About the Role
YFL is looking for a Community Ambassador to help us build an authentic local presence in Facebook community groups across the DMV. This is a relationship-building role, not a marketing blast role. Your job is to become a genuine, active member of local community groups and, over time, help connect families and volunteers to free YFL fishing events.
What You'll Actually Do
- Join 3–5 local Facebook groups from your own personal account (parenting groups, neighborhood groups, outdoors and "things to do" groups in PG County, Montgomery County, Anne Arundel, and SE DC)
- Spend your first 2 weeks participating genuinely: answer questions, react to posts, join conversations, be a real member of the community
- After you're established, occasionally share YFL volunteer calls and event announcements (roughly once per month per group, max), written in your own voice and always disclosing that you work with YFL
- Track which groups you've joined, what you've posted, and any responses or volunteer leads in a simple shared log
- Flag community questions or feedback about YFL back to the team
What This Role Is NOT
To be direct: this is not a spam job. We will not ask you to:
- Copy-paste the same flyer into a dozen groups
- Post promotional content in groups where you aren't an active participant
- Hide your affiliation with YFL
- Break any group's rules about promotional posts
If a group requires admin approval for promo posts or has a designated promotion day, we follow those rules, period. Ambassadors who post without genuinely participating first will be asked to step back from the role. Our reputation in these communities matters more than any single post.
Who You Are
- Comfortable and active on Facebook with an established personal account
- A natural communicator who enjoys being part of online communities
- Reliable and organized enough to keep a simple activity log
- Connected to (or genuinely interested in) DMV-area communities
- Bonus: personal interest in fishing, the outdoors, or youth programming
What You'll Gain
- Real experience in grassroots community marketing and nonprofit outreach
- A portfolio-ready case study in authentic community engagement
- Direct mentorship from YFL's founder
- The satisfaction of connecting real families to free outdoor programming
How to Apply
Tell us: (1) which local Facebook groups you're already a member of, (2) a short example of how you'd introduce a YFL volunteer opportunity to a group in your own words, and (3) why authentic community participation matters for this kind of outreach.
