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  TITLE: Assistant Community Director

REPORTS TO: Sr. Community Director

LOCATION: Chattanooga, TN

REASON FOR OPENING: Replacement

POSITION PURPOSE:
This position is accountable for coordinating and implementing cost-effective fundraising activities.  This position acts as liaison between March of Dimes (MOD), its volunteers, and the local community in which it serves by recruiting volunteer participation, corporate participation and sponsorship within that community.

 



POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Recruit, orient, 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. 
  • Develop and maintain working relationships with community leaders and organizations to promote March of Dimes message, build support for March of Dimes mission, and maintain volunteer involvement in March of Dimes activities and programs. 
  • Prepare and maintain accurate records/data to evaluate cost-effective, profitability, and public awareness of events and/or program activities.  This may include preparing income/expense budgets, compilation/analysis of event statistics, evaluation of media coverage, researching and analyzing community fundraising potential versus actual revenues, etc. 
  • Develop and implement events to recognize, reward, and motivate successful volunteers.


QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Excellent working experience with Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, familiar with internet and e-mail.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, problem solving, planning, implementation, organization, leadership and teambuilding.

PLEASE CLEARLY NOTE THAT YOU ARE APPLYING FOR A JOB IN CHATTANOOGA



Valerie Parsley
March of Dimes
322 Nancy Lynn Drive, Suite 11
Knoxville, TN  37919
FAX#  865-694-6066
vparsley@marchofdimes.com


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