Caregiver Recruiter
Kennedy-Donovan Center
Full-time
On-site
New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Are you looking for an organization that allows you to make an impact?
At KDC we are on a mission to empower and support all people to meet their full potential in a world where every individual and family thrive, no matter the circumstances.
About the Caregiver Recruiter role:
Recruit foster parents, adult family care providers, shared living providers, and respite providers to place children and adults in supportive home environments. The successful candidate will promote KDC to meet recruitment goals through various social media platforms and collaborate with other KDC staff to optimize recruitment efforts. Utilize platforms such as Facebook, Indeed.com, Care.com, Rewarding Work, Craigslist, and in-person public events to attract potential providers for the Kennedy-Donovan Center. Extensive data tracking and reporting are essential.
Schedule: Full Time, with weekend and evening availability
*Extensive travel is required*
We are looking for people who have:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or related field preferred.
- Strong organizational, interpersonal and, communications skills.
- Able to meet required competency levels in Microsoft Office.
- Excellent consulting, writing, editing and presentation skills.
- Significant experience in outreach, recruiting, and/or marketing management.
- Positive attitude, people oriented, good multitasking, and organizational abilities.
- Demonstrated social networking and social analytics tool experience.
- Knowledge of online marketing.
- Extensive travel required.
- Ability to carry marketing and recruiting materials and set up displays on a regular basis.
- Frequent telephone usage required.
- Ability to sit for extended time periods.
- Collaborate with internal/external resources and community providers.
- Participate in interdepartmental staff meetings.
- Maintain compliance with all KDC policies and procedures, and with the Department of Children and Families/Department of Developmental Services Mass Health/any other state agency regulations and guidelines.
- Consult with all KDC Caregiver programs on a monthly basis. Develop and implement recruitment strategies and initiatives.
- Recruit for all agency programs assigned.
- Build and execute social media strategy through competitive research, platform determination, benchmarking, messaging, and audience identification.
- Utilize promotional materials to enhance and broaden recruitment efforts by tailoring advertisements, participating in community events, hosting informational sessions for professional and community groups, engaging with places of worship, and conducting various other recruitment activities.
- Collect data on recruitment events, marketing campaigns, new prospects, and other relevant information using metrics/spreadsheets on deadlines as assigned.
- Continuous review and evaluation of recruitment approaches and productivity.
- Work nights and weekend hours as needed - work schedule will vary according to program and community needs.
- Work with various committees and community organizations to recruit providers and market KDC.
- Perform all other job-related responsibilities as assigned by the Senior Director of Community Developmental Services.
KDC values a diverse workforce. We are committed to a culture of equality and inclusivity that fosters dialog, innovation, compassion, respect, and collaboration. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, ethnicity, age, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability status, neurodiversity, or any other protected characteristic outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Your uniqueness drives our excellence!