Volunteer Founding Operations & Community Growth Manager

Volunteer Founding Operations & Community Growth Manager

The Light We Carry Foundation

Remote

5–7 hours per week | Flexible schedule

90-day initial commitment

Potential future paid opportunity, dependent on funding

Help Us Build Something That Lasts

The Light We Carry Foundation is an Idaho-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting families navigating pregnancy loss, infant loss, and child loss.

Founded by a mother who has experienced the loss of two daughters, our mission is deeply personal: to ensure families have somewhere to turn for practical support, remembrance, and community long after the immediate days of loss.

We are a newly established nonprofit in the startup phase, preparing to launch and grow our programs in 2027. We have a clear mission, passionate volunteers, and growing community relationships, but many of our internal processes, systems, and workflows are still being developed.

That's where we're hoping to find someone special.

We're looking for a proactive, organized, mission-driven leader who enjoys building things from the ground up. Someone who can take a vision, identify what needs to happen, create a process, and help move it forward without needing constant direction.

About the Opportunity

We're seeking a Founding Operations & Community Growth Manager to work closely with our Founder & Executive Director.

This is not a traditional administrative volunteer position, and you won't be stepping into an organization where every process has already been established.

Instead, you'll have the opportunity to help create the operational foundation that supports our long-term growth.

We're looking for someone who can bring structure to moving pieces, develop simple and sustainable workflows, coordinate volunteers, strengthen community outreach, and help turn ideas into action.

You won't be expected to have all the answers or build everything overnight. But we do need someone who is comfortable taking initiative, solving problems, and helping us figure out the best way to do things as we grow.

Our goal is to build an organization that can operate effectively without every decision, task, or follow-up depending on the founder.

What You'll Help Build & Lead

Operations & Systems Development

• Assess our current processes and identify opportunities to improve organization and efficiency.
• Help create standard operating procedures (SOPs), workflows, templates, and repeatable processes.
• Develop simple systems for tracking projects, deadlines, volunteer responsibilities, and organizational priorities.
• Organize and improve our use of Airtable, Google Workspace, Slack, and other tools.
• Document processes so future volunteers and team members can easily step into their roles.

Volunteer Coordination & Leadership

• Help establish a consistent volunteer onboarding and communication process.
• Coordinate existing volunteers, responsibilities, and weekly priorities.
• Create accountability systems that help projects move forward without micromanagement.
• Identify gaps where additional volunteer support may be needed.

Community Outreach & Growth

• Help develop and organize outreach strategies to connect with grieving families, community organizations, and potential referral partners.
• Build systems for tracking relationships with local businesses, donors, and community partners.
• Coordinate follow-ups, outreach campaigns, and partnership opportunities.
• Help develop strategies for growing our email subscriber list and community engagement.

Marketing & Social Media Coordination

• Work alongside our social media volunteer to establish clear content goals, timelines, and expectations.
• Help create processes for content planning, review, scheduling, and performance tracking.
• Identify ways to turn social media engagement into meaningful community connections, email subscribers, volunteers, and supporters.
• Ensure marketing activities remain aligned with the Foundation's mission and voice.

Founder & Leadership Support

• Help translate organizational goals into manageable projects and action steps.
• Provide brief weekly updates on progress, priorities, and challenges.
• Take ownership of agreed-upon operational responsibilities so the Founder can focus on strategic leadership, relationships, and family.

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is compassionate, dependable, resourceful, and genuinely excited about helping a nonprofit grow from the ground up.

You may be a great fit if you:

• Have experience in operations management, project management, nonprofit leadership, executive support, or community growth.
• Enjoy building processes and systems rather than simply following existing ones.
• Can recognize a problem, propose a solution, and take initiative to implement it.
• Are comfortable working independently while communicating clearly with a small team.
• Know how to organize multiple projects, coordinate people, and keep priorities moving.
• Have experience creating SOPs, workflows, or operational systems.
• Are comfortable learning and using technology to make work more efficient.
• Understand that a startup nonprofit requires flexibility, creativity, and patience.

Experience in fundraising coordination, donor relations, volunteer management, or community outreach is a plus.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who sees possibilities where others see unfinished processes.

Because of the families we serve, emotional maturity, confidentiality, and genuine respect for grief are essential.

What We Offer

This is an opportunity to be part of something from its earliest stages and help shape how it grows.

You'll work directly with the Founder & Executive Director, contribute ideas, develop leadership experience, and help build the systems that will eventually support more volunteers, community partnerships, and family programs.

We value initiative, collaboration, and thoughtful problem-solving. Your ideas and experience will be welcomed, and you'll have meaningful ownership of agreed-upon projects.

This position is currently volunteer-based, with the possibility of transitioning into a paid role as organizational funding and needs allow.

We understand this is a volunteer commitment and will work together to establish realistic priorities within the available 5–7 hours per week.

Interested?

We'd love to learn about your experience and what draws you to our mission.

Please reach out to hello@thelightwecarryfoundation.org with a brief introduction and your resume.