Full-Time Community Development Manager in Modesto
Company: The American Cancer Society
This position supports a portfolio of fundraising events located in Elk Grove, Tracy, Linden and Manteca.
Responsibilities
- Executes a portfolio of community-based events, with accountability for significant income targets, as well as event-related mission and advocacy activities.
- Ensures goal achievement through the effective leadership, engagement, empowerment and mobilization of event volunteers.
- Accountable for the achievement of income performance targets for a portfolio of community-based events which may include: Relay For Life, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Distinguished Events, and other community fundraising events.
- Responsible for effectively and efficiently completing activities and meeting target deadlines in order to execute successful events.
- Implements best practices for event revenue growth; drives and encourages creativity and innovation at the event level.
- Monitors financial expenditures and progress against budgetary plan and takes appropriate measures to meet top line and bottom line goals ensuring a high ROI in meeting revenue targets.
- Engages, recruits, trains and manages relationships with community volunteers to ensure successful events execution.
- Engages the community to drive increased event participation; including event committee, teams, team members, sponsors, survivor/caregiver engagement, and youth engagement.
- Actively collaborates with Community Development Distinguished Partners, Cancer Control, and ACS CAN staff to maximize event success; leverages opportunities to engage constituents from corporate, distinguished partners and health systems activities in events through event sponsorship and participation
- Works in partnership with Cancer Control staff for achievement of identified event-related mission goals, including enterprise-wide initiatives. Integrates mission/cancer control activities messaging and within events.
- Partners with enterprise support and region support services functions and ensures appropriate support is provided for successful execution of events.
- Utilizes available tools and processes to maximize event results, including online fundraising.
- Utilizes and responds to customer experience survey, comparative event and success factors data.
- Facilitates volunteer retention and ensures meaningful volunteer recognition.
- Utilizes defined processes to ensure timely and accurate event data entry.
- Ensures compliance with ACS policies, including employment, risk management, event and cash handling, and financial controls.
- Support ACS CAN grassroots efforts including, ACS CAN membership.
- Maintains productive and collaborative relationships with the Society’s global headquarters departments and other regions; participates on regional and enterprise projects and committees as appropriate.
- Models and fosters behavior that establishes a culture that values the staff/volunteer partnership, and is consistent with the values, goals, and objectives of the Society to create an atmosphere of trust, cooperation, accountability, empowerment, and dedication to the mission.
Position Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in related field and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- One year related experience preferred, working within a multi-million dollar organization a plus.
- Demonstrates Community Development Competencies: Action oriented, Attracts top talent, Being resilient, Builds networks, Customer focus, Drives engagement, Balances stakeholders, Ensures accountability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Able to work successfully in a diverse team environment.
- Ability to recruit, train and motivate community-based volunteers.
- Demonstrated ability in handling multiple priorities, project management and meeting deadlines; strong planning and organizational skills.
- Proven relationship building, persuasion and influence skills.
- Strong customer service orientation, with extensive experience in effectively addressing and resolving issues with constituents.
- Ability to proactively monitor and adjust activities to respond to changing circumstances and priorities to meet goals, proactively address issues as they arise and mitigate risks associated to events.
- Outcome driven; strong project management ability.
- Able to work through others to accomplish goals.
- Strong market, community and constituent perspective.
- Remains composed under stress, handles responses to criticism tactfully and delivers on organizational commitments.
- Broad knowledge of the overall structure, programs, and services of the American Cancer Society including policies and procedures.
- Proficient in computer-based information systems.
- Must have access to car or be able to transport materials to and from meetings and special events/programs. Must be able to staff evening and weekend committee meetings, events and programs. Must be able to lift 30 lbs and perform set up / take down of event equipment.
To Apply (and for more information):
*Attribution: Information and wording comes from the American Cancer Society Jobs Website.