About this opportunity
Brook Valley Management, Inc. lists this Community Donations Ambassador opportunity in birmingham, Alabama. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Title: Community Donations Ambassador
Location: Charlotte, NC
Reports To: Director of Sourcing & Growth
Who We Are
Common Threads Charitable Donation Services is on a mission to make giving back easy,
convenient, and impactful. We collect gently used clothing, shoes, accessories, and household
items, turning them into critical funding for our nonprofit partners while keeping items out of
landfills and promoting sustainability.
About the Role
Common Threads is looking for a Community Donations Ambassador to grow our presence and
donation volume within the communities we serve.
This is a sales, marketing, and community outreach role focused on building relationships with
local businesses, organizations, and community members. You will promote Common Threads
and our donation services, including On-Site Donations (OSD), Home Pickups, and Special
Pickups, while educating the community on how donations support our national charity partners.
You will spend significant time in the community—cold calling, emailing, visiting businesses,
attending events, networking, and developing new partnerships that generate donation
opportunities.
The ideal candidate is friendly, outgoing, comfortable approaching people they don't know, and
able to clearly communicate the value of Common Threads to different audiences.
This position will require occasional travel, expected to be approximately once per month or
less, for community events, conferences, and other business development opportunities.
What You'll Do
Business Development & Donation Growth
● Identify and develop relationships with local businesses and organizations that can
generate donation opportunities.
● Conduct outbound prospecting through cold calls, email, in-person visits, networking,
and referrals.
● Promote and secure On-Site Donations, Home Pickup, and Special Pickup services to
businesses, organizations, and the communities we serve.
● Grow the number of Home Pickups scheduled and pounds collected from households.
● Generate new Special Pickup opportunities and recurring business partnerships.
● Add attended donation stations and bin sites in your target market
Community Outreach & Brand Awareness
● Serve as a visible representative of the Common Threads brand within the local
community.
● Attend community events, networking events, conferences, and other opportunities to
promote Common Threads.
● Build relationships with business leaders, community organizations, and other local
influencers.
● Educate businesses and individuals on how Common Threads works and how their
donations support our charity partners.
● Identify opportunities for donation drives, community partnerships, and other initiatives
that increase awareness and donations.
● Make Common Threads a top-of-mind resource when people have items to donate.
Relationship Management & Collaboration
● Build long-term relationships with businesses and organizations that can become
recurring donation partners.
● Follow up consistently with prospects and existing partners to uncover additional
opportunities.
● Work with Growth, Logistics, Operations, Marketing, and Store teams to successfully
execute donation opportunities.
● Develop and present training materials to store on site donation attendants
● Coordinate Home Pickup and Special Pickup opportunities with internal teams.
● Maintain accurate CRM records and track prospecting and donation activity.
What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
● Experience in sales, business development, marketing, community outreach,
fundraising, or a related field.
● Comfortable cold calling, walking into businesses, and starting conversations with people
you don't know.
● Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
● Friendly, outgoing, and confident interacting with a wide range of people.
● Able to clearly communicate the value of a service and tailor the message to diffe
Worksite address
birmingham, AL, 35275, US
Who can apply
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