Job Title: Director of Corporate and Volunteer Relations
Department: Development
Supervisor: Chief of Strategic Philanthropy
Job Status: Full Time/ Exempt
Job Hours: 35 hours per week (Hybrid schedule with 4 days in-office and one work from home day)
Location: Midtown Manhattan
Salary: $80,000-$95,000 annually
About Encore: Known widely as Broadways longest running act of loving care, Encore’s mission is to
improve the quality of life for older New Yorkers so they are not just surviving, but thriving. Through a
robust array of programming, Encore takes a “no wrong door” approach to ensure older adults are able
to age in place comfortably for as long as possible. Encore is recognized as one of the most respected
and trusted nonprofit organizations providing services for older New Yorkers. Encore is on the cutting
edge in the human service field and is a staunch advocate not only for older New Yorkers, but also for
the essential human service employees who serve as the City’s safety net. Do not miss this chance to
work for a mission-oriented organization, which centers employees as its number one resource.
About Position: The Director of Corporate and Volunteer Relations will help Encore improve the quality
of life for older New Yorkers by strategically engaging external business stakeholders with Encore’s
work. This position is also responsible for designing, developing, and implementing a comprehensive
individual and corporate volunteer program for Encore. This includes recruiting, assessing, orienting,
assisting, communicating with, and retaining volunteers and corporate partners. This person will be
responsible for building, cultivating, and stewarding mutually beneficial relationships with individual
volunteers, corporate volunteers, corporate partners, local businesses, and other key stakeholders.
Benefits: This position is a full-time position with benefits that include medical insurance (with
Employee contribution), Dental & Vision plans with coverage beginning on the first day of hire, generous
paid time off (vacation, personal days, sick days and earned floating holidays), 403(b) with 3% Employer
Match after a year of employment, Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care and transit benefits.
Job Responsibilities:
- Recruit, interview/screen, mentor, evaluate, schedule, and oversee all volunteers. Provide
leadership in developing the strategic direction and alignment of the day-to-day work;
- Partner with the Chief of Strategic Philanthropy to develop strategies to convert volunteers into
ambassadors within their respective companies and/or donors;
- In partnership with the Chief of Strategic Philanthropy plan and implement innovative strategies
to attract and develop volunteers, corporations, the theatrical community, and local business
leaders as donors, advocates, and supporters;
- Move our corporate and volunteer initiatives to be completely data-driven with attention to
capturing data, setting benchmarks, and providing analysis on the success of volunteer and
corporate revenue development and relationship-generating projects;
- In cooperation with program staff, create and maintain a master volunteer opportunity
calendar, place volunteers in assignments, and manage the schedules of volunteers;
- Create and deliver training to program teams to ensure proper management of volunteers once
they are deployed to their program/task teams. Follow-up on all engagements;
- Create and develop stories about our volunteer program to share with donors and other
stakeholders to deepen/expand our corporate program and build awareness;
- Success leading, building, and growing fundraising initiatives;