Outreach Engagement Paid Intern

Logistics & Work Environment: 

This full-time position is primarily based in an office environment at our Midlands (Columbia) branch.

Standard hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., totaling 37.5 hours per week, though occasional response to organizational needs outside of regular hours may be necessary.

A Day in the Life: 

The Outreach Engagement Intern is responsible for managing and expanding a food drive portfolio to maximize food donations for HHFB programs. This includes building relationships with schools, churches, businesses, and civic groups, educating them about HHFB, and encouraging deeper involvement and support. The role involves coordinating meetings, tours, events, and donation pickups, while working toward an annual food poundage goal.

• Manages a portfolio of 150 existing and potential food drive sponsors.
• Qualifies identified prospective and current sponsors.
• Creates poundage goals for each drive in their portfolio based on the sponsor's history of giving.
• Creates a plan with timeline for each food drive in their portfolio that is based on principles of donor-driven relationship building.
• Executes food drive plans such that groups in the portfolio are retained and/or upgraded in the future.
• Creates offers, proposals, and asks that will provide opportunities for other volunteerism based on personal interests and passion for specific aspects of the mission.
• Works with Food Sourcing and Acquisition Manager to create reports as required to accurately reflect portfolio activity and performance.
• Meets established food raising goals to support organizational needs.
• Performs ongoing statistical analysis and revenue benchmarking to evaluate the overall growth and performance in focus area.
• Actively manages the day-to-day relationships with food drive sponsors and prospects through various activities including meetings, phone calls, letters, reports, emails, timely responses to donor inquiries and acknowledgements of gifts.
• Log contact reports to the donor database(s).
• Passionately represents Harvest Hope Food Bank's mission, programs, and message with stakeholders and actively networks within the community to activate support behind our mission.
• Performs other food raiser/development activities as may be required (i.e., tours, public speaking, or spokesperson activities).
• Serves as a community ambassador/spokesperson as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

To Qualify for this Position, you must have:

• Working towards or currently have a Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Business Administration, or related study
• Demonstrated experience in cultivating and soliciting prospects for donations.
• Self-starter, strong organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent communications, interpersonal and customer service skills; comfortable with public speaking and cold calling.
• Ability to pick up 30 pounds
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Must be able to clearly articulate HHFB's mission.
• Ability to relate effectively and professionally with other staff, volunteers, agency representatives and the public.

Thrive 

We offer competitive pay ranging from $40,000 – 45,000 annually, equal with experience and qualifications.

SOME OF THE VAST REWARDS OF WORKING HERE 

As we work to eliminate hunger throughout, we state, we also work to care for our team’s professional and personal growth and well-being. 

• Full support and career development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise and maximize your potential along your career journey. 
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates empower each other. 
• Generous Total Rewards Plan – comprising health, finance, and wealth work/life balance. 
• 13 Paid Holidays 
• Paid Annual Leave – the longer you work here, the more you earn. 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the tasks outlined in this job description.

Harvest Hope Food Bank is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. This description provides information regarding the essential functions of the designated job. It should not be interpreted to describe all the duties or limit the assignments given. This position description does not constitute an employment agreement or contract.