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About the Role

As Manager of Development, you will lead the implementation of Walk to End Alzheimer’s® and Do What You Love to End ALZ, key fundraising events for the Alzheimer’s Association. You will drive success and achieve revenue goals by cultivating community connections, identifying and engaging leaders, and building sustainable volunteer committees. This role is ideal for an innovative, independent, and proactive individual who achieves measurable results.

Responsibilities

Drive success and achieve revenue goals by strategically identifying and engaging community and corporate leaders.
Build and empower sustainable volunteer committees.
Coach and inspire volunteers to implement proven strategies and best practices for event growth.
Initiate and implement a comprehensive volunteer recruitment strategy.
Manage multiple volunteer-led mass-market events simultaneously.
Build a positive, healthy, and inclusive team environment.
Identify, recruit, and engage new companies and activity-based groups.
Achieve or surpass designated revenue and participant goals through fundraising, corporate solicitation, and community partnerships.
Prospect, cultivate, and steward event teams, sponsors, and participants.
Manage event budgets, train volunteers, and work to set timelines and milestones.
Use data to affect positive outcomes.
Execute a plan with the volunteer committee to recruit and retain past participants.
Create unique, engaging community outreach activities.
Maintain year-round relationships with National & Global team partners and constituents.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Proven success at building sustainable corporate and community relationships that contribute to achieving event revenue goals, greater community participation, and heightened brand awareness.
Successfully recruited, managed, and coached volunteers to effectively implement best and proven practices to achieve fundraising goals OR ability to assimilate training and leverage sales/relationship development background to recruit, manage, and coach volunteers.
Initiated and implemented a comprehensive volunteer recruitment strategy.
Managed or capable of managing multiple volunteer-led mass-market events simultaneously.
Known as a convener and successfully built a positive, healthy, and inclusive team environment.
Enthusiastic networker excited to identify, recruit, and engage new companies and activity-based groups.
Achieved or surpassed designated revenue and participant goals.
Demonstrated success at prospecting, cultivating, and stewarding event teams, sponsors, and participants or related experience through sales.
Excellent communication and organization skills.
Comfortable with managing event budgets, training volunteers, working to set timelines and milestones, and using data to affect positive outcomes.
Able to execute a plan with the volunteer committee to recruit and retain past participants.
Capability to maintain year-round relationships with National & Global team partners and constituents.
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.
Demonstrated ability to develop and nurture corporate relationships and partnerships.
Ability to manage large numbers of volunteers with diplomacy.
Ability to work with diverse communities and demonstrate inclusion.
Excellent interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication and follow through.
Proficient in delivering engaging presentations and speeches.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Strong computer skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office products and social media.
Experience with, or ability to rapidly learn Luminate/Convio software.
Ability and willingness to travel up to 60% within the assigned territory by car.
Must have a valid driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle, a good driving record, and proof of automobile insurance.
Ability and willingness to work some evenings and weekends as required.
Ability to bend, stoop, lift, and transport up to 25 lbs. of materials.

Skills

Networking
Relationship-building
Volunteer recruitment
Volunteer management
Fundraising
Event planning
Budget management
Communication
Organization
Presentation skills
Microsoft Office
Social media
Luminate/Convio software

Location

Syracuse, NY
Broome and Oneida Counties

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

3-5 years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

$65,000

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Flex accounts
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Life insurance
Long-term care insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Generous Paid Time Off
12 annual holidays
Paid Family Leave
Annual Cultural & Heritage Day
Volunteer Day of choosing
401(k) retirement plan
Annual School Visitation Day (for full-time employees)
Elder Care Facility Day of choosing (for full-time employees)

About the Company

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.
The Alzheimer’s Association announced a landmark $100 million investment in research for 2023.
Our network of more than 1,750 employees across the United States makes a difference each and every day.
Recognized as a Best Place to Work for the last twelve years in a row.
Believes that diverse perspectives are critical to achieving health equity.
Committed to engaging underrepresented and underserved communities.

Equal Opportunity

The Association provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment to the fullest extent required by law, including, but not limited to, on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.