Recruiter - Call Center - $13 per hour

Job Description: American Cancer Society is seeking enthusiastic, dedicated, and passionate team members to make a difference by working as an MSABC Recruiter for the Society's Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (MSABC) walk. As a Recruiter, you will be recruiting corporate teams for the MSABC walk. In this telemarketing role you will identify people inside of corporations that may have an interest in the issue of breast cancer, and would like to get involved with Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. The focus is on recruiting potential Team Captains and inviting them to our kickoff breakfast. After the kickoff breakfast MSABC Recruiters will continue to build relationships with these individuals by providing coaching, motivation, sharing recruitment strategies, and providing information to build their teams to reach their fund-raising goals. This position also requires that the MSABC Recruiter provide a high level of customer service to support team development and fund-raising utilizing a range of tools including websites and social media. This position will last approximately four months, supporting MSABC events through October 2014. Responsibilities: * Recruit and prospect for MSABC Team Captains by phone within a call center environment to fund-raise and participate in various MSABC events * Accurately track cultivation activities and fund-raising progress using event database * Provide ongoing coaching, motivation and support to Team Captains to ensure their needs and expectations are met * Provide Teams Captains with logistical support and training on fundraising strategies and tools. * Able to quickly build rapport with MSABC Team Captains. * Progressively increase MSABC Teams achievement of fund-raising goal * Be able to work 37.5 - 40 hours per week * Availability to work a set schedule between the hours of 8:30 am - 6 pm: Monday - Friday (limited evening work may be required throughout the project - possibly one evening after every two weeks) * Pay Rate: $13.00/hr. + $1.00/hr. project completion bonus accrued and paid at the successful completion of the project Skill Set: Position Qualifications/Requirements: * Self-motivated, goal oriented, and ability to work cooperatively in a team environment * Must be comfortable spending majority of time on the phone * Must maintain an excellent attendance record during this project * Exceptional verbal communication, persuasion and motivation skills * Strong customer service & sales skills * Prior experience working with volunteers a plus * Able to communicate accurately and effectively using email * Experience with social media & web site navigation * Accurate data entry skills /moderate computer skills * Possess and exhibit an outgoing, friendly positive demeanor * Focused, organized, and detail oriented * Ability/willingness to learn and apply new skills quickly * Employ discretion, tact, and empathy; pro-active and intuitive people skills