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Strut Your Mutt Event Director - Houston
ORGANIZATION: Best Friends Animal Society
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Best Friends Animal Society is looking for volunteers who are passionate about animals, fundraising and event planning to join the leadership planning committee in your community for the trademark Strut Your Mutt event series. This will require a 7-8 month commitment of your time. Volunteers will work on a committee with other passionate and talented individuals guided by Best Friends Animal Society event staff.
The Event Director’s primary role is to provide leadership to, and oversee the Strut Your Mutt (SYM) volunteer planning committee to implement a successful fundraising event. Additional direct planning elements that fall within this role include budget management, rental procurement, venue management and other responsibilities related to the overall event planning. The Event Director is also the primary project manager, ensuring that all planning arms of the committee are tracking to deadlines and to the overall vision of the event series. The Event Director (and Co-Event Director if one is recruited) will act as a liaison between Best Friends Animal Society staff and the Strut Your Mutt committee members to streamline communication flow. They will also ensure all staff and committee members have appropriate information and tools necessary to complete their duties successfully through regular and detailed communication and the facilitation of monthly and (closer to the event date) bi-weekly meetings, as well as frequent email communications between meetings .
The 2016 Houston Strut Your Mutt event is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 15th, with the location TBD.
To view the full position description, please click here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NCJFycdnwSvm5NLUQ9pk346JYEUOky-1nfg2nqw6EOM/edit?usp=sharing
To apply please email your professional resume including volunteer experience and your letter of interest to bfvolcoord@bestfriends.org .
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About Best Friends Animal Society
Location:
5001 Angel Canyon Rd., Kanab, UT 84741, US
Mission Statement
Every day, nearly 2,000 dogs and cats are killed in America's shelters. But every day, there's something all of us can do to help save those animals. Together, we can Save Them All.
Description
About Best Friends Animal Society:
Best Friends Animal Society is the only national animal welfare organization focused exclusively on ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters. An authority and leader in the no-kill movement since its founding in 1984, Best Friends runs the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals, as well as life-saving programs in partnership with rescue groups and shelters across the country. Since its founding, Best Friends has helped reduce the number of animals killed in shelters from 17 million per year to less than 1 million. Best Friends has the knowledge, technical expertise and on-the-ground network to end the killing and Save Them All(tm).
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CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Location TBDHouston, TX 77007
DATE POSTED
February 5, 2016
SKILLS
- Google Apps
- Budgeting
- Event Design & Planning
- Event Planning / Management
- Event Management
- Operations
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 100+ hours over 7-8 months