What's involved:By utilizing your personal and professional networks, you will work collaboratively with your Canadian Cancer Society staff partner and 'Relay For Life' Event Experience Chair to build a promotion and team recruitment strategy for 'Relay For Life'. The 'Community Engagement Chair' will focus on the following areas:- Recruitment of participants- Retention of participants- Cancer Survivor engagement- Marketing and promotions - Sponsorship and product donation (GIK)- Public (donor) awareness and solicitationSpecifics:- Volunteer collaboratively with your CCS staff partner and subcommittee to plan and lead all aspects of community engagement- Prospect and establish new relationships with volunteers, organizations and community groups- Volunteer collaboratively with the Event Experience Chair to plan and execute community recruitment events, such as: lunch and learns, team captain rallies and 'Relay' reunions- Contact team captains, participants and sponsors from past events and encourage them to get involved in 'Relay For Life' 2019- Together with your CCS staff partner, monitor and evaluate the subcommittee's progress in achieving recruitment targets and revenue goals- Create relationships with local survivor groups and past survivor participants- Strengthen relationships with existing sponsors and attract new sponsors to offset event expenses - Attend community events and festivals to serve as an ambassador for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and 'Relay For Life' with the objective of team and participant recruitment- Provide weekly updates to committee members and staff partners- Lead committee meetings together with the Event Experience Chair and CCS Staff partner- Promote online registration, fundraising, and other online featuresPLEASE APPLY AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY. Volunteers who have 'profiles' within Volunteer MBC's system may upload their resumes (if available), THEN 'click' the yellow box 'Apply Now!' to gain IMMEDIATE access to the CCS volunteer application page, where you can APPLY ONLINE. If you do not have a volunteer 'profile' with Volunteer MBC, you are invited to create one! Thank you!

For this 'role', you need to be:● An excellent communicator● Dedicated, energetic, a self-starter who has engaged in committee work in the local volunteer sector, plus ready to head a key sub-committee● Connected, with capacity to broaden your 'network', plus connect people to our cause● A passionate volunteer, who through taking the 'lead' motivates others● Proactive, ready for a positive challenge● Knowledgeable about superior 'community engagement' (with a clear commitment to excellence in the details and in results)

Orientation and on-going training provided