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Co-Lead the Outreach Team

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Outreach Team Overview

The Outreach Team is part of the Grants Steering Committee (GSC), one of the core committees that make up ninety-nine girlfriends’ leadership. Leads work closely with the GSC Co-chairs and collaborate with the other teams under the GSC umbrella.

Contact Holly Cook with questions or to express interest in volunteering for this role.

Outreach Team Co-Lead

ESSENTIAL TASKS

  • Ensuring ninety-nine girlfriends is known in the four-county area through outreach

  • Managing the list of organizations to notify about our grants

  • Expanding our reach to BIPOC-led organizations and environmental/sustainability nonprofits to increase applications from these areas

  • Learning ways to imbed racial equity further in this part of our process

HELPFUL SKILLS

Helpful skills for being a successful co-lead of this team are:

  • Communications (written and verbal)

  • Flexibility and ability to collaborate

  • Organization and project management

  • Attention to detail

  • Understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion and racial equity

Technology used is primarily email, telephone, Zoom, and google drive. Doodle and MailChimp may prove helpful but are not required. 

TIME COMMITMENT

We encourage committing to co-lead for two years: one to engage and learn, and the second to teach your successor. The Outreach Team is active year round but busiest from February through June. At least one of the two co-leads are expected to attend a monthly meeting of the Grants Steering Committee most months of the year (January and July off).

EXAMPLES OF ENGAGEMENT

You will be supported and trained on these as needed:

  • Attend Grants Steering Committee meetings and engage in collaboration

  • Send emails to the community; coordinate with the Communications Committee for social media posts and sending a note to all girlfriends about grantmaking. 

  • Respond as appropriate to questions that come through the grants committee email that are outreach related.

  • Provide information session(s) for applicants including how to apply and Q&A.

  • Provide regrets to applicants who do not make it to the semi-finalist stage.

  • Offer feedback to applicants who want more information on their applications and the process (after grants have been awarded).

  • Conduct listening sessions as appropriate to continuously improve the process and outreach efforts.