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TITLE: Assistant Community Director
REPORTS TO: Division Director
LOCATION: Buffalo, NY
REASON FOR OPENING: Replacement
POSITION PURPOSE:
With appropriate volunteer support, this position is accountable for coordinating and implementing cost-effective fundraising and supporting communication and program activities for school based initiatives connected to March for Babies and WonderWalk campaigns. This position acts as liaison between MOD, its volunteers, and the local community in which it serves by recruiting volunteer participation, corporate/school participation, and sponsorship within the community. This position is also accountable for the Division’s Communication function and related reporting requirements
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Recruit, orientate, train, and monitor performance of volunteers to organize events that meet or exceed fundraising goals.
- Manage and provide leadership to volunteer committees on each event in assigned area to ensure that committee members are fully supported and accomplish tasks required for successful event. Including Faculty Advisory and Chain Reaction (youth leadership) Committees.
- Develop and maintain working relationships with community leaders and organizations to promote MOD message, build support for MOD mission, and maintain volunteer involvement in MOD activities and programs.
- Prepare and maintain accurate records/data to evaluate cost-effectiveness, profitability, and public awareness of events and/or program activities. Tracking, verifying and depositing event receipts This may also include preparing income/expense budgets, compilation/analysis of event statistics, evaluation of media coverage, researching and analyzing community fundraising potential versus actual revenues, etc.
- Work with media to publicize mission/events, and secure local sponsorship for events to heighten public awareness and reach fundraising goals. Prepare internal Communications Impressions report and Division annual report submissions.
- With support from volunteers, coordinate all event logistics and event materials to ensure success of events
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
- Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
- Three Years of Fundraising or Related Experience i.e. sales and marketing,
- Excellent Computer skills, especially Word and Excel
- Verbal and written communications skills,
- Volunteer management and development experience, and time management helpful but not required. Detail oriented, adaptable,
- Organized and able to successfully manager multiple projects and tasks.
Stacey Wawrzyniec March of Dimes University Center 385 North French Road, Suite 100 Buffalo, NY 14228 Fax : 716- 691-0240
rborrelli@marchofdimes.com
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