Provides staff leadership, coaching, mentoring, support and training for a team of Relay For Life event execution staff in an assigned area. Accountability for significant income targets, as well as event-related mission and advocacy activities. Ensures goal achievement through the effective leadership and management of diverse staff, and the engagement, empowerment and mobilization of event volunteers.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Accountable for the achievement of income performance targets for Relay For Life for an assigned area.
- Manages, coaches, trains, mentors and develops a team of Relay For Life event execution staff directing the execution of multiple Relay For Life events.
- Provides necessary hands on training, coaching, mentoring and support with a focus on community organization and relationship building skills; supports key teams/volunteer recruitment and relationship management.
- Identifies and executes strategies to implement best practices that result in growth of event revenue in alignment with income plans; drives and encourages creativity and innovation.
- Instills community volunteer leadership development skills; facilitates identification and development of new volunteer leaders as well as focusing on volunteer retention.
- Demonstrates and models effective behavior in community assessment, relationship building and talent identification and development.
- Provides leadership and planning guidance for the engagement of the community in Relay For Life to drive increased event participation – committees, teams, team members, sponsors and survivor/caregiver - including Relay Recess and Field Day, High School Coaches vs. Cancer, and other Relay feeder events.
- Works in partnership with Health Systems for achievement of identified event-related mission goals, including enterprise-wide initiatives; provides staff support to deliver mission/cancer control messaging and within assigned Relay For Life communities and key constituents.
- Partners with community, health system, and corporate & distinguished partnership staff to determine execution plans for meeting objectives for the Relay For Life community presence and engagement for the area.
- Collaborates with Corporate & Distinguished Partners and Health Systems staff to maximize event success; identifies and communicates opportunities to engage constituents from corporate, distinguished partners and health systems activities in existing and future events.
- Partners with enterprise support functions and ensures appropriate support is provided for successful execution of events.
- Ensures events are supported in the event of staff or volunteer vacancy. Closely monitors volunteer and staff resources; requests contingency support as needed, and triage resources appropriately.
- Utilizes and responds to customer satisfaction survey, comparative event and success factors data.
- Monitors progress against objectives; adjusts plans and manages contingency efforts and resources as required.
- Engages in annual budgeting and forecasting activities. Ensures compliance with ACS policies, including employment, risk management, event and cash handling, and financial controls.
- Works in partnership with ACS CAN, including efforts to increase ACS CAN membership.
- Actively demonstrates and cascades the enterprise-wide mindsets: integrity, collaboration and stewardship.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in related field and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Skills/Experience:
- Two years of experience with staff management and team leadership preferred. Three years fundraising experience preferred.
- Understanding of and ability to present articulately the full spectrum of ACS program offerings.
- Able to cultivate relationships with targeted constituents including a diverse population of community leaders and volunteers.
- Proven ability to recruit and manage to successful results through volunteers.
- Strong market, community and constituent perspective.
- Ability to understand and work within a complex organizational structure.
- Outcome driven with ability to respond to changing circumstances and priorities; strong project management ability.
- Excellent oral and written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Broad knowledge of the overall structure, programs, and services of the American Cancer Society including policies and procedures.
- Remains composed under stress; handles responses to criticism tactfully and delivers on organizational commitments.
- Demonstrated success managing entry-level staff in fundraising roles.
- Ability to analyze and integrate information from relevant sources.
- Able to generate accurate income projections.
- Ability to proactively monitor and adjust activities to respond to changing circumstances and priorities to meet goals.
- Strong strategic planning skills.
- Able to work through others to accomplish goals.
- Proficient in computer-based information systems.
Compensation/Benefits:
We are committed to providing staff with fulfilling opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact in their local communities. We offer staff a generous paid time off policy; medical, dental and retirement benefits, and professional development programs to enhance staff skills.
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Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Mar 20 2018
Active Until:
Apr 21 2018
Hiring Organization:
American Cancer Society
industry:
Nonprofit