Fundraising Manager, Walk to End Alzheimer's

Position Summary

As Fundraising 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. 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.

The 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 can assimilate our custom training on peer‑to‑peer fundraising and leverage your sales/relationship development background to recruit, manage and coach volunteers 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 effect positive outcomes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 3–5 years of proven experience in recruiting and mobilizing volunteers to achieve goals, or 3–5 years of successful experience meeting sales targets
• Confident, goal‑oriented, positive self‑starter, able to work independently with limited supervision and collaboratively with internal and external partners
• Demonstrated ability to develop and nurture corporate relationships and partnerships
• Ability to manage large numbers of volunteers at different levels of expertise with diplomacy
• Ability to work with diverse communities and demonstrate inclusion, coupled with ability to work in a highly matrixed organization
• Excellent interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication and follow‑through
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 60% within the assigned territory by car. Travel may require occasional overnight travel or air travel. Must have a valid driver’s license, reliable vehicle, good driving record, and proof of automobile insurance
• Ability and willingness to work some evenings and weekends as required for committee meetings, Walk and wrap‑around events
• Ability to bend, stoop, lift and transport up to 25 lb. of materials
• Strong computer skills, proficient with Microsoft Office products and social media; experience with, or ability to rapidly learn, Luminate/Convio software

Title

Manager, Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Position Location

Little Rock, AR

Full time

Based on 37.5 hours per week

Position Grade

105

Salary Range

The Alzheimer’s Association’s good faith expectation for the salary range for this role is between $55,000 – $60,000

Reports To

Executive Director

Who We Are

The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Our mission is to lead the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia, by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. The Alzheimer’s Association announced a landmark $100 million investment in research for 2023, a commitment that will lead to breakthroughs tomorrow. We warmly invite qualified applicants to consider this opportunity to make a life‑changing impact on the millions living with Alzheimer’s, their caregivers and those that may develop the disease in the future.

We believe that diverse perspectives are critical to achieving health equity, meaning that all communities have a fair and just opportunity for early diagnosis and access to risk reduction and quality care. We are committed to engaging underrepresented and underserved communities and providing resources and education to address the disproportionate impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The Association provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment to the fullest extent required by law, including, but not limited to, on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Benefits

Employees working 24 hours/week or more are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, flex accounts, short and long‑term disability, life insurance, long‑term care insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous paid time off, 12 annual holidays, paid family leave, and an annual Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing. They are also eligible for our gold standard 401(k) retirement plan.

Full‑time employees (37.5 hours/week) will enjoy all of the above benefits plus an annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day of their choosing.