Posted on August 3, 2012

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Outreach Coordinator

SCRAP is the Bay Area’s oldest creative reuse center, and has been diverting waste from landfills for use as art supplies for more than 36 years. SCRAP was founded in 1976 to provide art supplies to teachers in the San Francisco Public School system. SCRAP rescues over half a million pound of materials from businesses and individuals and provides them to artists, teachers, nonprofits, and the public for very low cost to inspire creativity.

Our mission is to stimulate creativity and environmental awareness in children and adults through promoting the creative reuse of materials that traditionally have been discarded as waste. Our goals are to:

• Maximize the diversion of reusable discarded materials from the solid waste stream;
• Collect and redistribute these materials to underfunded educational programs and organizations, artists, parents, and students in the community;
• Educate and benefit the community in the art of creative reuse.

Outreach Coordinator Job Description: The Outreach Coordinator’s job is to expand the number of new businesses and individuals donating materials to SCRAP by targeting specific business sectors and communities. This job is part time for 16 hours a week on contract for $16/hour with SCRAP through a grant with the San Francisco Department of the Environment.

Purpose:

• To promote SCRAP and reuse in business and residential communities;
• To increase donations of desirable materials diverting them from landfill.

Goals:

• Increase number of new business donors and tons of desired materials donated to SCRAP;
• Strengthen SCRAP’s presence within Bay Area business and residential communities;
• Create strategic partnerships with business and residential communities such as corporate sponsorships and donation drives.

The Outreach Coordinator job includes:

Outreach to businesses and individuals for material donations: 70%

• Work with SCRAP staff to identify material needs;
• Contact businesses, associations, and neighborhood and community organizations to make presentations about SCRAP and how they can set up donation drives and donate materials;
• Coordinate donation drives with communities, companies and groups;
• Identify, develop and improve strategic partnerships with business and neighborhood communities to maximize material diversion;
• Train business donor employees and individuals to become SCRAP advocates at work and in their communities educating them about materials that can be reused rather than discarded;
• Ensure timely donation pick-ups and acknowledgment of new donors;
• Attend monthly meetings with Executive Director, Program Coordinator and Warehouse Coordinator.

Outreach to the general public to increase awareness of SCRAP: 25%

• Participate in community events to promote SCRAP, including hands-on activities to educate the public about reuse, art and SCRAP, this includes coordinating and designing SCRAP’s participation in such events;
• Do outreach targeting Bay Area teachers and the Bayview community;
• Utilize social and other media to increase awareness of SCRAP.

Data entry and tracking: 5%

• Track contacts and contact details and provide necessary material donation data to staff for quarterly grant reports;
• Create a monthly report of activities, businesses contacted and weight of materials diverted for Executive Director and Board of Directors.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Passion for SCRAP’s mission and goals, especially for reusing materials;
• Excellent writing and presentation skills;
• Experience in soliciting businesses and individuals;
• Familiarity with businesses and neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area;
• Must have a car and a computer;
• Flexibility in timing – most public outreach events are on weekends or evenings while business outreach is conducted during the workday;
• Must have a bachelor’s degree;
• Experience with education and arts and crafts;
• Creativity and ability to work independently;
• Proficiency with Excel and/or Filemaker Pro.

To Apply: No phone calls please. Please send an email with your resume, cover letter and three references to: