Community Engagement Part-Time Temp (Remote in Cleveland)

Our Community Engagement team is seeking a part-time, temporary employee, for approximately 20 hours per week, to assist with the following 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 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 upCommunicate with Senior Manager, Community Engagement – Great Lakes / PA, Director, Nationwide Peer to Peer Program, Senior Regional Directors and local market leads on assigned tasks and provide follow up notes to identified markets.

POSITION 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, 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 10-15% during peak event seasons with occasional night or weekend staysCORE COMPETENCIES:

Building Collaborative Relationships

Professional Behavior

Results Driven

Customer Orientation

FlexibilityYou are responsible for protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all Autism Speaks data and information to which you have access.

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.