Fundraising Director, Walk to End Alzheimer's

Position Summary:

Walk to End Alzheimer’s^® ranks as the second-largest peer-to-peer fundraising event in the United States and continues to set the pace as one of the fastest-growing walk events in the country. 

The Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Columbus was the 11th largest Walk in the country out of over 600 held in 2024. This event raised just over $1 million in 2024 and we have seen tremendous momentum of support in Central Ohio. As Walk Director, you will be responsible for driving the success of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Columbus by leading a team of dynamic corporate and community volunteer leaders. You will use your proven sales and relationship management skills to meet key benchmarks that track toward the achievement of your overall revenue and participation goals.

As a recognized and enthusiastic community mobilizer and networker, you will exponentially increase brand awareness as you cultivate relationships with key C-suite corporate and community partners.

Your success at recruiting, coaching, and empowering volunteers will ensure strong volunteer committee retention and succession planning that sets your event up for success for years to come. As an ambitious fundraiser in the peer-to-peer space, you will coach and inspire your volunteers, teams, and participants to set fundraising goals that propel your event to one of the most successful in the country.

You will join a successful and collaborative team of development professionals, each managing multiple Walk to End Alzheimer’s events, The Longest Day events, and other Relationship events on the Central Ohio team. You will also be supported by a part-time staff person (24 hours per week) and have access to a vast library of Association tools, resources, and training opportunities to help ensure your success in the role.

You may be eligible for a sign-on bonus! 

Responsibilities

Essential functions and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• You have proven success at building sustainable corporate and community relationships that contribute to achieving organizational and revenue goals.
• You are able to drive success and provide positive engagement with volunteers through coaching, recognition, and accountability.
• Your experience in providing inspirational leadership, oversight, and implementation of fundraising programs has resulted in meeting or exceeding revenue goals around mass market events/special events and corporate sponsorship.
• You have successfully recruited, managed, and coached volunteers to effectively implement best and proven practices to achieve fundraising goals. 
• You are known as a uniter and have successfully built a positive, healthy, and inclusive team environment that has resulted in long-term community and volunteer relationships.
• You have managed volunteer-led mass-market events, preferably a large event, that has resulted in revenue growth year over year.
• You have achieved or surpassed designated financial and participant goals through team and individual fundraising, corporate solicitation, and community partnerships.
• You have demonstrated success at prospecting, cultivating, and stewarding teams, sponsors, and participants.
• You are comfortable with managing event budgets, training volunteers, utilizing timelines, and translating data. 

Key Educational/ Professional Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5-7 years of proven experience recruiting and mobilizing volunteers and community leaders to achieve goals, preferably in a peer-to-peer fundraising environment OR 5-7 years of successful experience meeting sales targets.
• 1-3 years experience managing staff and/or volunteers.
• Events management experience, preferably large-scale community engagement events.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated management skills, including the ability to set clear goals, organize projects, establish and manage budgets, and establish accountability processes.
• Proven track record of developing and implementing strategies for identifying, recruiting and engaging high-level and C-Suite volunteer leadership.
• Demonstrated volunteer management skills, including the ability to set clear goals, identify priorities, organize projects, establish and manage budgets, establish accountability processes.
• Strong ability to build sustainable corporate and community relationships that contribute to achieving organizational and revenue goals.
• Must be willing to collaborate and able to work well on a team.
• Ability to work with diverse communities and build an inclusive environment.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% within the Columbus Metro Area territory by car. Travel in this case, is considered time spent away from the office, in the community, to fulfill the job goals. 
• While most such travel is same day, occasional overnight travel or air travel may be required. Must have a valid driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle, a good driving record, and proof of automobile insurance.
• Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends as required for the job.
• Ability to bend, stoop, lift, and transport up to 25 lbs of materials
• Strong computer skills, proficient with Google Suite, Microsoft Office products, and social media; experience with, or ability to rapidly learn Luminate/Convio software.

Title:  Director, Walk to End Alzheimer’s - Columbus, Ohio

Position Location: Columbus, Ohio

Full-time, based on 37.5 hours per week minimum

Position Grade: 207

Reports To: Director, Development

Who We Are:

The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research. Our mission is to lead the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia- by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.

At the Alzheimer’s Association, our employees are at the core of all we do. Our network of more than 1,900 employees across the United States makes a difference each and every day for those impacted by Alzheimer’s and those at risk for the disease.

We warmly invite qualified applicants to consider this opportunity to make a life-changing impact on the millions living with Alzheimer’s, their caregivers, and those who may develop the disease in the future. Read on to learn more about the role, then visit our website www.alz.org/jobs to explore who we are and why we've been recognized as a Best Place to Work for the last twelve years in a row.

At the Alzheimer's Association®, we believe that diverse perspectives are critical to achieving health equity - meaning that all communities have a fair and just opportunity for early diagnosis and access to risk reduction and quality care. The Association is committed to engaging underrepresented and underserved communities and responding with resources and education to address the disproportionate impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The Alzheimer’s Association is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Employees working 24 hours/week or more are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, flex accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance, long-term care insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous Paid Time Off, 12 annual holidays and Paid Family Leave, as well as an annual Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing. They are also eligible for our gold standard 401(k) retirement plan.

Full-time employees (37.5 hours/week), will enjoy all of the above plus an annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day of their choosing.