Community Engagement Temp

Summary

The job is for a temporary Community Engagement Assistant at Autism Speaks. The role involves assisting with constituent outreach, event management, and communication with team members. The position requires an Associate's degree or equivalent experience, 2+ years of work experience in administrative, fundraising, and/or special events, and strong communication, organizational, customer service, and database skills.

Requirements

• Education: Associate’s degree or equivalent experience
• Experience: 2+ years’ work experience preferred (administrative, fundraising, and/or special events) and working with volunteers, including grassroots organizing and volunteer mobilization. Peer-to-peer fundraising experience strongly preferred
• Specialized Skills and Knowledge: Strong oral and written communication skills, organized and detail oriented, superb customer service skills, ability to recruit and manage volunteers, intermediate proficiency with MS Office 365 including Excel and Outlook, database knowledge (Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge and/or Luminate preferred), reliable mode of transportation

Responsibilities

• Assist identified markets with constituent outreach to increase retention and activation of Walk team captains, fundraisers and volunteers
• Outreach to include, but not limited to phone calls, text messaging and emails for various events and tasks
• Communicate with Director, Nationwide Peer to Peer Program, Senior Regional Directors and local market leads on assigned tasks and provide follow up notes to identified markets

Benefits

Salary is $25/hour