Remote Florida Fundraising & Community Engagement Manager

autismspeaks; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 53,700 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex work hours

Job summary

Autism Speaks is seeking a Manager of Community Engagement to lead the Miami Gala and Palm Beach Special Events from Florida, with a home‑based setup but residency in Palm Beach or Broward County. Travel within the tri‑county area is expected.

The role focuses on fundraising by recruiting and managing volunteers, building partnerships, and executing campaigns to hit revenue goals, including a $375,000 portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, 3+ years professional working experience.
• 3+ years demonstrated leadership with focus on fundraising for Special Events (Galas, Cocktail Parties, Golf, etc.), recruitment and management of volunteers, relationship-building, networking, budget management, and volunteer mobilization.
• Ability to work independently and recreate and implement fundraising and volunteer-development plans
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
• Organized and detail oriented
• Superb customer service skills
• Ability to prospect, recruit, manage and develop volunteers
• Strong analytical skills
• Sound judgment
• Proficiency with MS Office 365
• Database knowledge (Stratus Live and/or Luminate preferred)

Responsibilities

• Achieve the revenue goals for assigned fundraising events in the Palm Beach and Miami markets. Current portfolio goal is $375,000.
• Work with supervisor to establish and implement planning timelines, income goals, and expense budget and participant recruitment strategies.
• Execute events in partnership with volunteer leadership, specifically managing committee recruitment and retention.
• Achieve the assigned fundraising goals by implementing the strategies identified in the business plan, including sponsorship, corporate recruitment and retention and mission integration.
• Support the local implementation of global campaigns of Autism Speaks sometimes in collaboration with Outreach Director for region.
• Manage the day‑to‑day operations of assigned area/market events, including event logistics, data entry, acknowledgements, and materials management.
• Manage and provide administrative support to volunteer committees.
• Make presentations to businesses, organizations and community groups to secure sponsorship, recruit teams and committee volunteers and manage accounts on a year‑round basis.
• Integrate digital marketing initiatives, such as email campaigns, fundraising websites, as well as other forms of digital outreach.

Skills

Independent work

Oral and written communication

Organized

Customer service

Volunteer recruitment

Volunteer development

Analytics

MS Office 365

Database knowledge (Stratus Live/Lumin

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Autism Speaks is seeking a Manager of Community Engagement to lead the Miami Gala and Palm Beach Special Events from Florida, with a home‑based setup but residency in Palm Beach or Broward County. Travel within the tri‑county area is expected.

The role focuses on fundraising by recruiting and managing volunteers, building partnerships, and executing campaigns to hit revenue goals, including a $375,000 portfolio.