Executes a portfolio of community-based events and Relay for Life events, with accountability for significant income targets, as well as event-related mission and advocacy activities. Ensures goal achievement through the effective leadership, engagement, empowerment and mobilization of event volunteers.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Accountable for the achievement of income performance targets for a portfolio of community-based and Relay for Life events.
- Responsible for effectively and efficiently completing activities and meeting target deadlines in order to execute successful events.
- Implements best practices for leadership development, increased participation and event revenue growth; drives and encourages creativity and innovation at the community level.
- Engages, trains and manages relationships with community volunteers to ensure successful events execution, with a focus on event volunteer leadership positions.
- Engages the community in Relay For Life to drive increased event participation – event committee, teams, team members, sponsors and survivor/caregiver – including youth engagement through teams in community events, Relay Recess and Field Day.
- Collaborates with Corporate & Distinguished Partners and Cancer Control staff to maximize event success; leverages opportunities to engage constituents from corporate, distinguished partners and health systems activities in events through event sponsorship and participation.
- Works in partnership with Cancer Control staff for achievement of identified event-related mission goals, including enterprise-wide initiatives. Integrates mission/cancer control activities messaging and within events.
- Utilizes available tools and processes to maximize event results, including online fundraising.
- 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
- Ensures strong logistical coordination for assigned events.
- Facilitates volunteer retention and ensures meaningful volunteer recognition.
- Utilizes defined processes to ensure timely and accurate event data entry.
- Ensures compliance with ACS policies, including employment, risk management, event and cash handling, and financial controls.
- 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. One year related experience preferred, working within a multi-million dollar organization a plus.
Skills/Experience:
Demonstrates Community Development Competencies:
- Action oriented - Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
- Attracts top talent - Attracts and selects the best talent to meet current and future business needs.
- Being resilient - Rebounds from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.
- Builds networks - Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
- Customer focus - Builds strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
- Drives engagement - Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
- Balances stakeholders - Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders.
- Ensures accountability - Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
Other Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Able to work successfully in a diverse team environment.
- Ability to recruit, train and motivate community-based volunteers.
- Demonstrated ability in handling multiple priorities, project management and meeting deadlines; strong planning and organizational skills.
- Proven relationship building, persuasion and influence skills.
- Strong customer service orientation, with extensive experience in effectively addressing and resolving issues with constituents.
- Ability to proactively monitor and adjust activities to respond to changing circumstances and priorities to meet goals, proactively address issues as they arise and mitigate risks associated to events.
- Outcome driven; strong project management ability.
- Able to work through others to accomplish goals.
- Strong market, community and constituent perspective.
- Remains composed under stress, handle responses to criticism tactfully and deliver on organizational commitments.
- Broad knowledge of the overall structure, programs, and services of the American Cancer Society including policies and procedures.
- Proficient in computer-based information systems
- Must have access to car or be able to transport materials to and from meetings and special events/programs.
- Must be able to staff evening and weekend committee meetings, events and programs.
- Must be able to lift 30 lbs and perform set up / take down of event equipment.
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.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jan 21 2019
Active Until:
Feb 21 2019
Hiring Organization:
American Cancer Society
industry:
Nonprofit