Community Engagement Manager

**Title:** Community Engagement Manager **Position Summary:** As a Community Engagement Manager, you join an exclusive team of leaders responsible for the implementation of the Alzheimer’s Association Portfolio of Community Program Offerings. The Portfolio brings awareness, education and support to all communities in the United States and activates a grassroots network of individuals and community leaders to work toward a world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. Utilizing your proven leadership, networking and relationship building skills to cultivate key community connections, you will drive success and expand the reach of our community offerings. This will happen by strategically identifying and engaging community partners and activating and empowering volunteers, especially in new, underrepresented and rural communities. The position not only manages and supports their team but also actively contributes to day-to-day work and deliverables As a successful community mobilizer who will manage multiple program delivery volunteers annually, you will generate excitement and enthusiasm in the community for the cause, coach and inspire your volunteers to implement proven strategies and best practices that result in increased community presence and serving more people with awareness, education and support year over year. **Responsibilities** Essential functions and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - **Recruit, coach, and manage volunteers** to build grassroots movements that meet organizational goals. Apply Association best practices in community engagement and volunteer activation, leveraging strong relationship-building skills to drive successful outcomes. - **Activate and support volunteers** using Association methods such as peer coaching, Mission Conversations, and quality improvement strategies. Manage a balanced, volunteer-led Portfolio of Community Program Offerings with measurable growth, stepping in as needed to ensure delivery. - **Cultivate and manage community partnerships**, including with underrepresented groups, using a relationship-based, results-driven approach that enhances awareness, education, support, and brand visibility in all communities. Manage a portfolio of high-impact community partners to host Association Community Program reaching new audiences year after year by securing and managing Community Partner agreements. - **Develop and execute data-informed community impact plans** and secure Community Partner Agreements using a relationship-sales method aligned with local needs. - **Demonstrate** **cross-functional collaboration** - with revenue, advocacy, leadership, and other stakeholders - to identify and qualify awareness opportunities, strategically engaging supporters to expand reach and impact. Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture that sustains long-term community impact and volunteer engagement. - **Evaluate and improve volunteer performance** as needed, and manage budgets, grants, and timelines with precision. **Inspire urgency and support for the Alzheimer’s Association’s full mission**, advancing care, fundraising, and advocacy across all communities with an emphasis on reaching underrepresented communities with limited access to diagnosis and treatment. **Qualifications** - Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience - 3 – 5 years of proven experience in recruiting and mobilizing volunteers to achieve goals - Confident, goal-oriented, positive self-starter able to work independently with limited supervision and collaboratively with internal and external partners **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities** - Confident, goal-oriented, positive self-starter able to work independently with limited supervision and collaboratively with internal and external partners - Demonstrated ability to develop and nurture community relationships and partnerships - Ability to manage and coach large numbers of volunteers at different experience levels with diplomacy - Ability to work with di…