Community Engagement Program Manager Jobs in Austin, TX

Who We Are:

Any Baby Can is an Austin-based nonprofit that has provided critical services to families in Central Texas for more than 47 years. With a variety of programs that meet families where they are – at home, work or school – Any Baby Can helps kids meet milestones, parents achieve stability, and families improve health and well-being.

At Any Baby Can, we recognize that our staff are our most valuable resource and the key to our success. We’re proud to be recognized as one of the Best Places for Working Parents in Austin for five consecutive years, as well as earning designations such as a Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite and one of the Mayor’s Healthiest Workplaces. We prioritize staff well-being in many ways, including offering a competitive benefits package, flexible and hybrid work schedules, and a generous number of paid holidays, personal time off, and vacation leave.

Position Summary:

The Volunteer Engagement & Community Fundraising Manager is a strategic, revenue-adjacent role that reimagines volunteer engagement as a powerful fundraising and community-building asset. This position represents a critical inflection point for the organization, expanding volunteer engagement from primarily program support to a model that centers volunteers as donors, ambassadors, and connectors.

This role is responsible for designing and executing a volunteer engagement strategy that drives philanthropic investment, pilots workplace giving initiatives, and builds high-impact corporate volunteer partnerships—while maintaining clear, firm boundaries around program-support expectations to ensure sustainability and capacity alignment.

The ideal candidate is relational, entrepreneurial, and systems-oriented, with the ability to inspire community members and corporate partners to deepen their involvement through giving, advocacy, and connection to the mission.

Key Priorities:

• External spokesperson for the organization, prepare, present and empower volunteers around the mission of Any Baby Can.
• Positions volunteers as philanthropic partners who contribute time, talent, and financial resources.
• Build, pilot, and implement workplace giving and employee-led fundraising initiatives.
• Develop and sustain corporate volunteer partnerships that lead to long-term financial and ambassadorial support.
• Establish and uphold clear boundaries that ensure volunteer engagement does not exceed program capacity.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Volunteer Engagement & Fundraising

• Own and execute the organization’s volunteer engagement and community fundraising strategy that supports organizational fundraising goals by cultivating volunteers as donors, ambassadors, and community connectors.
• Partner with Development team to identify, cultivate, and steward volunteers with philanthropic potential, including peer-to-peer fundraisers and individual donors.
• Create pathways for volunteers to deepen engagement over time, including giving, advocacy, event participation, and network-building.
• Develop and implement volunteer recognition and leadership initiatives that reinforce philanthropy, ambassadorship, and long-term commitment.

Workplace Giving & Community Fundraising

• Pilot and scale workplace giving initiatives, including employee giving campaigns, volunteer-led fundraising efforts, and matching gift engagement.
• Design volunteer-driven community fundraising opportunities that are achievable, mission-aligned, and staff-capacity aware.
• Track participation and revenue outcomes to assess ROI and inform future strategy.

Corporate Volunteer Partnerships

• Cultivate and manage corporate volunteer partnerships in coordination with Development leadership, integrating service, employee engagement, and financial support.
• Collaborate with Corporate and Individual Giving teams to align corporate volunteer engagement with broader fundraising strategies.
• Design corporate volunteer opportunities that prioritize relationship-building and fundraising potential over high-volume program support.
• Educate internal staff on best practices for stewarding corporate volunteers as long-term partners.

Leadership, Systems & Boundaries

• Partner with internal stakeholders to establish clear guidelines and expectations for volunteer engagement to ensure program-support requests remain within staff and organizational capacity.
• Develop project timelines and systems for volunteer recruitment, onboarding, communication, recognition, and retention—with a focus on quality over quantity.
• Maintain accurate volunteer data, engagement tracking, and reporting related to participation, fundraising impact, and conversion to donors or ambassadors.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure volunteer engagement strategies align with organizational priorities and resource realities.

Evaluation & Continuous Improvement

• Analyze volunteer engagement and community fundraising data to assess effectiveness and inform strategic adjustments.
• Conduct periodic evaluations and feedback loops with volunteers, corporate partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, growth, or refinement in volunteer-driven fundraising efforts.

Success Metrics

• Growth in volunteer-to-donor conversion and volunteer-led fundraising revenue.
• Number and quality of workplace giving pilots launched and sustained.
• Strength and retention of corporate volunteer partnerships that include financial investment.
• Volunteer engagement experiences are impactful, sustainable, and capacity-aligned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4–6 years of experience in volunteer engagement, community fundraising, corporate engagement, or nonprofit development.
• Demonstrated success in building relationships that lead to philanthropic support.
• Experience designing or managing workplace giving programs, peer-to-peer fundraising, or corporate volunteer initiatives.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and set clear boundaries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presenting to individuals, groups, and corporate partners.
• Data-informed and results-driven, with comfort using engagement and fundraising metrics to guide decisions.
• Ability to build authentic relationships with people from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences.

Special Considerations:

• Full-time position: some evenings, early mornings or weekends may be required for volunteer or corporate engagement activities.
• Collaborative, cross-functional work environment with an emphasis on strategic partnerships, focus and sustainability.
• Ability to work more than 8 hours per day, including some evenings as needed.
• Ability to sit, stand, and kneel as necessary to fulfill daily duties assigned.
• Ability to communicate respectfully and effectively/clearly.