Fundraising Manager, Walk to End Alzheimer's

Fundraising Manager, Walk to End Alzheimer's

As Manager of Walk to End Alzheimer's, you join an exclusive team of leaders responsible for the implementation of Walk to End Alzheimer's, the world's largest fundraiser for Alzheimer's care, support and research. Walk to End Alzheimer's ranks as the second-largest peer-to-peer fundraising event in the United States, and continues to set the pace as one of the fastest growing walk events in the country. This position will cover three Walks that are in Alexandria, St Cloud and Willmar, MN. In 2024, Walk to End Alzheimer's was again recognized as the #2 peer-to-peer fundraising event in the country. On top of that, Walk was acknowledged for achieving the largest dollar growth of any program in the top 30. Utilizing your proven networking and relationship building skills to cultivate key community connections, you will drive success and achieve revenue goals by strategically identifying and engaging community and corporate leaders and building and empowering sustainable volunteer committees. As a successful fundraising leader who will manage multiple peer to peer fundraising events annually you will generate excitement and enthusiasm in the community for Walk to End Alzheimer's, coach and inspire your volunteers to implement and build on proven strategies and best practices that result in event growth year over year.

This role is right for you if :

• You have proven success at building sustainable corporate and community relationships that contribute to achieving event revenue goals, greater community participation and heightened brand awareness
• You have successfully recruited, managed, and coached volunteers to effectively implement best and proven practices to achieve fundraising goals OR you are able to effectively assimilate our custom training on peer to peer fundraising and leverage your sales / relationship development background to recruit, manage and coach volunteers to implement best and proven practices to achieve fundraising goals
• You have managed or are capable of managing multiple volunteer-led mass-market events simultaneously that have resulted in revenue growth year over year
• You are known as a convener and have successfully built a positive, healthy, and inclusive team environment that has resulted in long term community relationships
• You love a challenge and have achieved or surpassed designated revenue and participant goals through team and individual fundraising, corporate solicitation, and community partnerships
• You have demonstrated success at prospecting, cultivating and stewarding event teams, sponsors and participants
• You have excellent communication and organization skills and are comfortable with managing event budgets, training volunteers, working to set timelines and milestones and using data to affect positive outcomes

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