Vice President Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in event management.
• Experience managing professionals, volunteers, and vendors required.
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to interact comfortably with VIPs and executives.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve challenges with grace and expediency.
• Superior interpersonal skills, professionalism, attention to detail, and excellent writing and communication skills.
• Superior time management and organization skills.
• Ability to take initiative, work independently, and as an integral part of the team.
• Ability to travel domestically, and work occasional nights, weekends and holidays.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Cvent.

Nice To Haves

• Passion for the preservation and protection of wildlife and wild places a plus.
• Experience in fundraising and supporter engagement is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with CRM, various databases management reporting tools, and web development tools is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Chief Development Officer in building and managing relationships with VIPs, including generous supporters and influential friends.
• Collaborates with Donor Relations, Gift Planning, Individual Giving, and Membership teams on key themes, messaging, and desired outcomes for communications and collaterals.
• Designs, plans, and executes online and live event strategies, managing all logistics, leading staff, volunteers, and contractors, overseeing production, administering panel/presenter selection, and developing the run of show.
• Manages relationships with vendors and service providers for online and offline events, including RFPs, vetting, selection, contracting, developing scopes of work, reviewing invoices, and processing payments.
• Develops and maintains budgets, provides updates to leadership, and handles event close-out, including invoice processing and final report development.
• Oversees production of meeting materials, agendas, and other collaterals for select engagement opportunities and events; coordinates transportation, lodging, and catering; and supports participant engagement.
• Administers the Supporter Engagement budget, provides monthly reporting and reprojecting of forecasts, and develops annual operating budgets and long-term plans for Supporter Engagement.
• Facilitates team retreats in coordination with Development leadership, overseeing logistics, production, and contributing to agenda planning and content development.
• Serves as one of two primary liaisons to the Board of Directors, working collaboratively with the Governance team and Chief Development Officer to facilitate director engagement.
• Develops engagement plans based on affinity and interest, offering regular communications about NWF staff, activities, programs, and focus areas.
• Conducts field outreach and responds to inquiries regarding meetings, events, or programs, resolving matters or directing inquiries appropriately.
• Accountable for planning logistics associated with NWF Board meetings, including site selection and plans.
• Responsible for Board meeting logistics, including managing RFPs, securing facilities, negotiating contracts, developing budgets, handling registration, managing on-site details, coordinating marketing and mailings, overseeing on-site staffing, and invoice reconciliation and payment.

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling
• Vacation that starts off at three weeks accrual based on a full-time schedule
• Unlimited wellbeing time (for physical, spiritual, emotional, cultural, religious or financial wellbeing for yourself, a partner, or family member – including pets)
• 11 holidays
• Paid winter break between December 25 to January 1
• Up to 16 weeks of fully paid Family and Medical Leave
• Low-cost health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Outpatient mental health is covered at in-network rates
• Therapist available at no cost
• Pet insurance and discount perk program
• Annual wellbeing allowance
• Retirement plan with immediate match and vesting
• Annual year-end retirement contribution
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Adoption and Surrogacy assistance
• Pet adoption stipend
• Student Loan management