Teams at Rising Ground

Leads Rising Ground’s marketing and communications strategy to increase awareness, engagement, fundraising support, and community outreach. Manages digital campaigns, social media, content, public relations, media relationships, brand standards, marketing budgets, analytics, and promotional materials. Supervises a Communications Coordinator and collaborates with program, fundraising, outreach, executive, and legal teams. The role also supports crisis communications, develops ethical client-centered storytelling, reports impact to leadership and the board, and coordinates marketing initiatives across the organization.

Leads organizational culture and inclusion initiatives, employee engagement, leadership consultation, learning experiences, and workplace culture improvement. Advises executives and managers on inclusion, belonging, employee relations, conflict navigation, and respectful workplace practices. Uses employee feedback and workforce insights to identify trends, measure initiatives, and recommend solutions. Provides secondary HR support involving performance management, retention, employment practices, and sensitive employee matters.

Perform child-focused adoption recruitment: assess children's readiness, develop custom recruitment plans, identify and engage potential families and connections, coordinate with case managers and multidisciplinary teams, conduct outreach and PR, complete program reporting (Wendy's Wonderful Kids), and support adoption transition planning and data collection.