Community Engagement Temp (Remote) - Autism Speaks
Houston, TX 77001
About the Job
Our Community Engagement team is seeking a temporary employee to assist with the following responsibilities:
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:
Autism Speaks is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fostering a diverse, multicultural, and inclusive workplace. We recruit, evaluate, employ, and promote candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender identity or expression, protected veteran or military status, disability or other legally protected status. Qualified individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply for job openings. Reasonable accommodations will be provided. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.
About Autism Speaks:
At Autism Speaks, our mission is to promote solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the life span, for the needs of people with autism and their families. We do this through advocacy and support; increasing understanding and acceptance of people with autism spectrum disorder; and advancing research into causes and better interventions for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions. Together with our broad and diverse community, we strive every day to achieve our vision of a world where all people with autism can reach their full potential. This mission and vision drive every member of our staff; our employees are inspired, energized and motivated by the impact we can collectively have on behalf of the autism community.
Autism Speaks celebrates every success achieved to create a kinder, more inclusive world for people with autism, and we work collaboratively across departments to find solutions that will do the most good for the most people.
Just as we strive to enhance lives today and accelerate a spectrum of solutions for tomorrow for people on the spectrum, we also aim to enhance the lives of our dedicated employees, through thick and thin.
Autism Speaks is an employer that participates in E-Verify
Salary is $25/hour.
- 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 Director, Nationwide Field Operations.
- 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, Senior Regional Directors and local market leads on assigned tasks and provide follow up notes to identified markets.
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, 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
- Database knowledge (Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge and/or Luminate preferred)
- 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
- Building Collaborative Relationships
- Professional Behavior
- Results Driven
- Customer Orientation
- Flexibility
Autism Speaks is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fostering a diverse, multicultural, and inclusive workplace. We recruit, evaluate, employ, and promote candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender identity or expression, protected veteran or military status, disability or other legally protected status. Qualified individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply for job openings. Reasonable accommodations will be provided. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.
About Autism Speaks:
At Autism Speaks, our mission is to promote solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the life span, for the needs of people with autism and their families. We do this through advocacy and support; increasing understanding and acceptance of people with autism spectrum disorder; and advancing research into causes and better interventions for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions. Together with our broad and diverse community, we strive every day to achieve our vision of a world where all people with autism can reach their full potential. This mission and vision drive every member of our staff; our employees are inspired, energized and motivated by the impact we can collectively have on behalf of the autism community.
Autism Speaks celebrates every success achieved to create a kinder, more inclusive world for people with autism, and we work collaboratively across departments to find solutions that will do the most good for the most people.
Just as we strive to enhance lives today and accelerate a spectrum of solutions for tomorrow for people on the spectrum, we also aim to enhance the lives of our dedicated employees, through thick and thin.
Autism Speaks is an employer that participates in E-Verify
Salary is $25/hour.
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