Assistant Director, Endurance and Community Events
About The Position
The Assistant Director, Endurance and Community Events plays a key role in driving revenue goals through the development and execution of high-impact fundraising events that advance the organization’s mission through the Society’s Community Event campaigns: Walk MS and Endurance Event campaigns: Bike MS (1- and 2-day cycling series). This position supports strategic planning, oversees event logistics supporting participant experience (i.e.; incentives, packet pick-ups, logistics meet-ups, etc), and manages volunteer committees or volunteer activities to ensure exceptional donor and participant experiences. With a focus on innovation, relationship-building, and performance metrics, the Assistant Director helps drive growth and elevate the organization’s event fundraising portfolio.
Requirements
- Proven experience in fundraising, donor relations, or development support within a nonprofit or similar environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling donor communications and reports.
- Proficiency in donor database systems (e.g., Raiser’s Edge, Salesforce) and Microsoft Office Suite; experience with fundraising platforms is a plus.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with donors, volunteers, and internal stakeholders.
- Knowledge of fundraising best practices, donor stewardship strategies, and event coordination.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
Nice To Haves
- experience with fundraising platforms is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Supports the strategic planning, and oversees execution, logistics, and optimization of assigned fundraising campaigns within the market.
- Ensure campaigns are executed with excellence, innovation, mission-focused, and alignment to organization standards.
- Serve as a revenue driver for events within portfolio, owning performance from inception through to completion
- Monitor financial performance and proactively adjust strategies to ensure individual portfolio goal attainment.
- Translate national campaign strategies into actionable local plans tailored to market dynamics.
- Ensure local execution aligns with broader regional priorities and contributes to shared growth objectives.
- Cultivate, solicit, and steward mid-level fundraising teams, sponsors, and key volunteer leaders.
- Build and maintain strong relationships to drive engagement, retention, and long-term support.
- Analyzes data trends and creates donor profiles to assist with donor development, stewardship, direct communications and fundraising strategy.
- Leverages Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to maintain research data and donor records, execute mailing or e-mail campaigns, and create reports.
- Support the Assistant Vice President and Regional Vice President with reports on campaign progress, identification of growth opportunities, and opportunities to drive continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure seamless integration of campaign efforts across departments.
- Maintains confidentiality and complies with data privacy regulations and policies.
Benefits
- considerable Paid Time Off Plan
- Paid Holidays
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Society match
- Commuter Benefit Plan
- Comprehensive Health & Welfare benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision
- Flex Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Disability Coverage
- Spring Health Membership offering free therapy and professional coaching, as well as additional voluntary benefit offerings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
