Community Event Coordinator

The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) is a steadfast advocate on behalf of the brain tumor community in the U.S. where we help patients, caregivers and their loved ones. The Community Event Coordinator will support a revenue portfolio driven by relationship building, pipeline development, events, and fundraising activities as well as mission and outreach integration.

Responsibilities

• In partnership with local volunteers, plan, assess and evaluate events that meet the programmatic and quality goals of ABTA, ensuring flawless experiences for event participants, sponsors, vendor partners, community members and volunteers
• Coordinate with Volunteer Manager to recruit, train and support community volunteers
• Partner with the Director of Corporate Relations and local volunteers to identify, target, and steward corporate partnerships for sponsorship and/or corporate events
• Provide guidance and ABTA resources to volunteer planning committees in assigned BT5K markets
• Maintain strong internal and external communications with all event participants, volunteers, corporate partners and other constituents
• Assist with preparing assigned BT5K events and content delivery strategies and plans that are aligned with ABTA’s strategic and financial objectives
• Update and maintain event websites and ensure e-mails are properly formatted and distributed to the appropriate audiences
• Respond in a prompt and expeditious manner to all voicemail, e-mail, and phone messages from ABTA staff members, volunteers, participants, Board members, vendors, and constituents within 24-hours of receipt
• All other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree and 1-2 years of related experience in events, nonprofit fundraising and/or sales (including volunteer or personal experience)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail
• Self-motivated, organized and willing to help with any project large or small
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects with varying timelines and deadlines
• Ability to work collaboratively with all constituent groups, including staff, board members, volunteers, donors, participants and other supporters
• High degree of creativity, responsibility, initiative, and professionalism
• Experience coordinating events and staff/volunteer activities
• Flexible to work evenings and weekends as needed
• Skilled in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Power Point
• Ability to travel up to 30% and work some evenings and weekends in support of ABTA events
• Ability to commute to Chicago office 1-2 days per week
• Experience using Classy/GoFundMe Pro or similar constituent engagement tools and Salesforce a plus

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