Charleston Community Engagement Coordinator

We are accepting internal Water Mission applicants only at this time.

Who is Water Mission?

Water Mission is a rapidly growing Christian engineering nonprofit working to end the global water crisis by building safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions in developing nations and disaster areas. Guided by love, excellence, and integrity, we are driven to share clean, safe water and God’s love with all. To date, we have served nearly 7 million people in 57 countries. Working at Water Mission is as much a calling as it is a career, and we are searching for people with the courage, passion, and drive to help us change the world. Read more about our Statement of Faith and our Christian Mission.

What is the opportunity?

The Charleston Community Engagement Coordinator will support all engagement events and activities throughout the greater Charleston area. These include the Walk for Water in N. Charleston, the Education Initiative, speaking engagements, peer-to-peer fundraising activities, community booths, and tours. This role will provide excellent customer service to corporate partners, schools, churches, volunteers, other organizations, and individuals. He or she will ensure the administrative aspects of community engagement are done in a timely manner in keeping with Water Mission’s values of love, excellence, and integrity. In addition, the Charleston Community Engagement Coordinator will have strong communication and organization skills that maintain professionalism and meet goals. This position reports to the Charleston Community Engagement Manager and will be based at Water Mission’s headquarters in Charleston, SC.

A successful Charleston Community Engagement Coordinator will perform the following duties:

General Duties

• Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, donors, volunteers, those we serve, and the general public.

• Maintain a high-level knowledge of Water Mission’s organizational objectives, programmatic strategies, projects, and activities.

• Assist with Water Mission events as assigned.

Charleston Community Engagement

• Support all administrative functions pertaining to equipping and leading volunteer advocates and building partnerships in Charleston. This includes, but is not limited to, database management, volunteer and partner communications, and mailings.

• Work with the Community Engagement Manager to implement all Walk for Water events and activities, ensuring partners and volunteers receive excellent customer service and a best-in-class experience.

  • Coordinate and equip volunteers who support the Walk for Water in N. Charleston.
  • Answer Walk participants’ questions regarding registrations or Walk day details.
  • Answer inquiries from potential Walk sponsors and supporters.
  • Coordinate the creation, implementation, and execution of the peer-to-peer fundraising platform (Neon One) for the Walk for Water in N. Charleston.
  • Work with the National Walk Coordinator and Marketing and Communications team to develop and produce all Walk materials for the Charleston Walk program.

• Assist in scheduling and equipping advocates to conduct tours. Schedule tours and coordinate tour leaders. Lead or co-lead tours as needed.

• Work closely with the National Volunteer Specialist to equip and lead Charleston-based volunteers.

• Assist with scheduling school engagement activities through the Education Initiative program. This includes reaching out to potential schools to arrange presentations by Education Advocates, scheduling and organizing field trips to Water Mission headquarters, and assisting school teams in their walk preparation and advocacy.

• Track peer-to-peer fundraising activities in Charleston, working in concert with the National Engagement team to resource materials for fundraisers.

• Work collaboratively with other Water Mission departments to ensure deadlines are met.

• Ensure partnership activities and communications are accurately recorded in Raiser’s Edge in a timely manner.

• Utilize Smartsheet to plan event or project deliverables, assign tasks, establish timelines, and monitor progress. Ensure project status is always kept current and accurate.

• Support additional projects as assigned.

What Is Required?

• Personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ.

• Alignment with Water Mission’s Statement of Faith and Core Values of Love, Excellence, and Integrity.

• Consistently present a professional image and effectively communicate with a variety of audiences about the global water crisis and Water Mission’s vision, mission, values, and solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

• Two or more years of professional experience in event coordination, logistics, project management, or similar field.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office software: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Excellent attention to detail with proven organization skills.

• Experience working with Raiser’s Edge, Neon One, and Luminate a plus.

• Thrives under pressure and has a proven track record of meeting deadlines.

• Ability to work in a highly fluid environment and ability to respond to changing requests.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with diverse groups of people.

• Flexibility to work periodic nights and weekends as required for ministry operations.

• Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

• Home internet bandwidth strong enough to support video conferencing and other job-related responsibilities is required.

• Commitment to the values and mission of the organization and ending the global water crisis.