Outreach Specialist DC - Goodyear

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Outreach Specialist DC - Goodyear

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Posted Date: Mar-25-2022

Job ID: 24019

Job Function: Distribution Center

City: Goodyear

State: Arizona

Store: Distribution Center AZ

Remote Eligible: No

Please visit the Covid-19 Hiring Updates before applying

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What's cool about this job

The Outreach Specialists are responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining relationships with local community groups to identify presentation and volunteer opportunities that foster related stewardship and activism
• Coordinating service projects that bring REI employees and the community together in support of the environment.
• Providing assistance to the Company and community for the nomination and subsequent award of REI grant monies for local non-profit organizations.
• Monitoring assigned outreach budget; seeking opportunities to leverage corporate resources to maximize the impact of outreach activities.
• Maintaining ongoing relationships and serves as member on various committees to represent departmental and/or overall Company Interests; communicating company needs and expectations internally or externally; providing review, input, and recommendations as appropriate.
• Coordinating with local/regional retail Outreach Specialists.
• Maintaining Goodyear DC Campus outreach resources.

Bring your passion and expertise

We are looking for bright and motivated people to join our Distribution Center staff and help contribute to REI’s success as the nation’s largest consumer co-op. Here are some of the skills and abilities we are looking for in our Outreach Specialist:

• Bring a positive attitude each day and share your passion for stewardship and the outdoors!
• Actively participate and collaborate with others on one's own team and across REI for the achievement of business goals.
• Facilitate and spotlight area volunteer opportunities.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including working approximately one weekend per month.
• Ability to travel to off-site locations approximately 1-2 times per week.

At REI we offer an enviable work environment that Fortune Magazine has recognized on the "100 Best Places to Work" list since the award's inception – 23 years in a row! Sure, we work hard, but it’s balanced with time off to play—a strategy that works for us as we continue to grow and thrive. Want to enjoy a workplace where you can be yourself, be heard and be respected while having a job that challenges you? This is the place.

With more than 160 retail locations (and growing), REI offers unique competitive benefits to its more than 15,000 employees, including healthcare, gear and apparel discounts, free equipment rentals and challenge grants to help employees reach personal outdoor goals, generous retirement plan contributions, public transit subsidy, adoptions assistance, paid sabbaticals, and more.

REI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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