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TITLE: Assistant Community Director
REPORTS TO: Division Director
LOCATION: Rockford, IL
REASON FOR OPENING: Replacement
POSITION PURPOSE:
This position is accountable for coordinating and implementing cost-effective fundraising and supporting communications and program activities. This position acts as liaison between March of Dimes (MOD), its volunteers, and the local community in McHenry and DeKalb Counties which it serves by recruiting volunteer participation, corporate participation, and sponsorship within that community.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Recruit, orient, train, and monitor performance of volunteers to organize events that meet or exceed fundraising goals.
- Managed and provide leadership to volunteer committees on each event in assigned area to ensure that committee members are fully supported and accomplish tasks required for successful event.
- Develop and maintain working relationships with community leaders and organizations to promote MOD message, build support for MOD mission, and maintain volunteer involvement in MOD activities and programs.
- Prepare and maintain accurate records/data to evaluate cost-effective, profitability, and public awareness of events and/or program activities. This may include preparing income/expense budgets, compilation/analysis of event statistics, evaluation of media coverage, researching and analyzing community fundraising potential versus actual revenues, etc.
- Develop and implement events to recognize, reward, and motivate successful volunteers.
- Work with program staff and volunteers to ensure that every event contains program content to enhance the knowledge of the audience and general public regarding the March of Dimes mission, programs, special services and benefits for mothers and babies.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Excellent working experience with Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint, familiar with Internet and e-mail
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, problem solving, planning, implementation, organization, leadership and teambuilding
- Knowledge of the McHenry County and/or DeKalb County markets
- Sales/Fundraising experience – may be on the volunteer level
Jennifer Smith, Northern Division Director
March of Dimes
5411 East State Street, #8
Rockford, IL 61108
Fax: 815.397.8763
Email: Jsmith@marchofdimes.com
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