The Constituent Events Manager implements and manages fundraising events for the Chapter as assigned. This position is a volunteer management position ultimately responsible for planning and organizing all major events and ensuring that revenue targets are met. This includes securing event sponsors, participant fundraising, and team fundraising for the Chapter’s Constituent Events, including The Longest Day and RivALZ.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Recruits, trains and retains volunteer planning committee members in accordance with the National volunteer committee structure and guidelines
- Implements and manages the committee model structure for each event, ensuring that key positions have strong volunteer leaders. Proactively seeks out and recruits new and qualified volunteers.
- Identifies, recruits, trains and manages high impact volunteers for fundraising events who will lead the organization in increasing concern and awareness as well as growing revenue.
- Ensures that events meet revenue and participant targets by proactively securing event sponsorships, team fundraising, and participant fundraising.
- Tracks event metrics and plans strategies to fill revenue gaps.
- Leads coordination of event logistics, publicity, communications, and evaluation through volunteer planning committees.
- Meets with sponsors, potential sponsors, company representatives and makes presentations on sponsorship, team participation, and volunteer opportunities.
- Responsible for maintaining accurate financial records for each event, establishing budgets, work plans and timelines and preparing timely special events reports for management.
- Provides ongoing support to overall operations of the service area to include: customer service to constituents, database mining and management, donor/sponsor/advocate relations and communications; management of vendor relations.
- Collaborates with Regional Director of Communications to create written materials for fundraising events and volunteer recruitment i.e. plans, appeal letters, proposals, acknowledgements.
- Assists management in annually preparing a strategic development plan to include the various fundraising events and methods of generating revenue, team fundraising and volunteer participation.
- Implements and adheres to a calendar of events, project timelines and milestones. Creates work plans for each event.
- Quickly responds and resolves all inquiries, issues, or problems.
- Assists Development Director in determining the budget for fundraising events.
- Makes public presentations regarding the Chapter and fundraising events.
- All other duties as assigned.
Educational Background:
Bachelor's degree
Skills/Experience:
- 3 years equivalent experience in fundraising, special event coordination or volunteer management.
- Experience in volunteer management including recruitment, retention, and training required
- Experience in major event fundraising management preferred
- Experience in public speaking or public relations preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate in person, by phone and electronically with data and present information verbally and in writing
- Ability to prioritize, multitask, and manage workload effectively to meeting deadlines
- Superior time management and organizational skills to develop and coordinate special events, public relations, and assist with educational special events
- Must be a self-starter with excellent attention to detail and follow-through
- Possess the ability to inspire and engage communities and volunteers comprised of all demographics
- Excellent computer skills to include Microsoft Office Suite and InDesign preferred
- Availability and willingness to travel within the Chapter territory to support constituent events
- Possess valid driver’s license, access to reliable vehicle, and proof of insurance
- Ability to stand or sit for long periods of time
- Occasional evening and weekend hours are required to fulfill the duties of the role
- Travel across Chapter territory and region - approximately 25 percent
- internal and external constituents
- Ability to analyze
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Oct 29 2018
Active Until:
Nov 29 2018
Hiring Organization:
Alzheimer's Association
industry:
Nonprofit