Autism Speaks - Houston Job Posting

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Title: Walk Manager - Houston

Reports to: Senior Regional Director - Midwest

Location: Houston, TX

PURPOSE: The purpose of this position is to raise money for Autism

Speaks by organizing volunteers, creating awareness, and implementing

Walk events.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Achieve the revenue goals for scheduled events.

Work with supervisor to establish and implement planning timelines,

income goals, expense budget and participant recruitment strategies.

Execute in partnership with volunteer leadership the Walk for Autism

Research, specifically managing the Walk committee recruitment and

retention.

Work to achieve the Walk goals through practicing the Walk strategies

identified in the business plan for the annual walk, including

strategies regarding sponsorship, team recruitment and retention,

media outreach, kickoff and a year-long communications plan.

Locally implement global campaigns of Autism Speaks such as advocacy,

national walk extensions, parents as partners, community outreach and

chapter organization

Manage the Walk for Autism Research day of event logistics and the

year-long process of Walk administration, including but not limited

to day of logistics, data entry, acknowledgements, and materials

management.

Manage and provide administrative support to volunteer committees.

Make presentations to businesses, organizations and community groups

to recruit teams of walkers.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Experience:

Minimum 2-4 years experience in development, fundraising or special

events

Some experience conducting special events, preferably Walk events

Background recruiting and working with volunteers

Related Skills and Knowledge:

Excellent oral and written communication skills, including

presentation skills

Organized and detail oriented, with solid administrative skills

Intermediate proficiency in MS Office, Excel, database (Raiser's Edge

preferred)

If you are interested in applying for this position, or know of any

qualified individuals, please submit resumes to

pdesaules@....

Regards,

Jackie

M. Carmosino

Executive & HR Administrator

Autism Speaks

99 Wall Street, Research Park

Princeton, NJ 08540

Phone: X28

Fax:

jcarmosino@...