Foster Recruiting Specialist

APPLICATION PROCESS

To apply for the Foster Recruiting Specialist position please email a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to careers@childbridgemontana.org. In your cover letter, please detail your interest in our mission and how you see yourself making an impact in this role.

WHO WE ARE

The Crisis:
The truth is there are not enough equipped families to care for Montana's most vulnerable children who enter the foster care system due to abuse and neglect.

The Solution:
Whether a child's need is a few days, a few months, or forever our vision is a family for every child. We raise up bold and passionate Christians to do the hard work of caring for these children in our communities. Our mission is to find and equip foster and adoptive families for children who have suffered abuse and neglect.

Organizational Values:

We are fearless. Our faces are as lions.

'They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions.' 1 Chronicles 12:
8

We see the unseen. What can be compels us.

'So we fix our eyes, not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.' 2 Corinthians 4:
18

We are ambassadors. We bear the image of another.

'But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness and into his wonderful light.' 1 Peter 2:
9

We go out in joy. Our path is marked by light.

'For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.' Isaiah 55:
12

THE ROLE

The Foster Recruiting Specialist's primary duty is to recruit individuals to become licensed for foster care. The Foster Recruiting Specialist engages hearts to the mission by asking people to step forward in their scriptural obedience to foster. A Foster Recruiting Specialist will also empower families with the foundational training and resources needed to care for a child who has suffered abuse and neglect.

THE DAY TO DAY

Your essential duties and responsibilities:

• Deeply understand Child Bridge's Biblically based mission and communicate it clearly to the target audience, Christians.
• Execute an annual plan to recruit new foster families.
• Cultivate relationships with pastors, as the Church is the primary platform to engage people to the mission.
• Deliver clear and effective recruiting presentations.
• Disciple families through the decision of scriptural obedience in fostering.
• Cultivate relationships with local foster licensing entities for smooth and effective introductions of families.
• Present training curriculum to families.
• Maintain accurate recruiting records with families, churches, and other partners.
• Timely provide and complete requests from internal stakeholders.
• Inspire a working environment that passionately lives out the mission, vision, and values of Child Bridge.

Work Environment

• The normal work environment is an office environment with meetings offsite in conference areas, coffee shops, and/or other public spaces. Other working environments may include parks, event centers, other family-oriented meeting spaces, and family homes. Due to the nature of these spaces, weather and temperature may vary. Churches are a regular working environment space for recruiting and coaching efforts.
• Noise evel in the work environment is moderate.
• The work schedule varies based on the needs of the organization and will have weekend and evening work.
• Regular travel within region of responsibility.
• Travel to other regional office sites, team gathering locations, and event sites on an as needed basis.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must demonstrate capacity or potential to perform each essential duty with excellence. The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the major functions of this position and are not intended to be a detailed description of all the work/functions that may be required. Other duties may be assigned. The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL

Your knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Knowledge of and ability to communicate the Biblical call to fostering.
• Discipling of others through a life-changing decision, guiding them to take the next right step.
• Knowledge of child welfare and/or the foster care system.
• Goal-oriented with high regard for accountability to the mission, impact outcomes, and performance measures.
• Confident public speaker, able to deliver a compelling and emotionally engaging message that leads people to action.
• Creative problem solver.
• Receptive to feedback and willing to seek it out.
• Sound perception in conversations, observation, judgment, and decisionmaking. You know how to listen both to the said and unsaid, you know how to ask questions to gather more information, and you know how to take the next right step.
• Highly efficient in time management. You are self-disciplined and forward-thinking, providing deliverables in a quality and timely manner.
• Warm and relational verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. You can connect with a variety of people in a range of settings (small gatherings, large groups, individual meetings, etc.).
• Ability to maintain confidentiality under a wide range of circumstances.
• Active learner. willingto collaborate with others and embrace new ideas. We are always learning, and you enjoy growing in knowledge and skill along the journey.
• Proficient in Microsoft office suite. We use it all:
  Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint.
• Capable of working with a variety of technology including Customer Relationship Management systems, video conferencing, cloud-based applications, etc. Our team is spread across the state, so we are always online.

Your education, certification, experience and/or other requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business or communications and a minimum of 3 years of experience in non-profit or business work. Equivalent education and experience will be considered.
• Prior experience managing a lead from interest to action is preferred.
• Previous work in the child welfare industry is desired.
• Must have a valid driver's license, active and up to date liability coverage, and a dependable vehicle.

Physical Demands

• 1/3 of the time be able to:
  climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; lift up to 50 pounds; push or pull up to 25 pounds.
• 3/4 of t.