Special Events Manager - Casino jobs in Indiana

Special Olympics Indiana is a nonprofit organization that is part of the global Special Olympics movement, using a variety of year-round sports, health, education, and leadership programs every day around the world to end discrimination against and empower people with intellectual disabilities. We are helping to make the world a better, healthier, and more joyful place — one athlete, one volunteer, one family member at a time. Join us!

VISION

Our vision is an inclusive world for all, driven by the power of sport, through which people with intellectual disabilities live active, healthy, and fulfilling lives.

MISSION

To provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, offering them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.

ABOUT THE JOB

We’re looking for an energetic full-time Director of Special Events to join our Development Team to oversee and implement our signature fundraising events, the Polar Plunge, the Plane Pull Challenge and our Hickory Hall Polo night. In addition to special events, the director supervises our Manager of Community Partnerships, assists with sponsorship recruitment and fulfillment and implements the Olympic Town layout and activities.

Primary Duties:

• Gather, analyze, and assess relevant metrics to evaluate special event effectiveness and drive ongoing improvements
• Responsible for assisting the database manager in keeping the donors and special event participant records current
• Support all aspects of special events from conception to completion including the Polar Plunge and the Plane Pull Challenge.
• Secure new sources of funding for SOIN including cash and in-kind donations relative to the special events
• Recruit and manage a team of special event volunteers
• Participate on the SOIN team that targets and cultivates new sponsors.

Details:

• Full-time, exempt with benefits.
• Flexible schedule, 36 hours per week.
• Some weekend and evening work.
• Occasional in-state and out-of-state travel.
• Some physical set-up of venues.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree.
• A proven track record of success in fundraising, special event planning, and volunteer management.
• Customer service and marketing background preferred.
• Basic computer proficiency (MS Office).
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including bending, lifting, and stacking of boxes and equipment.
• Upbeat and positive attitude.
• Must be detail-oriented and organized.
• Must pass a background check.

To apply, send resume and cover letter (including salary requirements) to jkelso@soindiana.org by June 17. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Special Olympics Indiana is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, neurodiversity, age, parental status, socio-economic background, military service, or any other characteristic or status protected by applicable law.