Outreach Coordinator
Part-timeAllentown, PAFull-time / Part-time$25/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Outreach Coordinator supports The Salvation Army Children’s Services by raising awareness of foster care and adoption needs and recruiting and retaining foster and adoptive parents. The role develops media campaigns, partners with community organizations, facilitates information events, screens inquiries, and supports families through the application and approval process. It also works with the Foster and Adoption Team to match youth and offers an opportunity to learn Trust Based Relational Intervention principles.
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Outreach Coordinator
Job Locations US-PA-Allentown
Job ID
2026-15819
Category
Administrative
Compensation Min
USD $25.00/Hr.
Compensation Max
USD $25.00/Hr.
Type
Regular Full-Time
Overview
TITLE: Outreach Coordinator
DEPARTMENT: Children’s Services – Allentown, PA
REPORTS TO: Intake Specialist
SALARY and GRADE: $25.00 p/hr; 76 Non-Exempt
STATUS: Full-Time
SCHEDULE: Working 30 hours a week with a flexible schedule to fulfill the job duties.
The Salvation Army is hiring and offers truly excellent benefit package to eligible employees including:
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Generous paid time off every year that includes: holidays, up to 3 personal days, vacation time and sick time.
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Employer funded Pension Plan (company contributions begin after 1 year of employment)
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Comprehensive health care coverage with low-cost employee premiums, co-pays and deductibles
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Eligibility for supplemental insurance plans including Short Term Disability, AFLAC and Voluntary Term Life
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Flexible Spending Accounts
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Eligibility for the Federal Government’s Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program
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Most importantly – a job with a good purpose!
Responsibilities
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Salvation Army Children’s Services mission is “Doing the Most Good by Nurturing Children, Strengthening Families and Engaging Communities”. We do this by protecting and caring for every child, building caregiver capacity through trauma informed education and support and partnering with local community organizations that have a heart for foster care and adoption. The Salvation Army has a rich long history of serving the community and offers innovative programs that meet the diverse needs of children, youth and families.
This dynamic individual will help facilitate community awareness of the needs our foster care and adoption services and is responsible for the recruitment and retention of foster and adoptive parents. The Outreach Coordinator will develop a media campaign utilizing social media and traditional resources to generate awareness needed to recruit foster and adoptive families. The Outreach Coordinator will network and partner with local community organizations to help support the campaign. In addition, the Outreach Coordinator will facilitate information events to create interest and recruit families. The Outreach Coordinator will assist in screening inquiries and engage resource families through the application process and work alongside the Foster and Adoption Team to help manage the approval of families and match youth.
Additionally, the Outreach Coordinator will have the opportunity to gain experience understanding and utilizing the principles of Trust Based Relational Intervention© that support healing and permanency for families and children.
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS:
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Bachelor’s Degree in marketing/communications or human services or related field required.
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A minimum of three years’ experience in an outreach role preferably in a non-profit organization.
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Experience in foster care and adoption a plus.
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Flexibility in scheduling work hours is necessary to meet the needs of children and families.
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Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, engagement skills, advocacy skills, organization skills, computer skills and ability to work as a team member is critical.
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As a Mandated Reporter, must provide proof of having completed training on recognizing and reporting child abuse meeting the training standards of PA Act 153 of 2014 with recurrent training required every five years thereafter. Meets the Child Protection Clearances required by PA Act 153 to include PA Child Abuse History Clearance, PA State Police Criminal Record Check and FBI Criminal Record Check.
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Must have an understanding of and support for the Mission of The Salvation Army
CONTACT: Please submit your resume and a cover letter as instructed below:
External candidates interested in this position please apply online at http://careers.salvationarmy.org .
Internal candidates interested in applying for this position please apply at http:// internal-usesalvationarmy.icims.com .
Email: [email protected]
No phone calls please.
Released by the Divisional Human Resources Department on October 15, 2026
The Salvation Army’s Mission Statement
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church.
Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God.
Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ
and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
Requisition No. 2693
How this job compares
Set against the 598 open Community Outreach jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25/hr
- US median$22–26/hr232 hourly ranges
This rate, $25/hr, is close to the US median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the middle half of Community Outreach hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 28 open Community Outreach jobs in Pennsylvania and 598 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- CVS Health3 open
- The Salvation Army (this employer)3 open
- City of Philadelphia2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Community Outreach postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (318 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 105 of the 598 open Community Outreach jobs (18%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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