• Serve as a positive and professional representative of The Salvation Army.
• Work with the Public Relations and Marketing Manager to lead the divisional strategy for events, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of existing and new corporate sponsors/partners.
• Collaborate closely to set annual income goals for divisional events and partnership campaigns.
• Work with the Director of Advancement, Corps Officers, and program staff to articulate funding needs, program goals, objectives, program functions, and activities to produce persuasive proposals and accurate reports.
• Serve as the lead for fundraising event planning, production meetings, and discussions for top-tier events throughout Southern New England.
• Work collaboratively to implement the Annual Holiday Store.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward corporate sponsors throughout the division for large events, including but not limited to, The Connecticut Day of Giving, The Rhode Island Telethon, and the Greater Hartford Holiday Store.
• Create and manage a timeline, program, and task list for these large events.
• Create fundraising materials, including concept notes, proposals, project budgets, financial reports, program updates, and narrative reports for corporate sponsors.
• Create necessary collateral materials and communication to develop outreach for corporate sponsorship opportunities.
• Conduct presentations to various internal and external constituents to educate groups about The Salvation Army events and partnerships.
• Cultivate a strong community presence by attending networking events, association meetings, business functions, and other events as appropriate.
• Raise new funds while maintaining existing corporate sponsors and special events funding.
• Keep donor information up-to-date and strictly confidential.
• Record all event and corporate contacts, actions, proposals, outcomes, and reports in the donor database.
• After each event, develop and implement acknowledgments to sponsors, volunteers, and organizing partners, including outcomes, statistics, and video when needed.
• Write thank you letters and final reports on how funding was utilized.
• Help coordinate events with Corps Officers, Service Units, and Advancement Department staff, focusing on fundraising, large gifts-in-kind, and promotional events.
• Work with the Volunteer Coordinator to co-manage volunteers' recruitment, scheduling, and training for fundraising events and other programs.
• Assist the Greater Hartford Area Coordinators and Corps Officers with identifying and recruiting corporate leaders to serve on The Salvation Army Corps’ Advisory Councils and Advisory Boards, as requested.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, marketing, or public relations highly preferred, or equivalent work experience in a related field.
• Minimum three years of experience organizing special events (100-8000 people served) and securing sponsorships required.
• Proven record of raising $250,000+ through large special events and campaign initiatives.
• Ability to remain tactful and flexible under pressure.
• Ability to travel and work occasional weekends, holidays, and evenings, as assigned.
• Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service to sponsors while maintaining high confidentiality.
• Energetic, highly organized, detail-oriented, adaptable, and able to successfully manage multiple projects gracefully and professionally.
• Enthusiastic professional and capable of building positive relationships with donors and key stakeholders.
• Experience making presentations to large and small groups with the ability to articulate The Salvation Army’s mission.
• Experience with constituent communication and stewardship through written and verbal communication, events implementation, and overall program strategy and implementation.
• Must anticipate project needs, discern work priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Must complete all required trainings upon hire.
• Must embrace, support, and reflect well on The Salvation Army’s mission and values.
• Must have experience producing communications, solicitation, and marketing collateral and implementing successful fundraising events.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and basic graphic design skills.
• Travel required at times; must have a valid driver’s license with the ability to obtain and maintain driving privileges per The Salvation Army insurance standards
• Upbeat, “can-do” demeanor, able to check ego at the door.
• Will respect and promote the interest of The Salvation Army. The individual is not required to embrace the tenets of faith, but they are required to promote and respect the mission of The Salvation Army.

• Comprehensive health care coverage with low cost employee premiums, co-pays, and deductibles
• Telehealth/on-line doctor visits
• Basic and voluntary term life insurance
• Short term disability coverage and optional long term disability coverage
• Supplemental insurance coverage options
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care
• Employer-funded pension plan
• Tax-deferred annuity plan
• Educational assistance
• Generous paid time off, including holidays, vacation, sick, personal, bereavement, and marriage
• Eligibility for the Federal Government’s Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Most importantly – a job with a good purpose

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.