Special Events Director, Community Engagement – California/Northwest Area

March 10

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Autism Speaks

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Autism Speaks enhances lives today and is accelerating a spectrum of solutions for tomorrow.

nonprofit • autism • walk • fundraising • events

201 - 500

Description

• Raise funds for Autism Speaks by recruiting and managing volunteers, soliciting corporate sponsorships, raising awareness, and implementing fundraising and mission-related events to achieve revenue goals. • Achieve revenue goals for assigned fundraising events • Execute fundraising events in partnership with volunteer leadership • Manage the day-to-day operations of assigned events, including logistics, data entry, acknowledgments, and materials management. • Make presentations to secure sponsorship, recruit teams and committee volunteers, and manage accounts on a year-round basis

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience • 7+ years demonstrated success in fundraising position • 5 years of leading special events • Leadership with recruitment and management of volunteers and peer-to-peer fundraising, relationship building, networking, budget management, and volunteer mobilization • Strong oral and written communication skills • Adaptable • Intermediate proficiency with MS Office 365, including Excel and Outlook • Database knowledge (Stratus Live and Blackbaud Luminate preferred) • Must have reliable mode of transportation (automobile, valid driver’s license, and insurance is required)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Benefit and vacation package • Flexible work hours • Weekly training sessions • Tuition reimbursement • Summer bonus Fridays • Creative, innovative, collaborative, inclusive, kind, and fun work environment