Temporary Manager, Bike MS

About the position

The Temporary Development Manager, Bike MS will oversee an assigned portfolio in the defined market areas and ensure the successful implementation to reach fundraising and engagement goals. The Development Manager will cultivate positive relationships with the top participants/teams, volunteer committees, and corporate and community supporters. This position is responsible for relationship building and revenue growth through active management of a teams and top fundraiser portfolios. The Temporary Development Manager, Bike MS acts as an ambassador for the National MS Society, always striving to engage participants and donors with the mission. This position collaborates across departments to foster participant engagement, exceed participant and donor expectations with the Society and drive fundraising and participation. Strong relationship building skills, a positive, can-do attitude, and a commitment to working as a team are essential for success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Implement campaign strategies to engage, recruit, cultivate, and retain participants for assigned events to achieve fundraising success
• Collaborate with market leadership to execute operational plans focusing on acquisition, retention, and cultivation of top fundraisers, teams, participants, sponsors, etc.
• Manage and cultivate relationships with teams, top fundraisers, participants, sponsors, and volunteers to facilitate increased involvement and giving
• Provide staff support to volunteer committees, recruit, and train volunteers
• Increase participant and local corporate partner engagement resulting in growth in registrations and fundraising revenue
• Ensure all participants have a positive event experience
• Regularly monitor the performance of fundraising portfolio to ensure timely responsiveness to new registrants, recognize fundraising and recruitment milestones, and maximize retention
• Leverage mission-related resources to engage participants during the year
• Steward top fundraisers and team captains year-round with mission focus and gratitude
• Manage event budgets
• Coach, develop, and supervise market staff responsible for executing the operational plan; conduct performance reviews and provide mentorship and feedback to staff to further their skill development
• Other duties as assigned
• Facilitate Volunteer Engagement for fundraising and event experience in the assigned event revenue portfolio
• Engage volunteers through meaningful and impactful work that is well defined and structured
• Identify, develop, and grow volunteer capacity to achieve measurable and sustainable results while removing obstacles
• Build and develop volunteer leadership committees to grow revenue and participation in Bike MS
• Cultivate volunteers, seek, and provide feedback and share opportunities for reciprocal growth and learning
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree; relevant years of related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
• 4+ years of related work experience in event planning, volunteer management, sales, marketing, or fundraising is required
• Proven experience developing collaborative partnerships with others to accomplish goals and objectives
• Proven experience building productive relationships with participants, volunteers, donors, and colleagues
• Goal driven, consistently meeting established goals; proven initiative to enact plans
• Demonstrated competence in oral and written communication
• Proven ability to motivate others to reach common goals
• Strong planning and organizational skills, meeting deadlines and creating plans and tactics
• Expanded KEVA understanding, utilizing competencies to deepen engagement and grow relationships
• Documented professional development plan, supporting growth and continuous learning.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft Teams
• Advanced understanding of metrics and data analysis
• Familiar with social media
• Knowledgeable in Luminate, Workday and Donor Drive systems
• Commitment to the mission, vision, cultural values, and expectations of the National MS Society
• Availability to work occasional nights and weekends to support events, committee meetings, etc.

Benefits

• Estimated hiring compensation range for this role is $34 - $36 per hour. Final offers are based on candidate's geographic location and will take into consideration candidate's career experience. Final offers may vary from this range due to these and other factors.