Current Openings

Reports To: Vice President, Community Partnerships

Soles4Souls Mission: At Soles4Souls, we turn unwanted shoes and clothing into opportunity, by keeping them from going to waste and putting them to good use – providing relief, creating jobs and empowering people to break the cycle of poverty.

Our CORE values: Transparency, Entrepreneurial, Accountable, Meaningful – represent who we are!

Summary: The Director of Operations is responsible for meeting monthly/quarterly collection goals by creating marketing and promotional campaigns that engage individuals, organizations, and businesses. This position coordinates all Soles4Souls activities at the Riverside California warehouse location.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identifying, leading, supporting, and motivating new shoe drive donors, meanwhile cultivation and coordinating plans and logistics for existing donors.
• Serving as the public face for S4S in the region and engaging in a variety of speaking engagements.
• Identifying new partners to host collections on an individual and regional level.
• Developing strategic marketing plans with the Community Partnership and Multimedia teams to promote current and new collection campaigns.
• Reporting, forecasting, and developing plans for current territory on all shoe drives and donation bins for budget development.
• Cultivating donors through volunteering and shoe drive events; providing customer service to donors.
• Working closely with S4S corporate team to maximize partnerships.
• Controlling and managing inventory maintaining high levels of accuracy in daily operations/reporting.
• Creating operational efficiencies to help Warehouse Lead and Warehouse Manager to organize & maintain warehouse for accurate inventory location and counts.
• Communicating with VP of Community Partnerships daily to update on progress of shoe donations/campaigns.
• Creating accessibility to existing and future donors by identifying new drop-off locations, new large warehouse partnerships for storage space, and new prospects to house donation bins.
• Researching targeted groups within the state to engage new supporters and making connections through networking.
• Communicating regularly to retain relationships through mail merge and individualized emails/texts/calls.
• Maintaining daily donations, operations, and maintenance of warehouse.
• Coordinating and helping with shoe pick-ups, shoe pairing, truck loading and additional activities.
• Communicating and overseeing individual and group volunteers.
• Maintaining reporting (Align, Worx, daily logs, Raiser’s Edge, & Freshdesk). Attend daily/weekly meetings.

Cultural Qualities:

• You are an initiative-taker.  You take initiative with your projects and drive them from start to finish. You are comfortable working autonomously while proactively reaching out for support when you need it.
• You are a leader, and you understand that leadership comes from all levels of an organization.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, and you can take feedback and organize it to enhance our business and processes.
• You understand that a job is supposed to be fun! You strive to maintain our atmosphere of kindness, respect, and clear and honest communication. When you fall short, you own it.
• You are able and willing to think and communicate at various levels, first envisioning the big picture and then diving deep into the details.
• You have a people-centric mindset and aim to produce things that are useful for internal and external customers.

Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

• Strong sales-oriented personality
• Ability to multitask while staying organized and time management skills
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills: ability to build/maintain strong relationships
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Ability to think critically, voice opinions and be open to feedback
• Strong work ethic
• Valid driver’s license

S4S is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse staff and strongly encourages applications from candidates of color and other diverse backgrounds. Competitive salary. Benefits include medical insurance with 72.5% employer coverage, HRA account, 100% dental insurance & vision coverage, long-term disability, life, 401K with up to 6% employer match, professional development benefits, open FTO and paid parental leave.

Send resumes to HR@soles4souls.org

Reports To: Vice President, Community Partnerships

Soles4Souls Mission: At Soles4Souls, we turn unwanted shoes and clothing into opportunity, by keeping them from going to waste and putting them to good use – providing relief, creating jobs and empowering people to break the cycle of poverty.

Our CORE values: Transparency, Entrepreneurial, Accountable, Meaningful – represent who we are!

Summary: Senior Manager, Community Partnerships is responsible for shoe and apparel annual collection goals through individuals, organizations, business partners, along with financial goals. The Senior Manager oversees all day-to-day partnerships activities, all planning activities related to their region, and develops mid and long-term strategies and opportunities that align with Soles4Souls’ business objectives and deliver maximum value to the organization. This position coordinates all Soles4Souls activities in Dallas, Texas. This position will need to reside within the geographic region. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Cultivate partnerships in community, local businesses, & corporations leading to shoe/apparel collections, cause marketing and fundraising campaigns – meeting specified annual dollar goals. 
• Identify, lead, support, and motivate new donors, including cultivating existing donors. 
• Develop strategic action and promotional plans in partnership with operations, marketing and other function areas to promote current and new collection campaigns. 
• Collaborate and communicate with business development team to strategize and update on progress of shoe donations/campaigns. 
• Serve as the S4S representative in the region through public speaking engagements, conferences, sustainability events, etc. 
• Plan, develop, and execute initiatives that contribute to company-wide objectives
• Consistent track record of delivering a high-volume of partnerships, demonstrated ability to plan and execute strategy with minimal oversight, demonstrated ability of owning the strategic growth of a program

Cultural Qualities:

• You are an initiative-taker.  You take initiative with your projects and drive them from start to finish. You are comfortable working autonomously while proactively reaching out for support when you need it.
• You are a leader, and you understand that leadership comes from all levels of an organization.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, and you can take feedback and organize it to enhance our business and processes.
• You understand that a job is supposed to be fun! You strive to maintain our atmosphere of kindness, respect, and clear and honest communication. When you fall short, you own it.
• You are able and willing to think and communicate at various levels, first envisioning the big picture and then diving deep into the details.
• You have a people-centric mindset and aim to produce things that are useful for internal and external customers.

Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

• Live Soles4Souls’ values – TEAM – Transparent, Entrepreneurial, Accountable, Meaningful 
• A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience, with a preference for experience in building and scaling community partnerships and/or managing external partnerships/relationships with diverse communities 
• Ability to discover, qualify, and execute alliances quickly with partners. Knowledge of how to implement community initiatives and experience in bringing projects to scale 
• Dynamic interpersonal and presentation skills with proven ability to give public presentations to diverse audiences; ability to communicate positively with multiple partners; excellent internal communication with S4S team 
• Strong relationship management, project management skills, oral and written communication skills for various audiences, & strategic problem solver 
• Ability to prioritize and manage a high volume of correspondence and campaign execution 
• Confident converting networks and leads to partners with a collaborative approach 
• Strong network and existing relationships with organizations in designated region highly preferred 
• Ability to Travel 
• Ability to lift 50 pounds 
• Valid driver’s license 

S4S is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse staff and strongly encourages applications from candidates of color and other diverse backgrounds. Competitive salary. Benefits include medical insurance with 72.5% employer coverage, HRA account, 100% dental insurance & vision coverage, long-term disability, life, 401K with up to 6% employer match, professional development benefits, open FTO and paid parental leave.

Send resumes to HR@soles4souls.org