• Plan, organize, and implement Pasadena Humane’s annual signature fundraising events, including managing all event details including pre-event, day of organization, and post-event.
• Manage and increase revenue for all annual signature fundraising events, and community fundraising events,
• Assist with all other department events, including cultivation and stewardship events, as needed.
• Work with Major Gifts Officer to identify and solicit potential event sponsors, create sponsorship proposals, conduct sponsor presentations, grow sponsor base, and ensure appropriate recognition and fulfillment of sponsor benefits.
• Prepare and oversee event budgets annually for organization approval.
• Oversee, track, and report on all event expenses and revenue while maintaining records and inventories of supplies.
• Coordinate with Communications Department to develop both digital and print promotional event materials.
• Schedule and manage event committee meetings; prepare agendas, minutes, meeting reminders, and reports as needed.
• Work with Volunteer Services Department to coordinate event volunteer opportunities, job descriptions, scheduling, and training.
• Research, write, submit, and reports on all grants to ensure we meet or exceed annual revenue projections and annual plan goals
• Maintains up-to-date grants files, oversees grant processing and acknowledging, ensures funding tracker/spreadsheet is always current
• Track grant requirements, agreements, promotion and deliverables and works with the program manager, finance department, communication department and others to ensure all requirements are met
• Cultivate and steward foundations and corporate grant funders

• Minimum 2 years of experience managing special events at a nonprofit organization. Experience in animal welfare or animal shelter preferred.
• Bachelors degree from an accredited four-year college or university in communications or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Self-starter with extraordinary organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Flexibility with hours and schedule to accommodate events and workload.
• Determination to grow fundraising base and community support for Pasadena Humane.
• Skilled at both leadership and relationship building.
• High energy with the stamina necessary to manage events with accuracy under pressure.
• The ability to represent the organization and interface with all levels of staff, volunteers, and donors, while maintaining tact, diplomacy and confidentiality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including public speaking.
• Excellent computer skills, including competency with Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Excellent mail merge skills required.
• Experience with a fundraising CRM is required, preferably DonorPerfect Online.
• Experience with a CMS is required.
• Basic graphic design skills are preferred.
• Ability to collaborate with staff and volunteers across the organization and communicate with kindness.
• Strong sense of professional judgment and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Must be able to model Pasadena Humane’s Core Values of Learning, Integrity Collaboration and Kindness. .
  • Must interact positively with supervisor, management, coworkers, volunteers and the public to promote a team effort and maintain a positive and professional approach. Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Must provide positive, proactive customer service
  • Must have a positive attitude and a sense of humor

Must come to work regularly and on time. Must be available for early hours. Must be able to work early hours according to the needs of the department schedule, including weekends and holidays. Evening and weekend event participation is required.

Pasadena Humane has adopted this policy on mandatory vaccination to safeguard the health of our employees and volunteers from the hazard of COVID-19. A COVID-19 Vaccination is a condition of employment including new hires. Pasadena Humane will make reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs.