Classification: Non-Exempt
Type: Permanent Part-Time
Reports to: Development Manager
Posted: May 10, 2025
Are you passionate about nature, science, and community engagement? Do you love crafting creative promotional content and bringing people together for fun, educational opportunities? If so, we want YOU to join our team as our Community Engagement Coordinator! This is a part-time position averaging 30 hours/week at a rate of $38,000 - 42,000/year. There is potential for this to grow into a full-time position.
Position Summary: You will play a key role in connections here at SNCO, sharing the magic of our natural world and the wonders of the cosmos with visitors of all ages. Your purpose within our team is to proactively seek strategies that lift SNCO’s visibility and entice locals and visitors to engage with and support our mission. This role is the creative force behind our communications and community presence, ensuring that SNCO and our Second Tern Thrift Store reach a wide and diverse audience.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Marketing:
o Collaborate within the Development Team to create a Marketing Plan and Calendar
o Implement plans to ensure consistent messaging across all communication channels, building our brand identity and voice while furthering our mission
o Manage our website and all social media platforms (primarily Facebook and Instagram)
o Design compelling, eye-catching digital and print content, materials, and publications to promote all programs, events, and campaigns
o Optimize physical signage on the SNCO and Second Tern campuses, including logo/info/directional signage, interpretive signs, and memorial plaques/bricks
o Utilize data to track marketing performance and adjust strategies accordingly
o Monitor trends, innovations, and best practices – then apply this knowledge to enhance SNCO’s presence in person, in print, and online
o Create and order all materials needed by our internal team including collateral, business cards, envelopes, letterhead, notecards, etc.
2. Events:
o Lead the logistics of community-centered events– including the Wildflower Show & Pollinator Festival (spring) and Fungi Fest (fall); with plans to expand in the future!
3. Memberships:
o Serve as the main contact for members, providing excellent customer service
o Collaborate with staff to create member-only benefits and opportunities, and promote these to ensure all members enjoy and renew their membership
o Process all membership sales and renewals; mail member letters, cards, and benefits
o Maintain thorough and accurate member records in our contact database
4. Community Partnerships:
o Build relationships with media partners, local businesses, community partner organizations, service clubs, schools, and more to ensure widespread reach
o Serve as the main contact for and represent SNCO at community events
5. And Other Duties As Assigned: This job post is not designed as a comprehensive list of activities or responsibilities of this job. Job duties may change at any time with or without notice.
Other Details:
Education and/or history of success in marketing and event planning
Creative talent in graphic design, with the ability to craft eye-catching, engaging materials
Extensive website and social media management experience
Superb communication skills and a penchant for providing high quality customer service
Exceptional organizational skills, magical multitasking abilities, and a hawk’s eye for detail
A positive attitude and an open-minded, out-of-the-box approach to problem solving
Passion for astronomy, native wildlife + plants, etc. – knowledge in these areas is a definite plus!
Other Details:
Supervisory Responsibility: No direct reports – though you will lead our “Social Media Squad,” comprised of staff and volunteers from each program/department
Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, you will work mainly indoors at a computer seated at a desk, and occasionally outdoors (which may include extreme temperatures)
Requirements: This position requires some travel to events and locations off-site; you must possess and maintain a valid Oregon state driver's license. Ideally you have the ability to lift 25 lbs.
Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position
Why Work at SNCO? We offer a collaborative, upbeat, and supportive work environment in a gorgeous natural environment tucked into a special little spot in Sunriver. You will have the opportunity to build your nonprofit professional experience, while helping our natural sciences center be the best community education hub it can be!
Benefits:
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
Organization funded retirement plan
Paid time off and paid holidays
Employee membership and discounts
To Apply: Send your resume, a cover letter, and a few relevant portfolio materials (examples of social media posts, event flyers, e-newsletters, etc. you created) to Kayla Rotunno, Development Manager, at [email protected]. Applications accepted until position is filled.
We understand that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may be less likely to apply for positions where they don’t meet every single qualification. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to apply. At SNCO, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we welcome any candidates who are passionate about our mission. SNCO is dedicated to creating a workplace that promotes equal employment opportunities for all individuals, without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected status.