Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Salary
Rate:
Range $64,500.00 - $68,200.00
Work Schedule
Flexible
Day Shifts
Weekend Shifts
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Plan
Paid holidays
Paid Time Off
Life insurance
Job Description
United Way of Greater Charlotte is a prominent nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering economic opportunity and combating poverty through collective giving. They emphasize grassroots and neighborhood-based initiatives to create impactful programs that address the root causes of poverty. By collaborating with local governments, businesses, faith communities, donors, and volunteers, United Way mobilizes resources efficiently to support the most vulnerable populations, ensuring they have access to economic opportunities. Their approach breaks down barriers and advances lasting solutions that benefit the community holistically. The organization prides itself on its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, advocating for equitable opportunities across racial, ethnic,... Show More
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in event management, nonprofit fundraising, sponsorship sales, or engagement
- Proven success securing event sponsorships and managing sponsor relationships
- Strong project management, organizational, and budgeting skills
- Deep understanding of donor behavior and corporate philanthropy
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work evenings and weekends as required
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in event management, nonprofit fundraising, sponsorship sales, or engagement with increasing responsibility
- Demonstrated success securing event sponsorships and managing sponsor relationships
- Proven ability to manage large-scale, high-profile fundraising events with ambitious revenue goals
- Strong project management, organizational, and budgeting skills
- Deep understanding of donor behavior, corporate philanthropy, and sponsorship trends
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to work evenings and weekends as required
- Experience positioning events as marquee or destination experiences in competitive markets
- Experience working with board members, executive leadership, and high-net-worth donors
- Familiarity with CRM systems, event technology platforms, and data-driven fundraising strategies
Job Duties
- Own end-to-end event management including concept, timelines, budgets, vendors, and execution
- Partner with communications to refine strategic positioning, audience mix, and donor journey
- Create mission-forward, donor-centric experiences balancing inspiration and revenue
- Manage revenue goals including ticket sales, sponsorships, underwriting, giving opportunities
- Lead post-event evaluation and year-over-year improvement analysis
- Develop and execute comprehensive sponsorship strategy aligned with fundraising goals
- Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward corporate sponsors with leadership partners
- Design compelling sponsorship packages delivering sponsor value and advancing mission
- Manage full sponsor lifecycle from prospecting through fulfillment and stewardship
- Track sponsorship revenue, pipeline, ROI, and contribute to forecasting
- Plan year-round cultivation, volunteer engagement, and community events
- Partner with Philanthropy team colleagues to advance donor acquisition, retention, and upgrades
- Design mission-aligned volunteer experiences reflecting organizational values
- Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and workbacks for all events
- Coordinate cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders
- Establish scalable systems, templates, and processes
- Proactively identify risks and resolve challenges
- Build and manage comprehensive event budgets with revenue projections and expense controls
- Negotiate contracts to maximize value and mitigate risk
- Ensure timely reconciliation, reporting, and financial performance analysis
- Collaborate with marketing staff on consistent messaging and compelling storytelling
- Leverage events and sponsorships to expand visibility, media exposure, and partnerships
- Recruiting sponsorships with leads and support from the philanthropy team
- Coordinating engagement with existing sponsors
- Developing timelines, event budgets and communication plans
- Coordinating registration tools and processes with a focus on collecting key demographic data for targeted follow-up
- Creating registration and revenue reports for each event, ensuring all participant and revenue data is recorded accurately in the database
- Coordinating all event resources for successful day of execution
- Managing events according to revenue and data acquisition objectives
- Working collaboratively with all United Way departments to achieve organizational engagement goals
- Managing multiple scale and scope events including large community-based volunteer day events, donor engagement events and corporate volunteer projects
Job Qualifications
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
Job Location
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