POSITION: Director of Marketing and Communications
CLASSIFICATION: Full time – 40 hours, exempt
REPORTS TO: CEO
SALARY: $110,000-130,000
POSITION START: April 2025
WORK SCHEDULE: Monday- Friday with some Saturdays. The schedule depends on organization needs and may include weekends and evenings.
ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION
A Sense of Home (ASOH) strives to prevent homelessness by creating first-ever homes and a community for youth aging out of foster care. 50% of those struggling with homelessness are former foster youth. The homeless crisis can only end through prevention. The model has been so successful, ASOH will scale into new regions in the coming year.
Within a few days of the LA fires A Sense of Home (ASOH) also launched Home Bank LA (HBLA) to meet the overwhelming need to help displaced families who fled the fires. Tens of thousands of our community members have been forced to live on the floor in empty spaces. Just like ASOH, the newly created HBLA will provide everything for our neighbors to feel at home again. ASOH launched this new initiative as nothing else exists. Given ASOH has developed the systems and proprietary technology to meet the moment and hence launched the new initiative within days of the fires.
POSITION PURPOSE
ASOH is in an expansion phase. ASOH HQ is meeting the moment by launching HBLA. ASOH HQ oversees the two pillars of ASOH’s work in LA whilst scaling the work in numerous regions.
At this pivotal juncture communications is everything. As we expand the work in LA and move into new regions, the organization is seeking a brilliant director who can lead with the evolving messaging and new comms plans.
ASOH HQ seeks a deeply committed Director of Public Engagement who excels in strategic execution of all marketing and communications. As ASOH meets the moment we welcome a new member on our team to lead the messaging on a multitude of concurring programs and events.
The Director of Marketing and Communications is uniquely industrious, innovative, creative, and can work in any environment, evaluate a scene, identify what is needed and execute upon it. The individual must be a multi-talented self-starter, well equipped to oversee several projects with minimal staff to support them with PR, communications, social media, brand partnerships, fundraising events, and fundraising campaigns. The Director will report directly to the CEO and work closely with the COO and at times -- the board.
ASOH seeks a Director who deeply respects the achievements, ethics, values and legacy of ASOH. This role is for an individual with a deep ability to amplify the ASOH story and mission at this unique moment in history to propagate human connection and unity.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Public Relations
Communications
Events
In-kind Donations
Brand Ambassadors and Influencers
Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted, modified or changed at any time at ASOH’s discretion, to fulfill the Position Purpose. Changes may be made formally, informally either verbally or in writing.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
Knowledge of and experience in the following is very helpful:
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
WORK ENVIRONMENT
WORK SETTING - Requires working in office space as well as warehouse space in cold or hot conditions as well as outdoors in hot, cold, wet, humid and/or dry conditions. Work is often offsite in the community.
HISTORY AND CONTEXT
ASOH began as a random act of kindness, when the founders Georgie Smith and Melissa Goddard saw an injustice and acted upon it. They noticed that young people exiting foster care had overcome the odds against them, achieved securing a roof over their heads, only to be forced to sleep on cold bare floors, and struggle without fridges, stoves, lighting, a table to eat from nor
study off of. The lack of means to make a space a home is a significant inequity that has proven to hold back those working and studying hard to overcome the challenges of the world and create a better future for them. Since then, ASOH has created over 1000 homes and grown into a caring community of skilled staff and dedicated volunteers, providing much needed resources to over 400 former foster youth and their children annually.
A UNIQUE SPACE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING AND HEALING FOR ALL
We are committed to action for impact and won’t stop learning, listening, growing and serving. We are committed to evolving our work and model to ensuring we always:
DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION
ASOH is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and strongly encourages people of color, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those with protected class backgrounds to apply. We value the individuals that we hire and look forward to creating a positive work environment for all identities.
OUR COMMITMENT
We are committed to not only provide a diverse and inclusive workplace, but we value the health and wellbeing of our team members. ASOH offers 100% paid health and medical benefits to employees, along with generous paid sick and sick vacation time. We also believe in providing a workplace that fosters advancement and professional development for all employees, conducting our day-to-day business practices accordingly.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your employment relationship is and is intended to be at will. This job description contains the entire agreement between you and A Sense of Home as to the duration of your employment and the circumstances under which your employment may be terminated. Nothing contained in this or any other materials generated by A Sense of Home or its employees, or any statement made by any employee of the organization, shall require the company to have “just” or “good cause” to terminate the employment relationship or to change
the terms and conditions of your employment. Notwithstanding any disciplinary procedures or A Sense of Home rules or regulations, either you or A Sense of Home may terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, with or without cause or prior notice. Further, A Sense of Home can demote, transfer, suspend or otherwise discipline an employee in its sole and absolute discretion. Nothing in this job description, or any other personnel documents creates or is intended to create a promise or representation of continued or indefinite employment or employment for a specific term, in a specific position, or at a specific rate of pay, or to prohibit A Sense of Home from terminating you for any reason even if previously agreed that such a reason would not result in termination. I also understand that A Sense of Home has the right to change the compensation, assignments, duties, responsibilities or geographical location of my job at any time, with or without cause.
POSITION: Director of Marketing and Communications
CLASSIFICATION: Full time – 40 hours, exempt
REPORTS TO: CEO
SALARY: $110,000-130,000
POSITION START: April 2025
WORK SCHEDULE: Monday- Friday with some Saturdays. The schedule depends on organization needs and may include weekends and evenings.
ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION
A Sense of Home (ASOH) strives to prevent homelessness by creating first-ever homes and a community for youth aging out of foster care. 50% of those struggling with homelessness are former foster youth. The homeless crisis can only end through prevention. The model has been so successful, ASOH will scale into new regions in the coming year.
Within a few days of the LA fires A Sense of Home (ASOH) also launched Home Bank LA (HBLA) to meet the overwhelming need to help displaced families who fled the fires. Tens of thousands of…
We are committed to not only provide a diverse and inclusive workplace, but we value the health and wellbeing of our team members. ASOH offers 100% paid health and medical benefits to employees, along with generous paid sick and sick vacation time. We also believe in providing a workplace that fosters advancement and professional development for all employees, conducting our day-to-day business practices accordingly.
We are committed to not only provide a diverse and inclusive workplace, but we value the health and wellbeing of our team members. ASOH offers 100% paid health and medical benefits to employees, along with generous paid sick and sick vacation time. We also believe in providing a workplace that fosters advancement and professional development for all employees, conducting our day-to-day business practices accordingly.
Please do not email, call or visit. Only applications received through the application link will be considered.
Please do not email, call or visit. Only applications received through the application link will be considered.