• Partners with the ACS PR leadership team to develop the business plan for achieving Division community events income goals, as well as related mission and advocacy performance targets, through Relay For Life, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (MSABC), and other community-based fundraising activities. • Accountable for achievement of income performance targets. Directs the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of all community-based events, including Relay For Life, MSABC, and Gala (where applicable). • Manages, coaches, trains and develops a team of event execution and support staff, each directing the execution of multiple events, and MSABC recruiting staff where applicable, to meet mission and income goals; ensures that responsibilities and accountabilities of all direct reports are well-defined. • Collaborates with Community Engagement, Cancer Control and Corporate & Distinguished Partners staff to ensure coordinated and interdependent achievement of ACS PR goals, including the identification of opportunities to transition constituents to maximize involvement and impact. • Responsible for ensuring strong relationships with key community-based constituents are established and effectively managed; serves as the primary relationship manager for key constituents as appropriate. • Directs the volunteer engagement efforts to ensure the volunteer talent and capacity is available to execute volunteer driven community-events across the assigned area.Directs the utilization of event best practices to maximize fundraising results. • Monitors progress against community-based event objectives; adjusts plans and manages contingency efforts and resources as required. • Works in partnership with enterprise support functions and ensures appropriate support is provided for successful execution of community events, including collaborative planning and continuous performance feedback to the enterprise support teams and leadership of those teams. • Establishes and manages execution against annual budget. Responsible for ongoing revenue forecasting. • Actively demonstrates and cascades the enterprise-wide mindsets integrity, collaboration and stewardship. • Provides clear vision of organizational direction and success; models the way to achieve that vision. Position Requirements Bachelor’s degree in related field and/or equivalent combination of education and experience. Two years of experience with staff management and team leadership preferred. 3-5 years fundraising experience preferred.
