Community Engagement

Summary

Join Autism Speaks as a temporary employee to assist with events! This remote position, ideally based in Boston, MA or Hartford, CT, focuses on constituent outreach to increase retention and activation of Walk team captains, fundraisers, and volunteers. You will be responsible for various outreach activities, including phone calls, text messaging, and emails, to support event kickoff, re-recruitment, fundraising activation, and post-event follow-up. This role requires strong communication, organizational, and customer service skills, along with experience in volunteer management and peer-to-peer fundraising.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree or equivalent experience
• 2+ years’ work experience preferred (administrative, fundraising, and/or special events) and working with volunteers, including grassroots organizing and volunteer mobilization
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
• Organized and detail oriented, with solid administrative skills
• Superb customer service skills
• Ability to recruit and manage volunteers
• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office 365 including Excel and Outlook
• Must have reliable mode of transportation (automobile, valid driver’s license, and insurance is required)
• Travel up to 50% during peak event seasons with occasional night or weekend stays

Responsibilities

• Assist identified markets with constituent outreach to increase retention and activation of Walk team captains, fundraisers and volunteers with priorities determined by local market lead in conjunction with Manager, Nationwide Operations
• Outreach to include, but not limited to phone calls, text messaging and emails for: Kickoff event outreach
• Re-recruitment of Team Captains
• Re-recruitment of previous year Walkers
• Call Blitz and National Incentive Challenges
• Fundraising activation or goal achievement
• Post event follow up including incentive and recognition follow up
• Communicate with Director, Nationwide Peer to Peer Program and local market leads on assigned tasks and provide follow up notes to identified markets

Preferred Qualifications

• Peer-to-peer fundraising experience strongly preferred
• Database knowledge (Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge and/or Luminate preferred)