Fundraising Director, Walk to End Alzheimer's

Responsibilities

• You have proven success at building sustainable corporate and community relationships that contribute to achieving organizational and revenue goals
• You are able to drive success and provide positive engagement with volunteers through coaching, recognition, and accountability
• Your experience in providing inspirational leadership, oversight and implementation of fundraising programs has resulted in meeting or exceeding revenue goals around mass market events/special events and corporate sponsorship
• You have successfully recruited, managed, and coached volunteers to effectively implement best and proven practices to achieve fundraising goals
• You are known as a uniter and have successfully built a positive, healthy, and inclusive team environment that has resulted in long-term community and volunteer relationships
• You have managed volunteer-led mass-market events, preferably a large event, that has resulted in revenue growth year over year
• You have achieved or surpassed designated financial and participant goals through team and individual fundraising, corporate solicitation, and community partnerships
• You have demonstrated success at prospecting, cultivating and stewarding teams, sponsors and participants
• You are comfortable with managing event budgets, training volunteers, utilizing timelines and translating data

Key Educational/Professional Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 5-7 years of proven experience recruiting and mobilizing volunteers and community leaders to achieve goals, preferably in a peer-to-peer fundraising environment OR 5-7 years of successful experience meeting sales targets
• 1-3 years experience managing staff and/or volunteers
• Events management experience, preferably large-scale community engagement events

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated management skills, including the ability to set clear goals, organize projects, establish and manage budgets, and establish accountability processes
• Proven track record of developing and implementing strategies for identifying, recruiting and engaging high-level and C-Suite volunteer leadership
• Demonstrated volunteer management skills, including the ability to set clear goals, identify priorities, organize projects, establish and manage budgets, establish accountability processes
• Strong ability to build sustainable corporate and community relationships that contribute to achieving organizational and revenue goals
• Must be willing to collaborate and able to work well on a team
• Ability to work with diverse communities and build an inclusive environment
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% within the Greenville area 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 a valid driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle, a good driving record, and proof of automobile insurance
• Able to bend, stoop, lift, and transport up to 25 lbs of materials
• Strong computer skills, proficient with Google Suite, Microsoft Office products, and social media; experience with, or ability to rapidly learn Luminate/Convio software

Title

Director, Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Position Location

Greenville, South Carolina

Full-time, based on 37.5 hours per week minimum

Position Grade & Compensation

The Alzheimer's Association’s good faith expectation for the salary range for this role is between $63,100-$80,500

Benefits

• 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.
• Gold standard 401(k) retirement plan

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Alzheimer’s Association is committed to engaging underrepresented and underserved communities and responding with resources and education to address the disproportionate impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia.