Job Description

The Community Projects Specialist focuses on developing and fostering strategic relationships with designated community groups to maximize the number of individuals registering as organ and tissue donors.   Of particular importance is instilling the pro-donation message among those individuals getting or renewing their drivers’ license, especially those applying for a driver’s license for the first time.  This position will create meaningful, long-term relationships with key decision makers in state and federal government, schools, youth organizations and third-party entities who are directly and indirectly responsible for creating an environment supportive of donation registration around our region.  Such groups include high school students, underserved communities, and other affinity groups.

The Community Projects Specialist shall perform the following functions:

Work in collaboration with state motor vehicle departments and driver’s education schools to implement nationally recognized best practices to educate driver’s education students and instructors about donation and increase the number of registered as donors.

Create relationships with key stake holders in the driver’s education community including state officials, school owners and instructors toward creating a regional comprehensive driver’s education to support donation registration.

Create and implement a donor registry program for driver’s education students and instructors.

Create and implement a program of outreach and awareness to youth and high schoolers.

Determine regulatory and legislative changes necessary to support comprehensive driver’s ed donation instruction and pursue those changes.

Work together with Director of Government Relations to promote the donation registration among key populations including members of ethnic communities (with a focus on Hispanic and Asian communities), veteran and other groups with an opportunity for increased outreach and education as guided by the registry.

Work together with other members of the Public Affairs team on volunteer recruitment, training and support.

Assist in establishing and executing the goals and objectives necessary to increasing the number of donors on donor registries.

Carry out other duties as deemed appropriate by the Director of Government Relations and the Chief Public Affairs Officer.