Fundraising Manager-Walk Manager
Company: Alzheimer's Association
Location: San Rafael
Posted on: January 26, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Title: Manager, Walk to End Alzheimer's -Sonoma and
Marin
Location: San Rafael or Santa Rosa, CA
Full Time: 37.5 hours work week
GRADE: 5
Reports To: Sr. Walk Director
Who We Are:
The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health
organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research. Our mission
is to lead the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia - by
accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early
detection, and maximizing quality care and support.
At the Alzheimer's Association, our employees are at the core of
all we do. Our network of more than 1,700 employees across the
United States makes a difference each and every day for those
impacted by Alzheimer's and those at risk for the disease.
We warmly invite qualified applicants to consider this opportunity
to make a life changing impact on the millions living with
Alzheimer's, their caregivers and those that may be diagnosed with
the disease in the future. Read on to learn more about the role,
then visit our website www.alz.org/jobs to find out more about who
we are and why we've been recognized as a Best Place to Work every
year since 2010!
As Manager of Walk to End Alzheimer's, you join an exclusive team
of leaders responsible for the implementation of Walk to End
Alzheimer's, the world's largest fundraiser for Alzheimer's care,
support, and research. Walk to End Alzheimer's ranks as the
second-largest peer-to-peer fundraising event in the United States,
and continues to set the pace as one of the fastest growing walk
events in the country.
Utilizing your proven networking and relationship building skills
to cultivate key community connections, you will drive success and
achieve revenue goals by strategically identifying and engaging
community and corporate leaders and building and empowering
sustainable volunteer committees.
As a successful fundraising leader who will manage multiple peer to
peer fundraising events annually you will generate excitement and
enthusiasm in the community for Walk to End Alzheimer's, coach and
inspire your volunteers to implement and build on proven strategies
and best practices that result in event growth year over year.
This role is right for you if:
You have proven success at building sustainable corporate and
community relationships that contribute to achieving event revenue
goals, greater community participation, and heightened brand
awareness
You have successfully recruited, managed, and coached volunteers to
effectively implement best and proven practices to achieve
fundraising goals OR you are able to effectively assimilate our
custom training on peer to peer fundraising and leverage your
sales/relationship development background to recruit, manage, and
coach volunteers to implement best and proven practices to achieve
fundraising goals
You have managed or are capable of managing multiple volunteer-led
mass-market events simultaneously that have resulted in revenue
growth year over year
You are known as a convener and have successfully built a positive,
healthy, and inclusive team environment that has resulted in long
term community relationships
You love a challenge and have achieved or surpassed designated
revenue and participant goals through team and individual
fundraising, corporate solicitation, and community partnerships
You have demonstrated success at prospecting, cultivating, and
stewarding event teams, sponsors and participants
You have excellent communication and organization skills and are
comfortable with managing event budgets, training volunteers,
working to set timelines and milestones, and using data to affect
positive outcomes
What you Bring:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
3-5 years of proven experience in recruiting and mobilizing
volunteers to achieve goals OR 3-5 years successful experience of
meeting sales targets
Confident, goal-oriented, positive self-starter, able to work
independently with limited supervision and collaboratively with
internal and external partners
Demonstrated ability to develop and nurture corporate relationships
and partnerships
Ability to manage large numbers of volunteers at different levels
of expertise with diplomacy
Ability to work with diverse communities and demonstrate inclusion,
coupled with the ability to work in a highly matrixed
organization
Excellent interpersonal skills including verbal and written
communication and follow through
Ability and willingness to travel up to 60% within the assigned
territory by car. Travel in this case, is considered time spent
away from the office, in the community, to fulfill the job
goals
While most such travel is same day, occasional overnight travel or
air travel may be required Must have valid driver's license, access
to reliable vehicle, good driving record and proof of automobile
insurance
Ability and willingness to work some evenings and weekends as
required for committee meetings, Walk and wraparound events
Ability to bend, stoop, lift and transport up to 25 lbs. of
materials
Strong computer skills, proficient with Microsoft Office products
and social media; experience with, or ability to rapidly learn
Luminate/Convio software
What the Alzheimer's Association offers:
The Alzheimer's Association has been ranked as one of the Best
Nonprofits to Work For by The Non-Profit Times each year since
2010, recognizing our visionary and dynamic leadership,
collaborative culture, competitive compensation, generous benefits,
and mission-driven atmosphere. In addition, we offer a hybrid work
environment with some flexibility in schedules, as well as
excellent training on peer to peer fundraising techniques.
Employees working 24 hours/week or more are eligible for a
comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision,
flex accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance, long
term care insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous Paid Time Off,
12 annual holidays and Paid Family Leave, as well as an annual
Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing. They
are also eligible for our gold standard 401(k) retirement plan.
Full time employees (37.5 hours/week), will enjoy all of the above
plus an annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day
of their choosing.
It takes a uniquely motivated person to be a part of our team - but
we believe that person could be you.
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