and creatively advance Bethesda Lutheran Services visibility, reputation, and relevance within the community and the Lutheran churches as well as engage and inspire them to give, advocate and volunteer. The Coordinator will be responsible for our signature events and one off events for the agency including but not limited to solicitation of sponsors and all necessary preplanning, day of, and post event responsibilities.

Essential Functions of the Position:

• Assist in the development and execution of donor communication messaging and strategy as well as all marketing materials including the production of materials and tracking.
• Manage BLS Website, BLS Foster Care Website and North Start Mentoring websites, including creating and managing all content and analyzing site data to track and improve content reach.
• Manage the organizational social media presence including creating and managing content across multiple social media platforms to engage with donors, identify donors with passions, and ultimately connect them to opportunities to give back via BLS.
• Create all digital and physical assets and collateral.
• Analyze social media platform data to track and improve content reach.
• Develop, update and revise all regular electronic and written communications to donors
• Develop annual PR and advertising plan. Analyze and report on communication, advertising and PR effectiveness. Ensure advertisement messaging includes a call to action. Create and manage all BLS print and digital collateral.
• Create and execute BLS’s signature and volunteer events and other donor activities. This includes developing and executing plans and strategies for continual improvement of BLS events, obtaining event sponsors, developing event programming, overseeing production of visuals (including video), communicating with media, coordinating invitation and thank you process, and proactively managing volunteers and staff.
• Create and maintain instructions on standard operation procedures for all marketing & PR requests and other related job functions.
• Manage expense budgets for all fundraising, public relations and communications efforts.
• Responsible for assisting with creating/managing relationships with Lutheran Churches/Pastors in coordination with agency Pastor including but not limited to calendar of causes, Christmas and special appeals
• Fundraising activities including grants, special events, and corporate partnership initiatives.
• Identify, define, and acquire funding resources, including grants, available to the agency.
• Work with H.R. in promoting & creating job postings, advertisements and attend job fairs representing the agency if needed.

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Associates degree in Marketing, Business and/or Mass Communication. Bachelor’s Degree preferred 
• Four years of relevant work experience in the marketing and event planning field.

Pay:

$45,000-$50,000 per year