Manager, Community Engagement - Houston (Empower Summit & Houston 8K)

Autism Speaks • Houston, TX

60d

About The Position

Come join Autism Speaks as a Community Engagement Manager with a focus on the Central Texas/Gulf Coast Area and our Houston, Austin and San Antonio markets. This position is responsible for our newly launched Houston Empower Summit & Challenge and Houston 8K/5K/1K and will support small community events in the Austin and San Antonio markets, as well as managing key corporate and 3rd party fundraising relationships and activities. Manager will be home based in the Greater Houston area. This position is a front-line fundraiser and ambassador for Autism Speaks and will speak knowledgeably and persuasively about the mission of the organization and the variety of ways to engage. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the autism community and the mission of autism speaks and will thrive in a flexible environment with a kind and compassionate culture. At Autism Speaks, we remain steadfast in our commitment to being a trusted and caring resource for our community and constituents from the time of diagnosis through adult life. PURPOSE: Raise funds for Autism Speaks by recruiting and managing volunteers, raising awareness, soliciting corporate sponsorship and implementing fundraising and mission events to achieve revenue goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years demonstrated success in peer-to-peer fundraising position.
• Ability to work independently and recreate and implement fundraising and volunteer-development plans
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
• Organized and detail oriented
• Superb sales and customer service skills
• Ability to prospect, recruit, manage and develop volunteers
• Strong analytical skills
• Sound judgment
• Proficiency with MS Office 365
• Database knowledge (Luminate and Stratus Live preferred)
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as necessary
• Ability to travel within the Area and occasionally beyond for meetings and conferences
• Must have valid driver’s license, insurance and access to reliable transportation
• You are responsible for protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all Autism Speaks data and information to which you have access.

Nice To Haves

• Leadership with recruitment and management of volunteers and peer-to-peer fundraising, relationship building, networking, budget management, and volunteer mobilization.

Responsibilities

• Achieve the revenue goals for assigned fundraising events
• Execute fundraising events in partnership with volunteer leadership, specifically managing committee recruitment, activation and retention
• Achieve the assigned fundraising goals by implementing the strategies including sponsorship, corporate, team recruitment and retention, and mission integration.
• Support the local implementation of global campaigns of Autism Speaks, sometimes in collaboration with the Outreach team.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of assigned events, including logistics, data entry, acknowledgements and materials management
• Manage and provide administrative support to volunteer committees
• Make presentations to businesses, organizations and community groups to secure sponsorship, recruit teams and committee volunteers and manage accounts on a year-round basis.
• Integrate digital marketing initiatives, such as email campaigns, fundraising websites, as well as other forms of digital outreach

Benefits

• Autism Speaks offers a competitive compensation, benefit and vacation package.
• We also provide flex work hours, weekly training sessions, tuition reimbursement and summer bonus Fridays in addition to a creative, innovative, collaborative, inclusive, kind and fun work environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees