Volunteer Advocate Coordinator

Location of position:
Seattle WA (partially remote), or Texas, California, Florida, or Colorado (fully remote)

The Community Development Team at Children of the Nations (COTN) exists to build new and nurture existing relationships with churches, schools, businesses, and groups to engage people and present the vision of Children of the Nations. The purpose is to mobilize partners to get involved in giving their time, talent and treasure to impact children and students who will transform their nations.

The Volunteer Advocate Coordinator role is focused on recruiting and managing the Volunteer Advocates, a group of volunteers who share child sponsorship; connect COTN to churches; and pray for the ministry.

• Recruit and train incoming Sponsorship, Church, and Prayer Volunteer Advocates.
• Lead and equip all Volunteer Advocates through regular team and 1:1 meetings, community events, fundraising events, training sessions, annual conference, etc.
• Grow funding and support for COTN’s ministry through Volunteer Advocate led sponsorship events, short-term trips, fundraisers, donation drives, etc.
• Assist with acquiring new church partners for ministry.
• Help Community Development reach annual fundraising goals, which includes recruiting guests to attend local COTN fundraising and community events.
• Network, develop, and respond to invitations to present COTN and mobilize churches, organizations, and individuals to get involved.
• Participate in all aspects of gift cycle.

• Meet performance objectives and goals.
• Assure a high level of accuracy and professionalism when representing COTN.

• Strong faith and dependence on Jesus Christ.
• B.S./B.A. degree or equivalent preferred.
• Experience with domestic or international NGOs, child sponsorship, volunteer management, and/or church engagement preferred but not required.
• Strong commitment to uphold COTN’s Mission and Vision statements as well as codes of conduct.
• Demonstrated and sincere interest in all aspects of COTN’s ministry and a dedication to promoting opportunities to serve.
• Highly relational and excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to lead others.
• Able to train people and increase their skill sets, motivating them toward Kingdom work.
• Must be willing to travel up to 10 days per month – mostly local, with possible regional, national, or international travel.
• Must be self‑motivated, self‑disciplined, and a self‑starter.
• Must have excellent, demonstratable organizational and presentation skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Must have excellent, demonstratable verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have proficient software skills, including (but not limited to) MS Office, MS Teams, Outlook, customer relationship software, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Google Docs, etc.
• Ability to take responsibility for personal and organizational results and proactively develop greater ability to expand COTN's mission.
• Some evening and weekend work required.

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and a courteous, Christ‑like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of COTN.
• Faithfully upholds COTN’s ministry in prayer.
• Advocates for children, raising awareness for their needs and potential, while enabling those within one's sphere of influence to greater involvement on behalf of children.
• Fosters connectedness to COTN by participating in weekly COTN prayer meetings, quarterly All Staff meetings, and yearly Homecoming week.
• Participate in annual goal setting and employee evaluations.
• Raise awareness and financial support for COTN.

• Candidates still considered if skills and experience are strong in one area but not all areas.
• Position considered fully remote, but only partially if located in Seattle area. For Seattle area, must have ability to commute to Silverdale headquarters on occasion.
• Full‑time (40 hours) with option to transition to 30 hours per week at later date.
• Requested time off and/or vacations must comply with COTN Vacation Policy.

Paid Medical Insurance, discounted vision, dental, life insurances, paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.