Fundraising Manager, Walk to End Alzheimer's

About the role

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. In 2024, it was again recognized as the #2 peer-to-peer fundraising event and achieved the largest dollar growth of any program in the top 30.

You will generate excitement and enthusiasm in the community, coach and inspire volunteers to implement and build on proven strategies and best practices that result in event growth year over year. Utilizing your proven networking and relationship-building skills, you will cultivate key community connections, drive success, and achieve revenue goals by strategically identifying and engaging community and corporate leaders. You will also build and empower sustainable volunteer committees in Bloomington, Columbus, and Terre Haute.

This is a community-based role with a home office. Occasional travel to the chapter office in Indianapolis is required.

Responsibilities

• Build sustainable corporate and community relationships to achieve event revenue goals, greater community participation, and heightened brand awareness.
• Recruit, manage, and coach volunteers to effectively implement best practices and achieve fundraising goals.
• Manage multiple volunteer-led mass-market events simultaneously, ensuring revenue growth year over year.
• Act as a convener to build a positive, healthy, and inclusive team environment that fosters long-term community relationships.
• Achieve or surpass revenue and participant goals through team and individual fundraising, corporate solicitation, and community partnerships.
• Prospect, cultivate, and steward event teams, sponsors, and participants.
• Expand existing corporate initiatives and secure new sponsorships, teams, participants, Champions, and volunteers.
• Create and manage vendor and cause marketing activation campaigns.
• Manage event budgets, train volunteers, set timelines and milestones, and use data to drive positive outcomes.
• Generate a positive return on investment and increase fundraising revenue to renew or grow larger accounts and multi-year funding.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of proven experience in recruiting and mobilizing volunteers to achieve goals or 3-5 years of successful experience meeting sales targets.

Skills

• 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 in a highly matrixed organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication and follow-through.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 60% within the assigned territory by car (occasional overnight 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.
• Willingness to work some evenings and weekends for committee meetings, Walk events, 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.

Pay

The Alzheimer's Association’s good faith expectation for the salary range for this role is between $55,000–$65,000 annually. There is a performance-based incentive opportunity of up to $13,000, depending on portfolio size and achievement of quarterly goals.

Benefits

Employees working 24 hours/week or more are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Short- and long-term disability, life insurance, and long-term care insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Generous Paid Time Off, 12 annual holidays, and Paid Family Leave.
• Annual Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.

Full-time employees (37.5 hours/week) also receive an annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day of their choosing.