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Fundraising Development Specialist
1 month ago
As a Development Specialist, you join an exclusive team of leaders responsible for the implementation of RivALZ to End ALZ, a volunteer-driven flag football game that engages young professional women teams organized around rivalry to inspire fundraising, awareness and action in the fight against Alzheimer's disease and the 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 professional who will lead the RivALZ to End ALZ peer-to-peer fundraising event, you will generate excitement and enthusiasm in your community. You will coach and inspire your volunteers to implement and build on proven strategies and best practices that result in event growth year over year.
You will also drive family and friends team participation in the Houston Walk to End Alzheimer's, responsible for more than 30% of revenue for this $1M+ event which was the 12th largest Walk in country in 2023.
The Development Specialist is responsible for the production of event materials, creating email and social media campaigns, and managing donation entry while supporting the development team to implement our Walk to End Alzheimer's events, The Longest Day events, and Relationship events.
This position is a perfect fit for an innovative, independent go-getter who demonstrates a self-disciplined, proactive attitude and takes initiative to achieve positive and measurable results.
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
- Have successfully recruited, managed, and coached volunteers to effectively implement best and proven practices to achieve fundraising goals OR you can 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
- Have initiated and implemented a comprehensive volunteer recruitment strategy, including outreach initiatives, networking efforts, and targeted marketing campaigns, to build a robust volunteer base from the ground up, effectively engaging individuals passionate about our mission and vision.
- Are known as a convener and have successfully built a positive, healthy, and inclusive team environment that has resulted in long-term community relationships
- Are an enthusiastic networker who is excited to identify, recruit, and engage new companies and activity-based groups in your community.
- Have demonstrated success at prospecting, cultivating and stewarding event teams, sponsors and participants or related experience through sales.
- 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
- Are able to execute a plan with the volunteer committee to recruit and retain past participants through implementing best practices and providing excellent customer services
- Create unique, engaging community outreach activities that promote the Alzheimer's Association's mission, including community presentations, attending networking events, and corporate engagement opportunities
- Are capable of maintaining year-round relationships with constituents to ensure involvement in all relevant chapter activities and recognition opportunities
- Embrace other duties as assigned.
Essential Specialist Functions:
- Create, review and finalize event materials for RIvALZ to End ALZ and the Walk to End Alzheimer's
- Provide coordination support for communications projects including updating web pages, managing social media accounts and creating email campaigns.
- Process confidential charitable gift information and ensure data accuracy.
- Organize, support, order, and maintain needed inventory for Development events.
- Phone outreach to past participants and donors.
- Directly interact with donors, including answering development and organization inquiries, accepting donations and coordinating major and planned giving information.
- Execute event plan for maximizing team participation to achieve revenue goals by providing fundraising guidance and support.
- Work closely with the volunteer planning committees to assist them with team recruitment, meeting preparations, logistics, marketing, retention, and all wrap-around
- Research potential prospects and networking opportunities to grow RivALZ to End ALZ and Walk pipelines.
What you bring:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 1-3 years of proven experience in recruiting and mobilizing volunteers to achieve goals OR 1 - 3 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 and who will have different roles and responsibilities within fundraising programs 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
- Proficient in delivering engaging presentations and speeches to diverse audiences, demonstrating confidence, clarity, and the ability to captivate and inspire large groups.
- Able and willing to travel up to 20% 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 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 and willing to work some evenings and weekends as required for committee meetings, community events, RivALZ to End ALZ events, Walk to End Alzheimer's, The Longest Day events, and other supportive events like Kickoffs
- Able to bend, stoop, lift, and transport up to 50 lbs. of materials
- Strong computer skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office products and social media, experience with, or ability to rapidly learn Luminate/ Convio software
Title: Development Specialist
Position Location: Houston, TX
Full time based on 37.5 hours per week
Position Grade: 204 Exempt
Reports To: Director, Walk to End Alzheimer's
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.
The Alzheimer's Association announced a landmark $100 million investment in research for 2023. This unparalleled commitment is illustrative of the momentum we are building in dementia research - our investments today will lead to breakthroughs tomorrow.
At the Alzheimer's Association, our employees are at the core of all we do. Our network of more than 1,900 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.
Our Vision
A world without Alzheimer's and all other dementia.
At the Alzheimer's Association, we believe that diverse perspectives are critical to achieving health equity - meaning that all communities have a fair and just opportunity for early diagnosis and access to risk reduction and quality care. The 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.
The Alzheimer's Association is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)