Director of Sponsorship and Events

Overview

Job Description Summary:

Leads a team in the coordination of the organizations fundraising events and sponsorship efforts. Secures sponsorships and manages special events to increase revenue and enhance brand recognition.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Directs a team of professionals to implement signature fundraising events for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio. Manages team to successfully fulfill community fundraising initiatives.
• Collaborates for and executes signature fundraising events, ensuring coordination of pre-event and event day logistics and services. Analyzes, adjusts, improves, implements, and creates unique strategies to meet or exceed goals and profits. Oversees, creates, and executes successful auctions, raffles, and monitors event donation revenue. Collaborates to create content for donor emails, special event websites, invitations, and sponsorship packets.
• Develops annual operating plan and event budgets. Manages expenses to maintain operating budget and increase ROI. Collaborates to ensure financial accountability, ensures vendors are paid, and collects sponsorships, registration fees, and other donations.
• Manages a portfolio of 75 individual and corporate prospects capable of making a sponsorship or registration gift.
• Manages and leads sponsorship committee to meet financial objectives for events. Successfully manages, recruits, and retains committee members to meet event planning and execution objectives.
• Provides excellent customer services, cultivates, and stewards sponsors, event attendees, and committee, and represents the organization at public speaking engagements and/or community events when requested.
• Secures sponsorship and registration solicitations to reach financial goals. Manages external contracts and secures appropriate organization approval. Secures in-kind partnerships or services to reduce expenses for all events.
• Utilizes Raiser’s Edge data entry for tracking activity, notes, donor acknowledgments, and maintaining donor relations. Follows fundraising procedures and policies to accept and recognize all forms of gifts and upholds the rights of all donors. Adheres to the Association of Fundraising Professionals Code of Ethics.
  
  

Education Requirement

Bachelor’s Degree, required.

Licensure Requirement

(not specified)

Certifications

(not specified)

Skills

• Excellent customer service skills - written and verbal communication.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to multi-task and juggle multiple projects simultaneously.
  
  

Experience

• 5 years event planning, fundraising and/or sales experience, preferred.
• Experience in Microsoft Office, required.
• Previous management experience, preferred.
• Experience in Raisers Edge software, preferred.
  
  

Physical Requirements

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Flexing/extending of neck, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Squat/kneel

FREQUENTLY: Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Standing, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Seeing – Far/near

Additional Physical Requirements Performed But Not Listed Above

(not specified)

Bachelor's Degree, Budget Management - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), Creativity - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), Event Management - Expert (Meets Expectations), NCH Core Values - Basic Understanding (Meets Expectations), Project Management - Extensive Experience (Meets Expectations), Relationship Building - Extensive Experience (Meets Expectations)

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"