Position Summary

The events team is reponsible for organizing and putting on fundraising and other events in the Seattle or Bellingham Area. Some events we're planning on holding during 2011 include:

We are looking for individuals who lives in either the Seattle or Bellingham, WA-area

Duties and Responsibilities

• Help plan and execute CEN fundraising and entertainment events
  • Help come up with innovative and fun ideas for events
  • Work with the team to plan the events
  • Work logistics to successfully execute the event
• Work closely with fundraising lead the rest of events team, as well as the marketing team
• Help support and lend expertiese to other smaller volunteer-led fundraising activiites, such as drink nights, and more

KSAs (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities) Needed

• Be friendly, outgoing, responsible and enjoy interacting with people
• Work well in team
• Innovative
• Reliable

You must be able to commit to a minimum average of 10 hours a month. This is a "virtual" team opportunity which may be performed from home or another location, although we would prefer someone located in either the Seattle- or Bellingham, WA- area.

Community Empowerment Network's (CEN) operations are nearly entirely driven by the efforts of volunteers (the only exception is our Field Manager in Santarém, Brazil, who is paid under contract). We are a small organization and so lines of sometimes overlap, but this provides a terrific opportunity for volunteers to take on a variety of responsibilities and to expand their skills. How Our Teams Work .

If you are interested, please send your resume and cover note to the volunteer coordinator.